We spent the first night of our trip at a Kamping Kabin at the KOA in Cody, Wy. The next day we drove to the Bridge Bay Campground, took care of registration and pitched our tents and took off to Bozeman to see Andrew.
We took the circle counter-clockwise, via Canyon and Tower, which proved to be a mistake because the road was filled with construction projects that guaranteed that we would go at an average speed of 25 miles per hour instead of the posted 45 mph. Still, there were highlights: we saw a little bear, the really large Bison above (ever see that bumper sticker that says, “As a matter of fact, I do own the whole road”? Well this Bison did.), Mammoth Springs, and Andrew.
Visiting Andrew was too brief, but very fun. He took us on a whirlwind tour of Montana State University and then down Main Street. We ended up at Burger Bob’s for dinner. We talked about college and friends and work and living arrangements. We sure hope he gets those living arrangements worked out before school starts.
We also got to spend the night in Livingston,MT at the Rodeway Inn because we picked up a couple nails and one of our tires was leaking air faster than we could get back to camp. No one knew of anyone in town who would repair a tire on Friday night. The town was almost full up and they only had a smoking room left – with a broken air conditioner at that. The staff was very nice, but they couldn’t overcome the negatives. We had our least favorite night of the trip. Tire-Rama fixed us up the next morning.
