Author: livingthedreamwithsallyandvic

We got these bald eagle shots over the last three days. You can see by the coloration the different stages of maturity. First shot is fully mature, second is about two years old. Hard to choose a favorite isn’t it?

We really liked it at Rex Hale but three days without phones or internet turned out to be our limit. Today we moved about 10 miles closer to Cody to a campground with the necessary but it’s very new and they haven’t started advertising so it’s us and one other camper. Perfect. There’s even a little stream. From here we can ride into Yellowstone early, spend a few hours and leave when it starts getting crowded. We got a military rate of $35/night if we paid for a week. We paid for a week.

These photos are from a couple of days ago.

We left our spot outside Cody his morning and now are camped just outside Yellowstone. Drawback is no cell service or internet at Rex Hale campground.

It’s a campground without power (only 6 spaces have power) surrounded by mountains. Tomorrow we’ll go into Yellowstone looking for animals. A fee days ago we saw bison, elk and bears.

The only way I’m able to do this post is we drove 15 min towards Cody and I got a couple of bars. There are lots more photos – when I get back into wifi I will post the rest. XO

Pictures from our day in the Park.

We’ve been here in Cody six days and have fallen in love with this area. We have an awesome boondocking site, it’s only minutes to town, there’s a nice dog park, people are welcoming and friendly, it’s a town of 10,000 but everything you could need or want is here while it still has a small town feel. Iris and purple lilacs are blooming everywhere in town. Out here where we are wild alfalfa grows all over and smells so sweet. It’s so peaceful and beautiful here.

This is our view/backyard. We’ve been hearing birdsong that sounded like a meadow lark but could not see it. Finally we not only saw it we got a shot of it. It’s a horned lark.

Fastest hoofed animal in North America and is capable of reaching speeds of up to 60 miles an hour.

One day we took Horse Creek Road hoping to see a bear. Eric, the man of many hats, had said we would see some wildlife but he didn’t guarantee bears. We saw some interesting stuff and almost got stuck in slick mud on the unpaved road. 4-wheel drive got us going.

Fun fact: the American Kestrel is the smallest raptor.

We are staying at the Wind River Casino parking lot in Riverton WY for just overnight. Tomorrow we go to Cody, WY. We have an appointment to have our slide out looked at. It works, but when it’s put in (so we can get on the road) it makes a knocking noise. It might just need lubrication. We’ll see.

A couple of photos from our last day there.

These are from DuBois WY

We are taking it easy here for a couple of days.

We enjoyed our stay here even without decent internet and cell service. I could text but nothing else unless we came down off the mountain and went into Jackson Hole.

We stopped to look at a herd of bison as they moved toward the road. Vic was closest to the action and was shooting pictures. This one looked hard at him and it sure seemed like he was going to charge the truck.

We were without cell service and barely any internet for several days in the Grand Tetons National Park, WY. We camped in the same spot we had last year but this time we had different phone and internet service and even the Weeboost didn’t help. Vic is just now editing our pictures so this post is about today.

The forecast for the Tetons was rain and more rain so we high tailed it out of there this morning early and came to DuBois. We planned on boondocking at the military museum but got set up and found out we had no internet at all there. We moved to an RV park called Solitude. Driving on a newly created road within the park and just feet away from our spot this happened.

My phone didn’t really capture how precariously close to rolling off the hill we were.

The manager of the park (who is also the Sheriff, that’s how small this town is) advised us to call a wrecker. Mike the wrecker showed up quickly and called in reinforcements. Four guys and two trucks worked their magic and got our camper up and out. It was amazing how they did it.

These guys were so professional they had it all done in an hour. I was guessing the bill would be $900, Vic thought more than a thousand. Mike said come down to the station and we’ll write you up a ticket and we can settle up. Vic went down there after we set up. Mike says do you want an itemized bill or can I just give you a number? Vic says just a number will be fine. Mike thinks for a minute and says how about $500? What a gift! All that equipment and 4 guys? Wow.

The road was poorly done. Vic probably should have swung wider but there was plenty of gravel showing on our left. The problem was the material under the gravel was too soft. The manager, Eric, tried to say the recent rain was the problem but that wasn’t it.

Anyways we are all fine, no damage was done (except to our wallet) and we have internet. Yay!

We stopped two days in Provo, Utah at an Elks Lodge with a beautiful dog park.

Somebody with a green thumb put in very attractive landscaping around the lodge. We grocery shopped and got our laundry done. We actually dropped it off and picked it up the next day. What a luxury that was! After 10 days in the desert the whole camper needed a wipe down inside. So we got all that done and moved this morning. Utah was having a marathon this morning so we had to zig zag around trying to find the way out. There weren’t enough detour signs so it was interesting to say the least.

We are boondocking at the Hideout Motel across from the Gold Buckle Grill where I got lunch. (chicken/cheese quesadillas and a Reuben).

A young couple with two children took the motel over a couple of years ago. You would not believe the playground, there’s more stuff in it than some city parks. Sandbox, swings, slide, glider, tire swing shaped like a pony, tether ball, trampoline, hand made seesaw.