Day 17: Cody, Wyoming
Heyyyyooooo!!!! It’s the Happy’s comin’ at ya from Cody,
Wyoming. Your brand new awesome bloggers are Peyton Hodges, Kira Orellana, Aly
Noble, Abby Petry, Matthew McConnell, Jenna Collins, Amanda Powell, Corbin
Laney, Elise Aldridge, Sidney Seaford, McKenna Kirkpatrick, Alex Hayes, Presley
Gilliam and, Samuel Shiles!
Today was filled with adventures as we woke up at a “late”
6:45 and made our way down to Wyoming River Tour Company.
As we prepped
ourselves for the treacherous rafting trip down the Shoshone River, groups of
9-10 jumped into rafts and quickly realized how freezing the water was. Even
with the ice-cold waters everyone made it out of the 12-mile journey safely,
but not without getting hypothermia in our fingers and toes. Three brave souls
(Alex, Ava and, Elsa) took a chance and jumped into the river, but the cold
didn’t bother them anyway and the daring feat was worth it (or so they say).
After our short ride back to Ponderosa Campground we were surprised by a gourmet
breakfast made by none other than Director Josh’s parents, the Kerns. Our first
southern breakfast was filled with sausage, toast, eggs and even grits!!
After
filling our starving tummies we headed off to the laundry mats for some much
needed cleaning. The rest of the afternoon was filled with napping, bracelet
making, showers and even Dairy Queen.
After the eventful morning and relaxing afternoon we took
off to downtown Cody and the famous Cody Stampede. Most of us modeled the $10
cowboy hats that brought out the real cowboy/cowgirl in all of us.
Braden even
splurged on some real cowboy boots (that were “only” $150). Now that we
were finally ready for the Rodeo we packed into section B of the stadium. For
most of us this was our first time seeing real cowboys and it was definitely
not a disappointment.
Jackson decided to take on the mechanical bull!!
Kobey decided to take a turn as well!
Braden hopped on the mechanical bull.
Logan wishing she was out there!
After about a 2-hour performance we were exhausted from
today’s festivities and headed back to the campsite to write this wonderful
blog and catch some zzz’s.
Goodnight for now from the happiest of all T Dubers.
XOXO
-The Happy’s <3