Yellowstone National Park

July 21-23

Rustic! That's the way to describe the Old Faithful Inn With violin or piano performers playing on the 2^nd floor inside veranda every evening, tunes wafted throughout the three-story log behemoth built at the birth of the 20^th century. The rooms are dormitory style with bathroom/shower facilities at the end of the hall. Jake would have none of it, but Bonnie reminisced the days of college antics when the floor plan was the same, and an unsuspecting shower goer would have a bucket of cold water dumped onto her from the stall next door. Rising early morning and perching on the outside veranda to view Old Faithful erupting faithfully every 90 minutes was a treat that will be long remembered.

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Cody Nite Rodeo

July 20, 2019

Every summer evening in Cody, WY a rodeo attracts hundreds of people. It was refreshing to have the announcer start the evening with a prayer followed by a patriotic poem, and lastly by singing the Star Spangled Banner. The rodeo was surely a family event with a hilarious clown and announcer interacting all evening; midway through the evening all the children were called down to the rodeo ring to attempt to pull the flag from two calves let loose once all children were assembled on the field.

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Spearfish Canyon & Devil's Tower

July 19, 2019

After leaving Keystone (Road Scholar) we made our way northwest toward Devil's Tower, WY. Stopping along Spearfish Canyon's deep-walled trail access, we hiked its pristine mountain stream spotting trout at every turn. There were two very different falls to view—Roughneck and Spearfish. A short drive west from Spearfish brought us to Devil's Tower. Our original intent was to hike around its perimeter, but we were thoroughly entertained by Jake's dogged determination to climb as high on the boulder field as the park allowed.

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