Shhh, if you are reading this, please read it quietly, Millie is fast asleep and we are trying to write the blog before she wakes up and catches us and starts squeaking to take over.

We set off bright and early to drive the RV through Yellowstone, taking the short northern route through ‘Norris’ and ‘Canyon’ to the East Gate, an 83 mile scenic drive and then another 50 miles on to Cody, the town founded by Buffalo Bill back in the 1890’s.

As it was early the traffic was light and we had a nice drive through the park, with nice views that we hadn’t seen before because we were now sat high up in the RV cab.

All around the park there are signs warning of animals on the road, but we hadn’t seen any, until today!

But now on this drive we have had two encounters, both with Buffalo.

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There were also quite a few other animals out, but staying on their side of the curb!

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On this drive, we noticed once again the huge number of acres damaged by fires, mile upon mile of forest;

Apparently in 1988 a number of forest fires destroyed 1.4 million acres and every year they get a few small fires, fortunately, since 1988, much of it has now grown back.

But it wasn’t all burnt, there were still some stunning views of animals and landscapes;

As we left the park and drove down the 27 miles of the Buffalo Bill Scenic Highway, the valley sides got deeper and deeper and we drove down the Absaroka Range of the Rocky Mountains following the North Fork of the Shoshone River, with its hairpin bends and large drops on the poor old Navigators side!

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After passing through a couple of hairy tunnels and crossing by the side of the Buffalo Bill Dam, we could see the town of Cody laid out below us;

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Once in the town we made our way to the Ponderosa RV Park, right near the town centre;

Opps, sorry we have got to go, our Millie is waking up and if she catches us on the computer doing the blog we will be in trouble – so bye for now.