Day 299. June 1, 2014. In the wild, wild, west!

LOCATION:  Cody, WY in north central Wyoming

WEATHER:  everything in one day!  From 30s to 70s and sleet to sunshine.

We left Buffalo and headed west through the Bighorn Mountains.  I am SO glad we did not camp here last night.  There is still snow on the ground, and it was sleeting.  Temps dropped to the thirties as we drive through mid-day so it must have been really cold at night.  

The road was pretty steep, and our car struggled a bit to get up some  of the mountains.  We reached 9,000 feet.  That is when the twisting roads became frightenly icy.

Down in the valley, we followed Ten Sleep Creek, which was swollen with snow melt.

We took a shortcut through another valley.  The cattle are free range, so they wander on the roads.

After about 150 miles, we decided to stay overnight in Cody, hope of Wild Bill Hickock. It proclaims itself as the rodeo capital of the world, with a rodeo every night in the summer.  We are staying at a motel in the downtown area.  We strolled around Cody, stopped at a brewpub, then enjoyed a nice dinner in an Italian restaurant.