The state near to Canada full of nothing but wilderness and hillbillies. During the several nights we spent in this state we only stayed in Hillbilly towns. Often when driving we saw town signs with a population of between 3 and 10 people. Yes, we were amazed that they had both- ered with a sign for this as well. In one of these towns known as Greybull we stayed in a historic hotel, mainly historic because there was not enough guests coming here in order for it to be updated. I'm pretty sure it was haunted when I had to go outside to fetch something from the car I had to walk past these old ceramic dolls and a 1950's pram. When I came back up into the building and begun to climb the stairs the pram rolled across the top landing. As far as I was aware there was nobody else even staying in the hotel that night ....... Our dinner option in town led us to believe that we might be on the menu for desert as well with staff so hillbilly and inbred that they didn't even speak English.
Our first stop in the state of Yellowstone and our primary reason for coming to this state was the mighty Yellowstone national park. Having not long ago been
in the volcanic valley region of New Zealand we weren't quite sure what we were going to make of Yellowstone. At first we thought that it wasn't even close to
the wonders of New Zealand, however by the second day with better weather and better sights I think it is fair to say that we were truly blown away. That's a
real achievement at this stage in our travels and having seen so much in the world.
During our time in Yellowstone we saw elks and many Bison causing traffic jams and grazing. We also saw a black bear in the distance at one stage, a Bald American
Eagle atop of a tree and a lone coyote. That was just the wildlife in terms of volcanic activity and scenery we saw everything from geysers, mud pools, porcelain
pools, thermal lakes, bacteria mats, crystalized terraces, waterfalls and putrefied forests.
Needless to say that despite all the tourists, traffic and difficulty we had parking Yellowstone national park still rates as one of the best american experiences
we had. After spending to nights in and around Yellowstone we headed off towards South Dakota stopping for the night in Greybull. On route we saw more Bison and
drove for hundreds of miles into the sunset down a long straight road completely by ourselves. Thankfully we didn't need gas (as the americans call it).
The next morning we headed through the Bighorn state park on route to South Dakota. I pretty much decided the route for this one as this was the most direct, but still likely to be enjoyable drive. We had no information about the park, but the benefit of having an annual parks pass is that you don't have to pay anymore to enter the parks across the USA after the initial payment. My decision paid off and we were granted the privilege of vast mountain ranges, scenic valleys and large, dense forests.
Having seen all that we had come to see in Wyoming we left the state on route to the state of South Dakota.
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