The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is a world class museum of Smithsonian quality. We loved the Indian relics housed there and the hundreds of Wild West Show artifacts from Buffalo Bill's estate.
He was a remarkable man and entrepreneur of incomparable achievements.
He not only settled the town, but brought water to the valley and was instrumental in the building of the first dam in the area. It was to become the highest arch dam in the nation and a fore runner to Hoover. Built in the early 1900's in the winter months in daily temperatures below zero, it was a massive achievement.
The streets of the town are four lanes because he wanted to be able to turn his show wagons around. The auditions for the show were held in a lot next to the hotel and cowboys and Indians came from all over the West for a chance to travel the world with Cody.
He performed before the crowned heads of Europe and Queen Victoria sent him a cherry bar for his hotel as a thank you for his show for her. We were thrilled to have dinner in that room right in front of that bar. The hotel is a must for any
visit here.
The group enjoyed horse rides, water rafting, a very entertaining cowboy musical show, and a wild mustang tour. We also visited a local thrift shop and purchased many pieces of Western clothing.
We are leaving this morning for Buffalo and will cross over our last mountain range. The Big Horn Mountains are in the 8,9, and 10,000 ft range, so we will have a great day of adventure.
Wyoming was a huge surprise. It is gorgeous, it is friendly, it is an adventure,
and we love it and I would like to see more of the state. Maybe next year.
Tonight, we just had the best meal of the whole trip in Buffalo, the Winchester.It was a great day of driving through some awesome mountains. Highway 16 was wonderful and we had a short day and very scenic.
Tomorrow we leave for Rapid City and the Rushmore leg of our trek. It is almost impossible to believe our adventure is almost over and all the planning and dreaming has come and almost gone. How sad we will be to say goodbye to each other and to the day to day family we have forged in this two and half months.
We have already started thinking about next year and if we will be able to do this again. It would be wonderful but there are so many factors we have no control over and at our age one never knows about health problems. To want to replicate something so perfect is only human.
We were lucky to have had this great adventure and can only pray that we someday can repeat it ,but you never know. Something to think about in the those mundane days at home when we are reliving our adventures with the pictures we have taken. Scrapbooks are coming........and I will love doing them.
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