Cody Wyoming

Cody is a neat little town known for it's Rodeo--one of the largest in the world.  Since we are going to the Calgary Stampede in Canada, we skipped that.  We followed the advice of fellow travelers and spent two days at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West museum which is affiliated with the Smithsonian.  It more than lived up to the hype!  It covers 7 acres and is beautifully done.  Your ticket covers two days and we needed every bit of that.  There were short video presentations, a live talk about Annie Oakley and a presentation about Bald Eagles with Jade the Eagle!  It was all WONDERFUL!  We are going back tomorrow for more!

These are puppets of Cody wildlife!

We attended a TERRIFIC dinner and musical show at the museum.  The buffet dinner was filet mignon and BBQ chicken-- a big step up from camper cooking!  Dan Miller's music show featured a local 24 year old beautiful girl who was a singer/fiddle player/horse trainer.   Another lady who is an award winning broadcaster in Wyoming.completed the trio.   They were so much fun and had us on our feet and singing along.  It was the perfect day!

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Another day at the Buffalo Bill museum!  Such a great place and people were so helpful. Two authentic looking cowboys made us lunch of beans and biscuits at the museum.  Tasted great!

Someone we met there suggested we see the “Heart Mountain World War II Japanese internment camp” memorial.  It was about 14 miles northeast of Cody and well worth the trip.  This was one of 10 internment camps where Japanese (about 70% of them U.S. citizens) were taken.  They were given a weeks’ notice and could only take what they could carry in one suitcase.  This happened about 8 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  They were well treated but there was barbed wired and guards.  The camps were closed down near the end of the war but few people returned to the west coast.

A word about food!  We always start out with homemade spaghetti sauce, sloppy joe, vegetable soup, roast beef, gourmet cheese, guacamole, fresh fruit etc.—and things  I’ve made ahead and frozen.  Approaching the 10^th day we are fast consuming the good stuff.  I’ve saved a lot of frozen meat to look forward to and just remembered today that Canada won’t let you bring in fresh fruit, eggs, meat, and dog food among other things.  So now we will be eating three meals a day with high quality protein!  We’re hoping to slide in Bailey’s dog food because she has a special diet due to her allergies.  How to make her invisible as we go through the border???

We're on our way to Yellowstone and Bear Tooth highway so probably won't have internet for awhile.