Day 4. 352 mi. 9 hrs.
We woke up appropriately hungover, said goodbye to T.J., and slowly dragged ourselves out of Casper. Our goal for the day was to reach Yellowstone National Park, and T.J. had suggested to us that we take an alternate, more scenic route through Jackson Hole.
The route definitely turned out to scenic. The road wound through canyons and up and down mountain passes. Unfortunately though, that is not the best conditions to be towing a U-haul trailer. At some points I was running in low gear at 30 mph up what must have been at least 10% grades.
We arrived at Cody, WY, the last real town on the way into Yellowstone, right after lunch time. There we took a break for lunch, but neglected to stop at the Wal-mart in town for camping supplies. This would prove very stupid later.
The drive into Yellowstone was beautiful as usual. Wildlife was everywhere. If you’ve ever been to Yellowstone, you know that it’s slow moving in the park, since tourists have to stop to take pictures of every Buffalo, Deer, Elk, Coyote, etc within one mile of the road. Us included.
At night, it began to get pretty cold in the park. Ewa and I scrambled to find sleeping bags for sale somewhere in the park, but were unsuccessful. So, we settled down at our campsite and huddled up under my comforter, wearing 3 sets of clothing.
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correction Timmy. You wore 3 sets of clothing while I wore three pairs of pants, cowboy boots, 7 layers of shirts/jackets, two pairs of socks and wrapped myself in a robe on top of that. that is why in the morning you were frozen and i wanted to sleep cuz i was just slightly chilly. its a good thing i corrected your mistake. Hugs! me
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