Sunday, June 17, 2012

This is Sadie's first encounter with snow.

Today is our third day in Cody. Man, the wind blows stink here. Three days of 25 knots steady with gusts up to 50. So. we have been doing museums, restaurants, saloons etc. Today's photos are primarily en route to Cody and some in Cody too.





Every mile in Wyoming brings another scenic surprise. Here's one of them.











Lots of wildlife along the way, deer, marmots, buffalo, prarie dogs with many more to be seen in Yellowstone tomorrow.











An indian pow wow at the Buffalo Bill Museum. Forty tribes were represented.












The Buffalo Bill Museum is a remarkable place. It takes two days to do justice to the place. Behind Penny is a video of Buffalo Bill (an actor) introducing folks to the museum. The video is displayed on streaming mist clouds. Very clever and very well done. Buffalo Bill Cody was quite a man and he just about created this little city. He sucessfully lobbied Congress to dam a river to enable irrigation for a large territory around Cody. It was built in 1904. In 1922 they added a power plant that provides power to four cities. He built the first hotel, started the Cody Enterprise newspaper still in existence and his memory is revered here. No wonder!













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