Family Driving Vacation-Day 20: Yellowstone National Park, WY to Medora, ND

Today was one of our longest driving days.  Mason packed up the bags while the boys played around our room and I got last minute things ready and then we were off!  We drove out the East Entrance of Yellowstone, so it was a pretty drive.  It was a little sad that we never saw a bear, because I know Mason was looking fiercely on this drive.  The drive through Yellowstone was beautiful. It had stormed overnight, so the sky was still cloudy and grey making the Lakeview incredible.  After exiting Yellowstone we drove through the Shoshone National Forest, Buffalo Bill Park and past the Buffalo Bill Resevoir & Dam-so pretty!  The drive was really nice. 

Mason found a Chinese buffet in Cody, MT so he ran in and got some lunch to go- I tell ya, Chinese/Thai radar this one.  We continued the drive pretty uneventfully and stopped in Billings, MT to get gas and some lunch at Burger King for the boys.  When we stopped to get Theo out of the car, I said, “come-on cowboy” and without missing a beat, he said, “I’m not a cowboy, I’m Buzz Lightyear.”  Hahaha! 

The drive was pretty straightforward, the kids did pretty well.  The road got flatter and flatter and finally we pulled in to our resting stop, Medora, ND.  We hadn’t been to this town before, but it was pretty small.  It was quaint and pretty, but not much was open since we’re in the off season.  We found a bar and grill and went and had a pizza and then turned in early for the night at the Rough Riders Hotel (very nice!)