Warm and Windy, Cody Wyoming

     We headed to Cody with reservations at a RV campground for a week, we are now starting our 3rd
week here.  What can I say, we Love this town.   The Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museums(5)
are beyond words.  I spent 3 hours just in the Plains Indian Museum, and still had the Cody Firearms Museum, Whitney Gallery of Western Art Museum, Buffalo Bill Museum, and the Draper Museum of Natural History Museum to go through...good thing you purchase a 2 day pass.  We went to the
Cody Rodeo one night, enjoyed a narrated Trolley Tour of Cody, visited the Cody Dug Up Gun Museum (yep that's right, dug up guns), we went to the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center (one of many Japanese war relocation centers) another atrocity that the U.S. Government did.  I had heard that that they have the best fly fishing anywhere, here in Cody.  So that being said Dwain and I booked a full day, fly fishing float with a wonderful guide to teach us the art of fly fishing.  It was a successful day...we learned we conquered and we caught alot of fish, Brown, Rainbow and Cutbow.  All in all a PRICELESS day.  Oh and we look forward to many more of those days, we purchased our fly rods and are waiting for the reels to arrive any day now.  So one of the weeks we rented a car so that we could travel in and around Yellowstone and surrounding areas a bit easier, and one day we took a ride up to the Beartooth Highway a scenic byway...ya maybe for the first 8,000 ft. I was fine, then we had the major meltdown...did I mention I am afraid of heights, as in deathly afraid.  We won't be making that trip again that's for sure.  We went into Yellowstone National Park one day, and had a fantastic time.  It was as beautiful as you hear others talk about this park.  Everyone has seen those pictures on TV and in magazines with buffalo walking in and around cars in Yellowstone...well that was us that day.  I mean right next to Dwain and my car window...I couldn't decide aim and shoot my camera or roll up the window for protection, yep, Dwain laughed at me.  More recently we have been scoping out future RV sites close to the rivers for future visits.  I cannot recommend visiting Wyoming enough, and all it has to offer...visit Cody for sure.

Beautiful scenic cliffs in Cody

Buffalo Bill Center of the West

The Cody Firearm Museum

My Favorite Rifle.  The S. Hawkens, Circa
1835-1840.  Some day I will own one of these.

Cody Rodeo Park

   They have a rodeo every night from June
   through August...they had Break Away
  Calf Roping for women, and Steer Riding
  for kids, 2 events we have never seen... 

Beartooth Byway

This picture was before the meltdown...

The Buffalo herd crossing the road in Yellowstone

Hello Mr. Bison

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Spectacular view in Yellowstone

The falls in Yellowstone.

Another view of the Falls.

I literally could have reached out and touched this BIG guy