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| Yellow leaves. 😃 |
We drove out separately (and very slowly) this morning, me heading to the recycling station and Greg to a nearby dump station. Grazing land – and a little fall color – on the other side of the highway where we met up. Passed through Greybull (pop 1800) and on to Cody (pop 9800, and elevation just under 5000’). Stopped for a couple grocery essentials before landing at Green Creek Inn & RV. We’re only an hour from Yellowstone. I see no reason to be here at all, but one of the Elks in Kansas City recommended the place and here we are. (It’s also $60/night - way more than we usually pay – with full hookup but no concrete pad or picnic table and hardly any trees. I’m not in the best of moods.)
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| Sheep and Sage |
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| Note trees at the bottom of this narrow canyon. |
Funny how the littlest things can make the biggest difference. Three pop-up tent trailers w/ Wisconsin license plates are parked next to us. Today is the first Seahawks game… against Green Bay. We invite the 3 couples over. They bring beer. I make brownies, and – even with the loss – we have a wonderful afternoon.
PartingShots...
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| Post-game, pre-sunset view. No doubt this is rugged country. |
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| Close-up of middle ridge in above photo. |
BlogThought... I never cease to be amazed at the personal passions of some folks. This hilltop edifice (my pic at left - much better one below), known as the Smith Mansion, was the passion of Francis Lee Smith, an engineer who labored on it single-handedly for more than a dozen years until he fell to his death at the age of 48. (He never tethered himself, even working on the pagoda-like roof, and Wyoming winds are gusty.) All the building materials were salvaged, and all the work was done by hand, every night and weekend. There were no plans -- each addition was an inspiration of the moment. Lots more info online; I liked "Gone with the Whimsy" at
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/garden/the-smith-mansion-in-wyoming-is-the-stuff-of-legend.html
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