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Old 11-27-2011, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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This summer, I spent 9 days in this wonderful state. Started off the festivities in a little community called Moorcroft, off 94. We stayed rangeland court motel, which was a very nice experience. On our way out, we fell a bit behind schedule, and they shutdown the office at 11...didnt get into town until 1. Without making any kind of deposit, they left our room key in the mailbox and told us we could just pay in the morning....way cool !!! From there, we headed to devils tower....was what I expected. Wasting no time after the tower, we set forth towards the big horns...which was absolutely fabulous..I forget which town we were in, but right after we exited the park, drove maybe 20 25 miles out...were in this town, eating lunch, sitting on a picnic table and the big horns are right in front of us....It was a good feeling to say the least. we headed on towards Cody...made it into town about 7 or 8 if I recall. Sorta disappointed here....people RAVED about Cody...I come from a state that has the Wisconsin Dells...thats the feel I got from Cody, but a huge short come as far as the Wisconsin's prime tourist site goes. A place in town, forget the name, had 3 dollar margaritas..we ate as well, I had a veggie quasadilla which was very satisfying....back to the rita's...I get it now why they were 3 dollars...COULD NOT TASTE ANY ALCOHOL...I kindly told our waitress that these were a little weak, not knowing she was the one who made them. After a short temper tantrum from her, she comes out with 3 shots of tequila for my and my patrons...we tipped her well. After dinner, we wondered down to the city grounds and caught our first rodeo...It was a learning experience, acknowledging the culture, which is pretty similar to the background I come from, but defiantly took some things from it. The next day...Yellowstone...and the day after that...Yellowstone. Pretty damn amazing, too many people, but still...amazing. We stayed in West Yellowstone, MT at the Ho Hum Motel !! Neat name, cranky old lady who ran the place, but still accompanied us well. Nice clean rooms and reasonable rates, no complaints there. After we had exited the yellowstone vicinity, I had the entire state in front of me for viewing...I think my favorite part about this trip was being on roads, which scenery like I've never seen before....with very little civilization to accompany me....talk about freedom at its prime. I also visited places like Superior, Jeffery City, Atlantic City, and South Pass City...that I found very interesting...Superior in particularly. All in all....a perfect trip..didnt meet a single jerk either, everyone was very nice, even the locals in the bars that knew we were tourists....I took over 2000 pictures, only about 300 of them made it past editing. I took my 2004 Pontiac GTO out....put 4100 miles roundtrip ( I covered A LOT of ground, saw a lot of the state) and averaged 23.9 mpg, which I was very pleased with....Not bad for a highly geared muscle car with two other passengers. Montana or Utah is in the mix for next year, but before I exit the Wyoming sector, I'd like to say to the residents and people who appreciate this place.....gorgeous, unbelievably gorgeous. Below I've posted a few pictures.

























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Old 11-27-2011, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Wyoming
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Nice pics! Glad you enjoyed your visit and hope you'll come back soon.
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Old 11-27-2011, 08:14 PM
 
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Nice Holden Monaro. Your car was built where I used to live -- Adelaide, S Australia.
WYO is on my bucket list next. Can't wait. Though I'd probably fly into Denver and take a hire car.
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Old 11-27-2011, 08:31 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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yes mini, thank you...im a huge fan of it...Australia is also on my list, although its extremely expensive. I'll have to save it for later years.
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Old 11-27-2011, 10:07 PM
 
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Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing them and glad you enjoyed your trip.
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Old 11-27-2011, 11:07 PM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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I copied your post over to the Wyoming Picture thread so the pictures would be preserved in our "sticky" thread.

Glad you liked your visit. Was the park you sat and enjoyed a sandwich and looked at the Big Horns happened to be in Ranchester at the Connor Battle Field?
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Old 11-27-2011, 11:11 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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sorry about that elk....i was on the western side of the mountains, it wasnt Lovell, but it was somewhere around there. I wish I could remember.
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Old 11-27-2011, 11:21 PM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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sorry about that elk....i was on the western side of the mountains, it wasnt Lovell, but it was somewhere around there. I wish I could remember.
Not a problem. I live on the Easter Side and when you mentioned the park looking at the Big Horns, it sounded like the park that is only about 500 yards from my cabin. I'm forced to have to look at the Big Horns every day.
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Old 11-27-2011, 11:26 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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wow very cool, lucky man....
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Old 11-27-2011, 11:27 PM
 
Location: Tucson AZ
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grrrr!! Your all making me want to be out there sooner!!!.... is it summer yet!!!!
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