Day Twelve

Woken up by blokes on Harleys driving around the car park for no apparent reason. To make it worse Ann then befriended some.

Howard and Hilda

Make waffles again for breakfast. On the road by 8am as we had a long journey ahead. Made our way north into South Dakota to join the I-90 to take us quickly west. Had bonus as we switched to Mountain Standard Time not far in, meaning after two hours travelling it was still only 9am. Tuned into K-Mullet for more entertainment.

After four hours we got bored so we took a thirty mile detour to see something in the Black hills.

Whilst there we tried to take a comedy picture of ourselves in front of it, but before we could, a Japanese man came rushing over and said 'No, No, let me, let me' and then took it for us, which wasn't half as fun. Turned out he just wanted to get us to take his family's picture.

Just a few more steps back!

Headed on down to see the Crazy Horse monument whilst we were there. Didn't want to pay to look so took a picture from a distance.

Crazy Horses - click on it to see it better

On through Custer City to stop in Newcastle for lunch. Whay aye pet! Filled up with gas at a station filled with blokes on Harleys. Then carried on heading back up towards the interstate.

Saw a train.

Eventually off the interstate into the Big Horn mountains. Drove up steep road until over 9000 feet above sea level. Took quite a time to get up and down the other side. Sat nav seemed to think we should have been doing 65mph not 25mph. At least it worked again today.

Was on the look out for bears. Asked Ann what she would do if we got ambushed by a bear with a gun. She didn't answer. Thought of a new motto, 'Guns don't kill people, bears with guns kill people'. Needless to say no bears spotted. Came up with a plan for the drive into Yellowstone tomorrow. We are going to take two lots of food so if a bear with a gun ambushes us we can hand over our 'Picinic Basket, Booboo' and still have some grub left. I'm smarter than the average bear!

Arrived in Cody, Wyoming at 7.30pm after a 620 mile drive. Checked into the Cody Legacy Inn. Arrived too late to go to this evening's rodeo in town. Drove past it to have a look. Stopped at Bella Italia for dinner. Everything was smothered in garlic, at least we don't have to worry about being attacked by vampires now.

Back in hotel now about to go to bed. Hopefully will sleep although the fact we seem to have a room under a staircase means people are now clonking up and down. Also the extractor fan doesn't go off, although according to reception it is meant to stay on all the time. Funny idea as it just makes a bloody racket.

At least tomorrow doesn' involve driving hundreds of miles. Hurrah!