We spent some time at Hill today and wished we had stayed in this town rather than keystone. It has a railway museum and nicer shops not tacky and commercialised like at Keystone

Did Grandad make you laugh squashed in the little train?

We saw a marmot on the road too although the photo is not too sharp.

And here are the other wildlife we saw! Buffaloes, deer of different types, many birds and baby chicks. Hope you like the photos, I had fun taking them for you. I think I like wild life photography best xxxxxx

You’re  all up to date with my blog now and love to you all!

xxx

We are now staying 5 miles from Mount Rushmore and near to Custer Park that has wildlife in abundance and 1400 bison!

Hi we have arrived safely in Cody which is about 50 miles from Yellowstone NP. Our hotel is lovely (much much better than the small room and motel we have been in with bad facilities and useless wifi).

We had a good journey. the temperature dropped 20 degrees as we journeyed over the mountains and we had a bit of rain, we were getting worried! As soon as we got to the plain between Big Horn mountains and the Rockies we got hot weather back again and its set to stay all week.

SO….. guess what we saw in the Big Horn national forest…. 4 different moose! this one was the nearest to the road

The mountain pass was beautiful as you can see from the scenery. We travelled round and down a very steep gorge with a river racing down it. The rocks have been forced up and show rock from 55million years ago.

The last picture is nearer to Cody and had sandstone features standing up from the surrounding terrain.

I will re send my other blog pages now I can access the photos LOL xxxx

 

Hi I did write yesterday but I’ve given up trying to download photos and script and decided to start again! We visited Devils Tower in Wyoming, Do you recognise it Anona and Lily. (hint der der der der der.)

We are now staying 5 miles from Mount Rushmore and near to Custer Park that has wildlife in abundance and 1400 bison!

Mount Rushmore presidents can be seen from a long way away too. We walked all around the trail taking photos but only including 2 here.

We are going to the night glow tonight at MT Rushmore tonight. I hope its good to see.

once again I can’t download photos so I’ll add them when I get a better wifi connection

We finally left Montana this morning and on our way to Mount Rushmore we stopped in Wyoming to see the mountain featured in the film “Close Encounters of the Third Time”.

 

Anona and Lily will recognise this mountain.

This is Devil’s Tower Wyoming.

We saw prairie dogs there and deer too. And Louis and Otis who is this with Grandma?

Our journey to south Dakota was smooth and ok. We went overland and not on the motorways. The road was very pretty and very straight!

So now we are 5 miles from Mount Rushmore and couldn’t resist a quick peek!

Tomorrow we will be back again and then go to see some buffaloes! we are here 3 nights

love from me xxx

We spent all morning and afternoon yesterday, Sunday,travelling across Montana.

The roads were empty and travelling smooth and easy up to the motorway. Then once on the freeway we sailed up to Billings. It was along way but we were not too tired. Montana is a huge state! I can see why their logo is “land of big skies”

Today we decided not to go far and rest as much as we could. We went to see a rocky outcrop on the Yellowstone River called Pompey’s Pillar. It was visited by Lewis and Clark as they found the way west across America. It has Indian petroglyphs on its sides (and  Clark has signed his name and date on it but that was boring to me)

Pomp was an 18 month old Indian child who travelled with them, with his Indian mother who acted as their guide over the Yellowstone area. They called the rock after him.

These are replicas of the wooden canoes they used to explore the rivers

Over hundreds of years buffaloes used the banks in this location for crossing the Yellowstone River. The river sides used to be full of elk in the 1800’s.

Either side of the swollen river are cliffs 200 feet high locally called The Rimstones.

The Little Big Horn Battlefield is nearby in Hardin.  The Crow and Cheyenne Tribes had a stand off and defeated General Custer and his troopers.

In the exhibition were skins of the wild animals to feel and also dinosaur bones. Ions ago the sea covered this area.

So now are chilling out at the hotel.

Hope you all had great weekends. Blandine and Matthew Louis and Alice with family down.

Alex and Trevor with Lily Otis and Xavi  at Common people Oxford

Anona at Oxon Jam.

love from me

Travelling to see Mount Rushmore tomorrow so early start again! Wyoming and South Dakota here we come!

So sad it is our last day as this park is amazing.

Grandad drove along and up a winding  dirt track for 6 miles today. to eventually reach a beautiful lake. The weather was warm and sunny and people were kayaking and paddle boarding we sat on a log in the sunshine watching them for ages. The lake reached right into the mountains as my photos show. look at the pebbles in the water and the reflections… beautiful.

My last 3 photos are of the beautiful MacDonald Lake. We called back there to see it one last time.

 

Tomorrow we travel all day to Billing Montana. We are there 2 nights.

Love to you all xxx

Did you see the Black Foot Indians horses? Can you see the difference between the wild sheep and the wild goats? The wild goats lick the rocks ere for minerals they nee.

Do you like the Montana wild flowers?

xxxxxxx enjoy your bank holiday weekend

Just a quick message tonight as I have not much time. We went out to the Pizza Hut and then watched a film on tv.

Well done Anona getting your placement!

Hope you are all enjoying the heat wave and I expect Netherlands is hot as well.

I saw the pictures of the children and Anona at the  paddling pool in Oxford and the picture of Alice. They have grown! All look so beautiful and much loved by Grandma and Grandad. Need a photo of lily and Louis next.

We toured the national park today and saw wildlife! Quite a few different birds and wild sheep and wild goats. The goats come down from the high mountains in Spring to lick certain rocks for the minerals they need. We saw about 20 goats, adults and kids. They are tall with very long coats. Some were moulting and looked a bit scraggy.

no bears or moose but they were in the area we were in. A few people told us they had seen them and asked if we had too.

I will send photos tomorrow and some of the wild flowers we saw.

it will make a change from scenery shots although we got lots more today as you might guess!

lots of love xxxx