As we drove to Cooke City, we travelled on the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway. It is the main road from Cody to Cooke City. Cody is the closest town of any size. It took about 1 1/2 to 2 hours to get there. If you want a WalMart or a pharmacy you have to drive to Cody. However, in October they will close that road and it won't open until May! The life there was very hard for me to imagine. But at the top of one of the mountains, we pulled over to take in the scenery and saw these little guys all over the place. It was amazing to us that anything was there. You see there isn't much to eat. (Although Father-in-Law was happy to give some cracker crumbs.) They came up so close to us that they were climbing over the boys' feet! It was here that we started to feel the change in climate. It was July 29th and in mid-afternoon it was about 60 degrees with a cold wind. Our 100 degree weather this week is making me think we went at the wrong time.
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