Another Trip to Cody

Sam and Bill

A few weeks ago on our days off Mike and I decided to return to Cody for much needed groceries as well as exploring the town.  First we checked out a few stores around the town looking for Father's day gifts and any other things we might have need.  After purchasing a neat topographic map of the Lake Area where we are, we headed over the Buffalo Bill Historical Center which houses 5 different museums. 

It's Bill!

The first museum was dedicated to Buffalo Bill's life and career.  At the entrance to this one we were greeted by a holographic Buffalo Bill.  Many of the kids who passed by enjoyed walking through him or punching him in the gut which was pretty entertaining to watch...  The museum had many neat artifacts and also quite a few hands on activities that were probably supposed to be for kids, but Michael and I found them very entertaining and educational.  They taught you how to scout like old Buffalo Bill or how to rustle up buffalo on the plains.  They even had a Buffalo Bill board game that you could try out.  (Which I won at).  Next was Bill's childhood home which had been moved from its original location.  It was a small two room house that use to also have a little lean-to kitchen attached pre-move.  It was a quaint little house with yellow clapboard siding and a tiny living space. 

The next museum was all about Yellowstone ecology.  It talked about all the different regions of Yellowstone starting at the highest elevation where the wild sheep and goats live and then heading down to lower elevations where the bears and marmots live.  They had all sorts of stuffed animals, each one showing a different animal that lives in Yellowstone.

Neat Video about Native Americans

The next museum was all about the Native American presence in and around Cody, WY.  It had all sorts of artifacts from Native American cultures as well as some modern art by Indians of today.  They had many videos about the Indian way of life as well as traditions they held such as the different dances and headdresses which were really neat to watch.

The last museum had art pertaining to the West including Yellowstone and Buffalo which used to be essential to the western way of life.  They had some really neat paintings, one of which Michael really liked showing Custer's Last Stand with actually historical characters painted in it.  We looked at that one for awhile, all the way up until the museum closed.  At which point we headed out to dinner at a nice Chinese buffet.  I hadn't had Chinese in forever, and really wanted some so we went to this buffet and it was fantastic!  After filling our bellies and stopping to stock up on groceries, we headed back home to the lake.  On the drive back, as it was getting a little dark, we saw a bunch of sheep up on the hillside and stopped to admire them and take a few pictures before continuing home.  There were a bunch of them just sitting there; more than 10 or so, so we got to watch them for awhile until it got to dark and we left.

Sheep!