2 Miles and 4 Feet from Home: 07/07/14

Woke up to anther cool morning. This is a good thing because it is going to be 90 today. We had breakfast at the hotel. Pretty basic but good all the same. After lying around for a few hours we decide to go in to Cody. The plan was for Dad and Joanne to go to the Cody museum and Lyn and I would explore the downtown area of Cody before it got too hot. On the way there we passed a Dairy Queen and made a quick stop before heading out again. Yum Yum!!! Lyn and I walked around the town and saw a lot of interesting things but managed to hold off buying anything. Wait we did buy two hats. Well, not too bad for a couple hours of shopping. Just like last year we are on a budget and trying to spend on average $100 or less. So far we are averaging below that. One thing that has really helped is the Gas cards that were given to me by my kids, daughter-in-law and son-in-law. They have given them to me for holidays and birthday celebrations. It looks like we will make it all the way to Yellowstone on “free” gas. Thank you Rheagan, Chelsea, Caroline, Justin and Luke!!!! It is also helping us to be traveling with a couple of senior citizens. Tomorrow’s campsite at Yellowstone will only be 13 dollars a night thanks to the senior discount. Thanks Joanne and Dad! Oh yeah back to our day. Lyn and I walked around town until it was time for lunch. We passed a place that was actually cooking their ribs in a smoker in front of their restaurant. Well played! It worked, we went directly in and split an order of ribs. Can you say the word diet??!?!?! We apparently cannot!! Oh well the Rush will have to be our home when we get back. After lunch we went back and took a nap during the heat of the day. As it cooled off we all went out to dinner at another rib place and Lyn and I split ribs again. Yum Yum!!! By the time we finished it was time to go walk the dogs and go to bed. Tomorrow we are headed to Yellowstone. We have a reservation at Bridge Bay campground. When I went to read about it they mentioned that they just recently opened one of the loops in the campground due to bear activity. Yikes!!!!! Oh well tomorrow should be exciting bears and all.