After leaving Yellowstone we drove through Wyoming and passed through some spectacular country on the Chief Joseph Scenic Drive which took us to Cody. The countryside is amazing with open rangeland, buttes, canyons, forests and rivers. Every bit as we had imagined cowboy country to be. Below you can see a photo of the route that the highway takes, snaking its way up a mountainside which was originally the pass which the Indians took while fleeing from the US army.
After arriving in Cody, named for Buffalo Bill Cody, we decided that it was worth stopping for longer than we intended as it is home to The Buffalo Bill Historical Center. This center actually has 5 museums in the one complex. A Firearms museum which is the largest in the world, a Western art gallery, a Plains Indian museum, a Natural History museum and of course the Buffalo Bill museum. The center was very well done and fascinating, our only regret being that we did not have as much time there as we would have liked.
Above is the route that the highway takes and below is the entrance to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
Below is part of the Firearms collection at the museum. I was not as interested as Wayne was, nonetheless it was still worth seeing. That was the beauty of the Center as it had 5 museums and you could pick and choose and spend more time in those you were interested in.
Below is part of the extensive Western Art collection which I didn't think I would really like until I saw this collection as it is both beautiful and unique. We kept thinking how we would like to take something home but at the rate we are going we will need a container.
Exhibit at the Plains Indian museum. This was also very educational but not necessarily new to us as we have read a great deal about this era and people.
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