Have you ever had a pastie? I had not. It is a Finnish meat pie with a variety of fillings. The standard filling is beef, potatoes, onion and rhutabagas (turnip). They were taken warm into the mine for lunch. We enjoyed them. After a hitch-up breakfast on Sunday (first doughnuts since last July) we said our farewells and went our different ways. We drove a whole 67 miles. 
This picture shows where the Missouri and Yellowstone river meet. There is a nice Lewis and Clark interpretive center located here. A couple miles away we visited two forts. One was a military fort during the "Indian uprisings" and the other was a trading post for the fur trade. Did you know it took 13 beaverskins for an indian to purchase a rifle? Free Counter |
Day 9 (July 5) Today our humans went to Glacier National Park with Jill & Jim. They were gone 15 hours! What a place, I have never seen so many terrific views in one place. The Going to the Sun Hwy was all that was expected and more. It will be so hard to pick just one picture to show the scenery. There were waterfalls just about everywhere, twisting hair-pin curves and towering mountains. Did not see much wildlife however. You can click on the pitures to enlarge them.
Day 8 (Happy 4th of July). Decided that to stay home today would be much better than getting out on the narrow roads with a bunch of drunks. Pat & Dwayn spent a nice day sitting around and talking and then about 6, watched the Jodi Foster movie about her little girl being missing. Fireworks are legal here and people started shooting them off about 4PM. Since it does not get dark until about 10 or so, all we did was hear noise. About 10:30 we went outside. There were fireworks everywhere around us. We could see them going off across the lake. Really put on a nice show for us.
Day 5 (July 1) This morning it was back to town for the trolley tour of the town. Always like to hear the history of the towns and this was pretty good. The town itself was conceived by Cody and he insisted that the streets be wide enough to turn a horse & wagon around. After the tour we decided to “get out of town” and headed to Montana. The easiest route took us through Yellowstone, where we did the northern route. No sightseeing here though other than what we drove by. We spent the night in Livingston, MT in a small campground along side the Yellowstone River.
Day 3 (June 29, 2006) We started out today by touring the Buffalo Bill dam. It is the first arched dam structure ever built. The roar of the water as it comes out below is almost deafening. It created a large reservoir and the water is used for recreation and irrigation and also to supply the water to homes and businesses in the area. The dam is built across the Shoshone river. The next place that we visited was the Mormon murals. The dome painting show the trials & tribulations that the Latter Day Saints had on their trip west. It is beautifully done. The other paintings show the settling of the area around Cody. From there it was back to the big museum. the Firearms museum was enjoyed by Dwayn but Pat quickly tired of this. However, we spent more than an hour in their. In the back there was a display of many animal mounts that was very interesting. Next in line was the Draper Museum of Natural History. This was interesting and had many displays on wildlife.
Day 2 (June 28, 2006) About eight this morning we left Buffalo and quickly were in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains. What a beautiful sight spread before us, almost 10,000 foot high and snow capped. After about an hour we were at 9,900 feet at the Powder River Pass. What a view!! A mountain blue bird became interested in his reflection in one of out windows, thought it was an enemy and tried to fight it off. He kept attacking the window for more than 5 minutes. One of the little towns we passed was called Ten Sleep. The Indians had given the town that name because it was, literally 10 sleeps from their starting point to the end of their journey. We passed through Cody about 1PM heading for our campsite in Wapiti. Parked here we are surrounded by the mountains and it is so quiet you can almost hear a pin drop. This home is sitting on a hill behind us. Curious structure, almost looks like an Oriental temple. We asked about it in the office. They told us that the owner, while building the home, fell and died as a result of the fall. The family has kept things as they are refusing to either complete the home or sell. We spent about 4 hours this afternoon in the fabulous Buffalo Bill Historical Museum. Actually, it is 5 museums in one. The ticket is good for 2 days as it cannot be seen in just one. Today we completed the Plains Indian Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum. By 6:30 our feet were so tired we decided to call it a day. We ate at a Mexican restaurant in Cody. It has been months since we have had Mexican food. The recommended was a spinach and chicken enchilada done with blue corn tortillas. Excellent!
Day 3 (June 29, 2006) We started out today by touring the Buffalo Bill dam. It is the first arched dam structure ever built. The roar of the water as it comes out below is almost deafening. It created a large reservoir and the water is used for recreation and irrigation and also to supply the water to homes and businesses in the area. The dam is built across the Shoshone river. The next place that we visited was the Mormon murals. The dome painting show the trials & tribulations that the Latter Day Saints had on their trip west. It is beautifully done. The other paintings show the settling of the area around Cody. From there it was back to the big museum. the Firearms museum was enjoyed by Dwayn but Pat quickly tired of this. However, we spent more than an hour in their. In the back there was a display of many animal mounts that was very interesting. Next in line was the Draper Museum of Natural History. This was interesting and had many displays on wildlife.
Day 2 (June 28, 2006) About eight this morning we left Buffalo and quickly were in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains. What a beautiful sight spread before us, almost 10,000 foot high and snow capped. After about an hour we were at 9,900 feet at the Powder River Pass. What a view!! A mountain blue bird became interested in his reflection in one of out windows, thought it was an enemy and tried to fight it off. He kept attacking the window for more than 5 minutes. One of the little towns we passed was called Ten Sleep. The Indians had given the town that name because it was, literally 10 sleeps from their starting point to the end of their journey. We passed through Cody about 1PM heading for our campsite in Wapiti. Parked here we are surrounded by the mountains and it is so quiet you can almost hear a pin drop. This home is sitting on a hill behind us. Curious structure, almost looks like an Oriental temple. We asked about it in the office. They told us that the owner, while building the home, fell and died as a result of the fall. The family has kept things as they are refusing to either complete the home or sell. We spent about 4 hours this afternoon in the fabulous Buffalo Bill Historical Museum. Actually, it is 5 museums in one. The ticket is good for 2 days as it cannot be seen in just one. Today we completed the Plains Indian Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum. By 6:30 our feet were so tired we decided to call it a day. We ate at a Mexican restaurant in Cody. It has been months since we have had Mexican food. The recommended was a spinach and chicken enchilada done with blue corn tortillas. Excellent!
