An Eight Hour Day

We got an early start today, given that we had to travel a long day to reach our destination--Casper, Wyoming.

The sights the first half of the day were absolutely breathtaking, as we drove around the Yellowstone area, and the Teton Mountains and forest.  Beautiful mountains and valleys, national forests, snow covered peaks, bright brilliant lush green colors.

             This was today's worship.

The Lord is my Creator!
I bow in awe of all God has made.
Too awesome to behold;
Restores my soul!
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National forests, too.  Lakes and reservoirs.  And then came the desert.  There was a high desert (elevation) and a low desert.  It was a lot of nothingness,  sameness, brown and tan-ness.

These were the first real live buffalo, grazing on the open range which we have seen on this trip.  We also saw half a dozen elk along the way.  Otherwise, wildlife has been quite scarce.

The geological formations have been unbelievable sights, though we did not really get any pictures of those.   There were rocks with layers of different colors, including a layer of purple, which was surprising.

There were also bright orange canyons as far as the eye could see.

We are ready to be out of western vistas now, and back into eastern country.
But first, there is the mid-west, which will be flat and filled with corn.
That is certainly better than more desert!

Whatever takes us home is a welcome sight.