Oct 5, 2011 - Cody, WY

Our visit to Cody has been disappointing so far, but not because of what the town has to offer. We have just not had the opportunity to see anything yet because of BART problems. :-( Yesterday we spent the day trying to figure out what to do about the leaking hydraulic fluid, and today was spent getting that fixed. The good news is that mechanics at M&P Auto Repair were able to fix the leak without having to order parts. The bad news is that in the process they discovered that we have been slowly losing diesel fuel due to a leak in the fuel...

Oct 4, 2011 - Cody, WY

After we arrived at the Absaroka Bay RV Park yesterday, the park manager came to us and pointed out that there was a spot where something had leaked in the driveway where we had parked when we checked in. Great! We just had the transmission leak fixed in Oregon and were hoping that it wasn't a problem with the repairs that had been done there. Dan put a piece of cardboard under the coach to see if anything leaked overnight, and this morning there was a spot that he determined was not transmission fluid, but hydraulic fluid. So, we were...

Oct 3, 2011 - West Yellowstone, MT to Cody, WY

Another beautiful drive today from Yellowstone to Cody, WY. We stopped to take some pictures of a couple coyotes on our way out of the park. Then it was on to Cody. Unbelievable how the scenery changed, again! We're finding now that some of the things we had hoped to see and do have shut down for the season - the Cody Nite Rodeo, parts of the Buffalo Bill Museum, etc. A lot of campgrounds closed at the end of September as well. Time to get home before the weather starts turning on us. Apparently it's supposed to snow in Yellowstone...

Sep 24, 2011 - South Dakota & Wyoming

Hi Guys, Well it's been two days since we last filled you in and quite a bit has happened, such as those mighty magpies winning their way into another grand final by defeating the hawks with a magnificent last quarter burst. As you will remember our last blog found us in Minneapolis, well since then we have covered many miles as we have travelled west towards our ultimate destination of California. Yesterday started early as we headed off through Minnesota and stopped for breakfast at Craker Barrel for what may be the final time on the trip...

Sep 24, 2011 - Buffalo Bill Historical Center – A Legend Is Born

2011 September 24, Cody, WY Buffalo Bill Historical Center – A Legend Is Born As mentioned in the main journal entry, “Cody, Wyoming”, the town of Cody is also home to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center….a collection of five world-class museums: The Draper Museum of Natural History, The Plains Indian Museum, the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, The Cody Firearms Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum, the flagship museum of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Plan your visit so you see everything you’re interested in….you do get two days...

Sep 5, 2011 - Buffalo Bill Museum Day 2

Day 52 Today was the day for Western Art. This is a fairly large museum with art by many different artists from Frederick Remington and Charlie Russell to contemporary Native American artists with many different styles of art. There are large works of landscape, Custer’s Last Stand, and animals as well as smaller works. There is collection of cowboy bronzes by many artists that we have seen in other museums—Charlie Russell and Frederick Remington most notably. Wonderful! The last part is a very large collection in the Plains Indian Peoples...

Sep 4, 2011 - Buffalo Bill Museum Day 1

Day 51 What a museum! It’s a large museum, kind of a mini Smithsonian, that has 5 parts. We’re doing it is two days. Every part has static, multimedia, and interactive displays – something to meet the needs of many different people styles. There is, of course the Buffalo Bill Museum with all his memorabilia, family pictures, home furnishings, clothes and Wild West Show videos. There are a lot of cowboy artifacts: saddles, bridles, cowboy clothes, hats (note Jim’s picture as Tom Mixe). There are wagons, chuck wagons, carriages, and anything...

Sep 3, 2011 - Shoshone Canyon

Day 50 – Shoshone Canyon Today was a road trip through the Shoshone Canyon in the Wapiti area. There are stark rock outcrops and steep cliffs in many places. Pictures say it all. We ended with a picnic at the Buffalo Bill Lake and a tour of the Buffalo Bill Dam. The dam was completed in 1910 and was the highest in the world at the time. It was the model for the Hoover Dam. There is quite a canyon below the dam.

Sep 3, 2011 - Touring Cody, Wy & Getting Rid Of Our Hitchhikers.

We got up and packed up Harvey and moved the 25 miles to an Absaroka Bay RV Park in Cody. We were tired of all the driving, wanted to move closer. The first thing on our list of things to do was to get a tire checked on the Jeep. It was making noise when driving. So off the Wal-Mart we went. You know you buy that “road hazard” insurance at Wal-Mart when you buy your tires just so when you on the road you can get a “quick” fix. Well, we will not talk bad about the Wal-Mart in Cody, the tire guys were very nice to work with, but because they...

Sep 2, 2011 - Japanese Interns and Trail Town

Day 49 In nearby Powell, WY is the site of one of 10 WW II Japanese Internment Camps – Heart Mountain Camp. There are few buildings remaining – only the one hospital wing and boiler chimney. But the museum is extensive, personal and interactive. We began with a movie about the camp and its 10,757 residents. Trivia: At the time it was the third largest town in Wyoming. Some residents were introduced in the opening movie and were highlighted throughout the museum. The history was told in 1st person memories, pictures taken at the time, and...

Sep 1, 2011 - Moving to a New Town

Day 48 Today we moved to Cody, WY. What a ride! After driving back through Yellowstone Park along the road through the Lewis Falls Canyon (Barbara didn’t look down in the canyon at least 1000 feet down), we exited the park at the East Entrance. We were on the scenic drive through the Shoshone National Forest. What a drive. We rode through mountains of stark mud-brown rocks. There were places where car-sized boulders had fallen off the rock faces (during earthquakes?). Many of the mountains, buttes and hills were sculptured into many...

Aug 24, 2011 - Cody, Wyoming

In the cooler morning air, we walked from the campground up to the main part of Cody, enjoying the less amount of traffic, and taking pictures. For more photos of Cody, you can refer to photos we took last year on our trip, dated June 25, 2010, also on this Web journal. We returned to the campground for breakfast and then spent the better part of the day on computer work. About 4:15 pm, we again walked uptown, poking into stores along the way. Our goal was to be at The Irma Hotel in time to see the daily shootout skit in the street there....