Cody and Buffalo Wyoming

We were sad to leave majestic Yellowstone. It is truly God's country. We left at 6...yes AM. After this trip I am sleeping in for sure. This is though, a great time to see wildlife. We spotted Pronghorns again an elk and mule deer. Then we stopped along the road because there were loads of cars and people. So we weren't the only crazy people up and out the door by 6. Off in the distance there was a dead bison. A bear and two wolves were fighting over it. We only saw the dead bison and coyotes. Then up the road there was a dead elk. This time, with binoculars, we saw three wolves circling, as a huge black bear sat on top of the elk having a feast. This bear was a giant compared to the two we saw yesterday. I guess it is true, survival of the fittest. I was glad that we were not close enough to see everything, if you know what I mean.

We stopped in Cody, Wyoming. This was a must in honor of the Coad family. Hal's dad is a distant relative to Buffalo Bill Cody. The story goes that there were two brothers in one town that had business. One of the brothers dropped the y in Cody and thus came the name Coad. We decided to visit the Buffalo Bill Cody Historical Center. It was very interesting. We saw a huge resemblance to Hal's dad. Haley kept saying that Buffalo Bill Cody looks a lot like poppers. We all agreed. There were letters written by Buffalo Bill to his family. The letters were very touching. Buffalo Bill was one of the most famous Americans of that time. After his death, his body laid in state in the capital in Colorado. We all loved the museum. Next per my dad's recommendation, we went to Irma's hotel. This hotel was opened by Buffalo Bill and was named for his daughter. There is a bar in the restaurant that was given to Buffalo Bill by Queen Victoria. What a work of art. Of course we took pictures. At least we weren't as bad as a group of Asian tourists that came in with a video camera and were filming everything. We had lunch in the restaurant. Against my recommendation, Hal did not order the Rocky Mountain Oysters...I don't know why. Of course Nick and Haley wanted to know what that was and lucky I was able to change the subject. Can you imagine the reaction? I enjoyed listening to the locals. This is definitely a cowboy town.

Next we headed up to Buffalo, Wy. where we would hunker down for the night. We decided to stay in the Occidental Hotel. This is a historic hotel. It is so cute. The kids are loving it. We hit some rain and just heard a bit of thunder. There is a Mexican restaurant next door. I think we will just slip over there for a quite bite to eat and then go off to sleep. The weather is not great for strolling into town. It is fine because we want to leave pretty early tomorrow to get into South Dakota.
Much Love-Lisa