Cody - Days Inn

... pre cambian rock that was over 2.5 billion years old.
One word of caution when signs say loose livestock, believe them. Leaving the mountain, cows were unfenced and crossing the road. Our day was slowing to a crawl as we reached Cody, WY. Due to weather and possible road closures we decided to call it a day and found an amazing steakhouse. Great way to ...

After spending the night in Rapid City and enjoying all of its strip mall glory, we woke up and took a hike up to Little Devil's Tower in Black Hills National Forest. This was a short but steep and rewarding hike. After scrambling up some rocks, we reached the top and could see the beautiful Cathedral Spires and straight out beyond the hills to the prairie a couple thousand feet below. After our hike we took our a tour at Jewel Caves, which is a ...

... and Fynn loved the game and came back covered in dust .

We left after the Bull Riding as we had been told there was a Buffalo Bill shoot out happening at Cody.  Quite honestly we wish we had not rushed back as the performance lacked direction did not really entertain and hardly told a story.  Our only disappointment during our time at Cody.

Pizza then bed.

First thing in the morning we went to the Buffalo Bill Historical ...

Edie was five today and we tried to make the occasion BIG –but really difficult when it is just mum, dad, grandma, grandpa and lily and fynn.  All the presents (which had to be something that she could carry on her trip) were all wrapped in Yellowstone brown paper grocery bags (no wrapping paper in the  area) and tied up with our washing line rope.  Edie didn't mind it was what was in there that counted.  Breakfast was large buttermilk pancakes (Uncle Buck style) and ...

... closed for renovations, but we were able to visit the natural history museum, a Native American museum and a couple of special art exhibitions. We really enjoyed an exhibit of paintings by Charles Fritz on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Using Lewis & Clark’s journals, the artist traveled the entire length of the Lewis and Clark Trail. Painting en plein-air, he visited the sites at the same time of year as the ...

... springs so I stopped at the hot springs for an hour or two and just relaxed in the pools. There are couple of different pools available and each one is a different temperature.

By the time I arrived in Cody it was early evening so I went for a couple of beers at a nearby bar and then went for dinner in an italian restaurant, which was really good. I was expecting tomorrow to be a long day in Yellowstone so I made sure I wasnt out too late this time.

... and all the softer material that originally formed the cone eroded away eons ago. When we left, we got to see the little-seen carvings on the back side of the tower. Once again, the topography and the geology were ever-changing for the rest of the way to Cody. Every few miles it changes from flat to rolling, from sand and sagebrush to fertile farmland. Strange mesas appear in the darndest places. Then all of a sudden, we were at the foot of the ...

... invisible petrified forest and those 8 prong horn deer. And of course there are the thermal features. There are plains with herds of bison, flocks of birds, and elk. And all through it, there are rivers that run cold and clear and are very beautiful themselves. Some are wide. Some are narrow with rapids. Some have geysers in them. The other thing I noticed is that the staff are working on ...

... West-Zeit abtransportiert und hier wieder aufgebaut. Auch gibt es hier einen Friedhof, wo von Pferdedieben bis Bueffeljaeger die verschiedensten Charaktere des Wilden Westen begraben sind. Ihre Biografien zu lesen war sehr spannend. Den Nachmittag verbrachten wir im Buffalo Bill Historical Center, fuer eine so kleine Stadt ein ziemlich grosses Museum. Dort informierten wir uns ueber das ...

... t get around enough, but I've never seen this before. Unusual but very cool. Then we went to Cody Night Rodeo. That was a lot of fun and the kids had a great time. Set against the mountains in an outdoor arena, it runs nightly during the summer. The last event was the bull-riding, and the kids all were looking forward to that. I wish I could have seen an 'instant-replay' of some of those rides. No stretchers were involved, but you could tell there were some deffinite ...