We left Medora, North Dakota on Thursday, July 1 and headed west to Cody, WY. 
The weather was good and the driving easy. It was a pretty long day, covering 385 miles. We arrived in Cody at 3:45 pm and set up our home. As it was the 4th of July weekend it was a very busy place! On Friday night we went to the Rodeo, once again we had a great time. Why those young men want to get on those bulls and bucking horses is beyond me!! For the most part, the bulls won! One poor rodeo clown was protecting the rider that had been thrown off and got between the bull and the rider, the bull turned and tossed the poor fellow into the air. Thank goodness he was okay.
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Saturday and Sunday they have the 4th of July parade. They have it on two days so that they can judge the entries and award the prizes on the next day and everyone can see who won. The Wyoming High School Marching band was there. They were great! This band always goes and marches in the Rose Bowl parade. It was a huge parade that lasted one hour and thirty minutes with about 135 units. I liked the one with Buffalo Bill on the stage coach.... John liked the lady in pink walking with the pink poodle! After the parade we went to the Irma Hotel for lunch. There were so many people in town it was very crowded. We went to the bar and could not get close...they were standing out in the street!We watched the fireworks on the bluff that evening, they were spectacular in the western sky!
As we had stopped in Cody last year on our travels we did not take the trolley tour or go to the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum. Plus the fact that with all the people in town it was very busy! I'm glad that we got to do those things last year.
That is all for now. We travelled to Yellowstone National Park on Monday, July 5th...more on that in the next installment!
Until later, take care,
Candy and Johnny
