the.arys - gary and mary: Last day in Cody, WY

We were waiting for a clear day, but alas, it never cleared up until this morning when we are packing up to leave Cody. So our drive on the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway and Beartooth Pass yesterday was a bit clouded. Still, we had some beautiful scenery to enjoy. Charles Kuralt called this the "most beautiful highway into America". The pass is 10,947 feet, the highest in Wyoming. We stopped at "Top of the World" and then continued down the other side into Red Lodge, Montana. The entire drive was great.

Today, we're on our way into Yellowstone, to stay at Madison for the first 5 nights, then at Fishing Bridge. We will have spotty or no cell phone coverage, and doubt we will be online during that time. Upon leaving Yellowstone, we spend two nights in Grand Teton NP then head into Idaho where we will meet up with Steve, Diane and kids at a state park near McCall. Can't wait to see them!

Wanderers and Vagabonds...

The RV started as a temporary solution to afford living in Newport Beach when Mary's company relocated to Irvine, CA. We loved it so much, we decided to make a go of full-time RVing. In July 2008 we hit the road, and have been roaming ever since. We do seasonal work camping and really enjoy it. We also use camp club memberships such as Thousand Trails and Coast to Coast to save on "rent". We have found beauty everywhere we go and hope to continue exploring and enjoying this beautiful country. Here's a great quote which sums up our hope for ourselves and for anyone seeking similar adventures:

“...May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you -- beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.” - Edward Abbey

the.arys - gary and mary

Last day in Cody, WY - Beartooth Pass

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