Elephant's Head, falls,
more elephant's head, me
leaving Greybull.......Hello and greetings and how is everyone today? I'm fine.....and all over my mad from yesterday. I guess that's just how it's going to go for me.....we saw lots of animals to play with today, but once again, Mommy had that death grip on my collar, so all I could do was look, whine, and dream. Sigh. Life just isn't fair at times, but you must feel that way, too. Am I right? I really am looking forward to getting home and playing with my friends Harley and Cudjo....Koojo.....I don't even know how he spells it.....I just call him Kudzu when I can't remember....Koojo....he's got weird eyes, each is a different color. Uh oh....digressing again.
So, we left Greybull this morning after a restless night. It was some hot last night, and the noise of the air conditioner bothered Daddy, so we didn't put it on....until early this morning when Mommy was having hot flashes on her hot flashes. She didn't sleep very well, so was somewhat cranky today. They did stop in Sheridan and pick up a small fan, so that should help on other hot nights. It's not hot today, though. It was in the 50s most of the day, and when we got here to our campground, it rained, and thundered, and hailed! I got up in Daddy's lap so I wouldn't be so scared, but I still shook and shivered a little. He says I'm a wuss.....kinda like Mommy coming over those high mountains.......
So, mountains. Wow, were they ever steep!! And all colors, and so rocky! It took all morning to go over them....'course, we had to stop and look and take pictures every five minutes or so. I don't know what we're going to do with all those pictures. Mommy must have some sort of plan. She usually does. Anyhow, we did stop at a place called Shell Falls. I'll put some pictures in later. We saw a dolomite.....a huge rock that was made under water with all the shells of little sea animals. And this is at the top of a mountain!! How did it get there? It's a wonder, for sure. Then there was Elephant's Head which is a monocline......a HUGE part of the mountain that was pushed up from down below. HUGE!! How did that happen? And Mommy says it happened 3-400 million years ago. She must know...she's pretty old. At the top of the Big Horns were the most beautiful meadows and in the meadows.......you guessed it.....big black cows.....or hundreds of sheep......cowboys on horses....herds of horses.....some antelope.....whine, look, dream.......we were at 9000 feet above sea level. That's high! Daddy said he hasn't been that high since the 60s!! Then we saw a mule deer, and when he saw us, he went BOING-DE-BOING-DE-BOING....all four hoofs off the ground, across the road, over the guard rail....and gone. Disappeared. Think anyone would let me go after him? Nah. Never happen. So, down the mountains we went, one hairpin turn after another. Daddy said that poor little Auzzie in our GPS was gonna get sick and throw up in her mouth. Darn good thing we got that Ujoint thing fixed before we ventured onto this U road!!
When we got to this area, we went to see Daddy's friend Putter. We saw him on the way west and now again on the way back east. Daddy wants to go looking for deer tonight just before it gets dark, so had to ask permission. We're even staying in the same campground that we did on the way out. It's a nice one and has good wifi......Mommy did the laundry while Daddy watched a little TV, and I shivered and shook with the storm. I'm all better now, had my dinner, and am waiting patiently for my evening cookie. I'm such a good girl, a great traveler, and I do wee wee on command.
Hope all is well at your houses. I'll try to write again tomorrow....we're going to Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands. I think those are the last of the big things that we want to see, so after that, we'll be homeward bound. We're all ready. It's been a fabulous summer, to be sure, but we'll all be sooooooo much more comfortable on our queen sized bed!!
Love to you all,
Juni
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