We are now home  and I can't believe all the changes that are taking place in the little town of Waxhaw, while we were gone for the two months.  This will be my last posting and I thought I'd leave you with some pictures of Bob and our granddaughter Brandi, enjoying the beach behind our trailer in Hickory, NC.

We are now at our daughter's house in Hickory.  Boy, is it ever hot here!!   We have a lovely campsite that they put together for us and Brandi has a sand pile and swimming pool behind the trailer so we are parked on the beach. 

We are in Asheville, NC right now.  Tomorrow, we stop off to see another daughter and family and then head home to Waxhaw.  It's hard to believe we have been gone for 2 months.  I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.  What a beautiful country we live in!!

We left Cody, WY on Friday, July 7th. Heading south, we stopped in Thermopolis, to see the hot springs.  From there we traveled south to Shoshoni and down to Cheyenne, WY where we stayed overnight at a campground.  That was a full 12 hours of driving for us but it was worth it as we viewed all new territory.  From Cheyenne to Lincolin, NE and another 12 hour day.  On Sunday, we arrived back in Cedar Rapids, IA to spend a week with Becky and the girls as Chris left on a business trip. 

This a great dam to see.  After the dam, we went to the Buffalo Bill Historic center.  We spent 2 days looking and reading.  It was well worth the time and we highly recommend it to anyone going out to Cody. 

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Happy 4th everyone!!  It's a busy time here in Cody during this 4th.  It starts 3 days before with parades and entertainment of all kinds both at the City park, Irma's and at the campground here.  Let's start with some back pictures and work up to today.  This is a pretty slow connection so I'll see how far I can get in 30 minutes.  (click on pictures to view larger)

As it turns out, I lost the connection and now I'm finally getting to a CG that has a good wifi connection.  Soo, I'm going to try and do the catch up thing.  These pictures took place on July 2nd.

The stampede parade started at 9:30 am and we had great seats.  We have been to a lot of parades in our lives but this is the first one, that we ever saw with so many horses.  Even the "Out riders" (police) were on horses.

I'm not sure how much posting will get done this week as the wifi doesn't work from the trailer.  I have to come, a little ways, to the office and work off my battery to get anything done.

Today we go on a trolley ride to tour the town and hear about the history of Cody.  From there, who knows.  I did want to assure our number two daughter that Cody is a great place to come!  It has everything she needs!