We had a nice breakfast at the hostel (coffee + waffles), where we met Lori, an American lady living in Clermont-Ferrand, would you believe it!

We then hit the road, stopped at Cheyenne for a second breakfast.

For the next 6 hours, we drove through Wyoming. We saw buffaloes, nodding donkeys, a few ranches looking just like the Playmobil farm, but mostly a low relief terrain, no trees. Thanks to erosion, we cut through part of the stratigraphy, exposing calcareous and shaly formations of various color.

I (a geologist) find it quite amazing to drive 100s of km on these sedimentary rocks. There used to be a sea, there, that explains the deposition. But you also need sediment supply, enough to fill 1000s of meters of stratigraphy. Imagine the size if the mountain range that got eroded!

Anyway, that reflection took me through the day. We arrived in Cody at 17:30, and enjoyed a swim at the hotel before eating diner at a nearby bbq joint.