10/04/2026
Day 2. Home on the range. 💙
Where the deer and the antelope play…
Well, technically pronghorn. And we saw plenty of them. Three in a row at one point, moving across the open country like they had somewhere important to be.
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word…
That part felt about right too.
Lamar Valley was quiet and wide and peaceful, with bison scattered across the landscape and just enough fall color starting to show.
And the skies were not cloudy all day.
Bison moving across the ridgelines.
From there, the scenery just kept changing.
Big, almost Alps-like mountains.
Pilot and Index Peaks.
That wild upside-down mountain.
Then Cody and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, where we slowed down and spent time with the stories and history behind this part of the country.
On the way back, we followed the Shoshone River through the canyon, past the “Holy City” rock formations, with that golden October light hitting everything just right.
And then, after dark, one more thing.
The Milky Way.
One of those days where nothing felt too rushed (okay, maybe the museum because we enjoyed ourselves a little longer than planned along the way), but somehow we saw and learned and laughed our way through a whole lot of country.
Day two was a good one. 💙
