Monday, July 30, 2007

Day 12 Cody to Yellowstone

Not sure when we'll get access to the internet again, so just posting a quick beginning to this day. We are in the hotel in Cody, about to leave for Yellowstone and stake our claim at a tent site, hopefully relax with the kids by the campfire.

We may not be able to post for at least a week, so don't panic if you don't see updates for a while. If we have a dangerous run in with a grizzly bear, we'll let you know sooner than later! So, no news is good news.

We hope to make it back to Cody sometime this week to hit the Buffalo Bill museum complex and catch a rodeo.

RE: photos, as we posted in the header, we hope to set up a photo album to make downloading photos faster and more accessible. As nice as it is to include visuals in between the text, it seems to be a time-consuming process and we simply have too much to share with all of you.

Thought: we think every person in every country should be required to travel cross country at least once in their lifetime. I think it would help every country find unity and understanding, and tolerance among its own borders, and shouldn't we all start at home when it comes to peace and living together in harmony? Travel as much as you can, that's our motto!

ADDENDUM:
Change of plans and uh-oh and uh-oh II

I will need to fill in a longer blog about Cody, WY, it is late and we are getting up early tomorrow to get a good spot in Yellowstone. So, we decided to hang out here for a day, to rest and get a quicker start the next day. We figured we would swim in the pool, sightsee a little, rest, clean the car, and see the Cody Rodeo....well, let me briefly tell you: we swam, went out to pick up a few things, ate lunch, hit the Buffalo Bill Museum Complex (FIVE museums), ate dinner, and did the rodeo. It was FANTASTIC and if I do not manage to make it back to Cody, WY, one more time in my life I will NOT be happy...so the uh-oh: I fell in love with Wyoming (but no frets, to visit, not to live)





uh-oh II: at the museum and the rodeo the kids revealed two new loves. They LOVE country western music, Dmytro any kind, Solomia likes certain ones, Nina hasn't decided, AND the whole race car career idea of Nina's has taken a second to Cowgirl, as in professional rodeo entertainer.









More later on the wonderful town of Cody, WY. God Bless it, it is an honest, loyal, big hearted town. And very elegant at the same time, just like its larger than life founder, the well-read Willam F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" (whom I've admired since I was a kid and whom my great grandmother saw in Ukraine in his Wild West Show tour of Europe). OH and before I forget, my absolute favorite photograph in the museum, of a childhood hero: Annie Oakley, sitting in front of her tent, dressed elegantly (long dress, day wear for her time) reading a book. Yipie ya yay...I love this country!

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