Started from Rossville at 8:00 a.m.

Kansas has mostly rolling hills and fleecy clouds. Weather is cool for July. Very pleasant.

New wind farm stretches for miles along I-70 highway just east of Russell, KS.

We got out of Denver on Sunday morning. That's a good time of day for freeway driving.

Wyoming was immediately rocky, hilly, undulating and wild. Speed limit was 75 mph. That's good, because towns, rest stops and any signs of civilization were few and far between.

I couldn't help but think of all those western movies I've seen in my life, with rough and tumble cowboy, fighting their way through harsh environments and handling human confrontations without the help of the law.

We never drove into the moutains. They stayed just west of I-25 as we headed north.

We got hungry and stopped at tiny Glendo. Not only did they have a restaurant. It was wonderful. We enjoyed the stuff and mounted wildlife, pelts and skulls. My burger with bleu cheese, bacon & fries was terrific. Tea was fresh-brewed.

Our waitress at Mickes in Glendo urged us to stop just south of Douglas, WY, at Ayres Natural Bridge.

We drove about five miles off of I-25 on a quiet road. I thought we might be the only people at the site. Boy, was I wrong.

I'd estimate there were two hundred people there swimming (brave souls in cold water), hiking, picnicing, and gawking...like us...on a cool, dry Sunday afternoon.

There are NO PETS ALLOWED in this park.

We ran into brief rainstorms four times while traveling across Wyoming. Each time the clouds and the layers of mountains were beautiful. The weather cleared the farther north and west we went...until we had nearly reached Cody. Then clouds gathered again.

We eventually turned west on H-20 and northwest on H-120. Travel brought clearing skies and many more hillocks, rocky outcroppings and low mountains. We got into moutains north of Thermopolis, and came out the other side into Meeteetse, and on to Cody.

Weather was fine at Meeteetse; not so at Cody. Clouds rolled in, the sky darkened and wind was blowing hard as we arrived in Cody.

Coming into town with the storm, I saw three deer statues in the side yard of someone's home. As I looked, a deer moved. They were real! We stopped, backed up and I rolled down the window and shot a flash photo, despite the wind and rain.

We checked into Cody Cowboy Village, a new set of cabins on the south edge of town. We made our reservation last February, which must have been early, because I think they gave us the cabin with the best view of any of them.

The rain stopped and the sky began to clear as we sat inside at supper. By sunset, we could see clear sky and color in the west.