Here is bit more on Wyoming – I posted South Dakota too soon….

So after Greybull, I went to Cody Wyoming – the home of Buffalo Bill. It is a very touristy town but still cool. I stayed in the Irma hotel – He built it for his wife. After the previous night, I laid pretty low.

From there I went to Thermopolis where they have hot springs and mineral baths. Much like the fountain of youth. I had a great bike ride around a buffalo reserve and road my bike around town. I got lots of stares for this. One farmer’s wife teased me about why I would want to work that hard when I had a perfectly good car.

They also have the largest dinosaur museum in Thermopolis with a large dig site. There are dino foot prints all over town and this statue is in the middle of town.

I ended my Wyoming wanderings with a visit to the Devils Tower monument. It is quite amazing. It has several Indian legends about it – basically the Great Spirit raised the rock to save children who were being chased by bears. The bears, in an effort to climb the rock, left deep claw marks in the sides which had become too steep to climb. (Those are the marks which appear today on the sides of Devils Tower.) When the girls reached the sky, they were turned into the star constellation the Pleiades. It is also the site used in Close Encounters of the Third Kind

In Greybull I had breakfast with Wilford Brimley – the actor - He has appeared in such films as The China Syndrome, Cocoon, and The Firm. You have also seen him in some television commercials, like ads for Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical. You just never know who you might run into!!

I have discovered the place to be if you are a single woman and looking for some men! Eastern Oregon, Montana and Wyoming during hunting season = instant popularity!!

I am having a wonderful time, meeting great people and seeing the beautiful country!!

More to come…I’m off to larger cities and more sporting events!!

Maria