Friday, August 6, 2010
12:12 pm "Life is a Highway" Rascall Flatts
Depart from Craig and Robin's house
12:32 pm "Clocks" Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Welcome to Wyoming...Farewell to Trees
12:41 pm "Bad Romance" Glee version
Now entering Cheyenne
1:15 pm "Just Let Me Cry" Hilary Weeks
Pit stop in Chugwater. Strangely, it looks nothing like Austria
Explanation: When LHS did "The Sound of Music" in 2002, we used a backdrop that we lovingly called "Chugwater". The center was some mountains that looked like the Alps, but the sides had some sandstone cliffs. We covered up the cliffs for purposes of the show, but the name stuck.
2:05 pm "My Immortal" Evanescense
Huge rainstorm in Glendo. We can barely see!!! It lasted about 5 minutes or so.
3:09 pm "I Dreamed a Dream" Susan Egan
Gas stop in Casper. Driver Switch!
4:45 pm "Lessons Learned" Carrie Underwood
Stuck in one land only traffic, 95 degrees outside!
5:00 pm "My Life Would Suck Without You" Glee Version
Pit stop in Shoshoni, WY. We have been told to get milkshakes. We didn't get the specifics as to WHERE to get them, so we got ice cream bars at the gas station. Almost the same, right?
5:14 pm "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" The Little Mermaid - Broadway
Entering Boysen State Park. Pretty sure boysenberries won't grow here. Also, don't drink the water in Bad Water Creek.
5:23 pm "We Will Rock You" Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Sign - "Slow Flagger Ahead" Laughed long and hard over that one. Especially when we saw the flagger. Not to judge, but he did look a little slow.
7:04 pm "True Colors" Glee Version
Finally in Cody...now to hunt for food!
7:24 pm "I'll Walk" Bucky Covington
Got our tickets for "Quilters", now the hunt for food. Wendy's drive thru. Original, I know.
8:18 pm "You'll Be in My Heart" Tarzan - Broadway
Arrival at Rex Hale Campground. We got the camp set up with no problems. Enjoyed s'mores and hot chocolate and went to bed around 10 or 10:30 pm.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
7:10 am "Get Out and Stay Out" 9 to 5: The Musical
On the road for Yellowstone. First epic fail: We were going to have cereal for breakfast and I brought a quart of milk, packed in the cooler. The ice packs kept other things cool and not the milk. Lame.
7:57 am "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Glee Version (Matthew Morrison)
4-Wheeling by Yellowstone Lake!
8:22 am "Tell Her I Love Her" Urinetown
Mud Volcano The first of many really cool thermal features in Yellowstone!
8:45 am "Heaven Help my Heart" Chess
First sighting of a "Dude Animal"
8:50 am "Forget About the Boy" Thoroughly Modern Millie
BEAR!!
10:15 am "Shine Like the Sun" 9 to 5: The Musical
Angela almost dies coming up from the Lower Falls. Okay, so I wouldn't have actually died, but it sure felt like it. That was over 300 steps down to the falls. Going down was no problem. Coming up was another story. We didn't have our water (we hadn't realized what the hike would be!) and I got a little bit of altitude sickness (which I have never gotten in my life!). When I finally made it back to the car, I drank a Gatorade and ate some beef jerky and then I was fine. Seriously, though, it's super easy to see the Upper Falls, but a chore to get to see the Lower Falls.
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| Upper Falls |
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| Lower Falls |
10:45 am "Suds in the Bucket" Sara Evans
Angela develops a testimony of Gatorade.
11:16 am "Feel it Comin' On" Sara Evans
Stuck in traffic - turned the car off and read the paper.
11:38 am "Honey Bun" South Pacific
Elk spotted! Big deal. We have those at home.
11:47 am "Find Your Grail" Spamalot
Entering Montana, just because we can.
11:49 am
Entering Wyoming. YESSSS!
12:20 pm "Rasputin" Barrage
Bear sighting. Mama Bear, Brother Bear, Sister Bear. They were up on a hill, across the river. There was a traffic jam, because everyone just stopped their cars and jumped out. The bears were going in and out of the trees, so it was hard to get a picture of them.
1:40 pm
Old Faithful erupts. I was a little disappointed. We waited for a long time for it to go off and then it was not nearly as exciting as they have built it up to be. Seriously, it looks bigger on TV. It was still pretty cool. But it was really funny because another geyser went off about 200 yards away before Old Faithful, and it was taller!
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| Preshow Geyser (We aren't exactly sure which one it was!) |
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| Old Faithful |
2:35 pm "The Impossible Dream" Man of La Mancha
Leaving Old Faithful
2:40 pm "Dream a Little Dream" Glee Version
Sign: "Craig Pass - Drive Defensively" We find this sign oddly ironic.
4:23 pm "Temporary Home" Carrie Underwood
Goodbye, Yellowstone! We will be back, because we didn't see a moose.
4:32 pm "Black Roses Red" Alana Grace
MOOSE!!!!!!
5:03 pm "Bohemian Rhapsody" Glee Version
Epic Fail at the campsite: Fought a rain/windstorm to break camp early.
5:45 pm "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Back in Cody, organized car. On the prowl for food.
We ate dinner at an Italian Restaurant, then walked around Cody a little bit. It reminded me a lot of Estes Park, except the street was wider. We then drove back up to the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, where "Quilters" was playing. The show was FANTASTIC!!! We love this show to begin with, and this production was wonderful! After the show, we went to the cast party for a little while with Katrina and then it was getting late and we needed to figure out exactly where we were going to sleep that night.
11:00 pm
Search for hotel = fail. Sleeping in the car in the AmericInn parking lot it is.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
5:30 am "Somebody to Love" Glee Version
Leaving Cody. Stopped for gas and breakfast. Angela asleep in back.
6:12 am "Saints and Angels" Sara Evans
Sunrise!
6:16 am "Watching You" Rodney Atkins
Pronghorn!
7:00 am "Running Horses" Barrage
Angela wakes up in Thermopolis.
8:38 am "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" Josh Groban
Waltman Rest Stop - Switch drivers. Shauna is falling asleep.
9:25 am
Casper - called home
10:10 am "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" John Rutter version
Ran out of songs on Shauna's iPod. Switched to Angela's
11:27 am "Jesus Once of Humble Birth"
Took scenic route through Chugwater, looking for a gas station. Such a cute little town. We took the "Business Route" but there were no businesses. Is this false advertising? I think so.
12:16 pm "Man in the Sun" Kenneth Cope
Colorado Colorado once again!
12:22 pm "I am Another Witness" Steven Kapp Perry
Larimer County!!
12:39 pm "Teach Me to Walk in the Light"
Wellington! We stopped at Craig and Robin's house to drop off the stuff we had borrowed.
1:22 pm "Though Deepening Trials"
HOME!! Trip odometer reads: 1218.7 miles!
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