We (2 grand kids 5 and 3, Teresa and Dave,e and David and I) went into Cody. After parking we saw 3 mule deer in the middle of the street! Since that night David and I have seen mule deer several times in the town. We went to see the gunfight at the Irma Hotel. This hotel was built by Buffalo Bill and named after his daughter, Irma. Before going to the gunfight, we ate dinner. Leo, the 5 year old slept through dinner. Then we went to the gunfight and the first shot was fired! Laney, the 3 year old began screaming that "she didn't want to hear that gun anymore" We stayed and Laney slept through the rest of the gunfight.
Then it was time for the rodeo!! I was in heaven here. I could become a "'rodeo groupie" if we had them in North Carolina. It was the best 2 hours of entertainment. LOVED it.
Sunday the Emisons went to Yellowstone for the day. David and I decided to go explore a ghost town in Kirwin, Wyoming. And so began our great adventure....
We kind of had directions to this place. We rode for about an hour of "regular" roads before having to get on gravel roads. We stopped and watched a field full of pronghorn deer/antelope. We also saw a herd of buffalo! We kept going until we were in the back country of Wyoming. We ended up in the Shoshone National Forest and the landscape/was fantastic!! Eventually we realized that we were on the wrong side of the mountain and needed to backtrack. We were headed back on the gravel road and a front tire blew. Casualty number 2 for this trip. Forgot to mention that the chipped windshield got fixed while in Cody. David changed the tire and I watched a pronghorn in the field.
We got to the other side of the mountain and started UP to Kirwin. This place was 9200 ft UP a one way ROCKY road. We met trucks and ATVs and one vehicle had to pull to the side to let the other pass. We had to go up switchbacks and cross 3 streams to continue to Kirwin. Finally flagged a ranger down and he said we had about 7 more miles. I got A LOT of core exercise in on this trip because my stomach was sucked in all the way to my spine as we rode over these rocks without a spare tire. We did finally get to Kirwin and visited the abandoned buildings left by the silver and gold miners in the early 1900's. The park service had put new roofs on the buildings.
Up on both sides of the Shoshone Forest there were camps for people to bring their horses so they could camp and ride. These people pulled these HUGE horse trailers UP these rocky one way roads.
THEN it was time to go back on that "road". I just prayed we would make it out of there!! I did keep my eyes closed for some of this. But all in all it was beautiful and it was worth the anxiety.
There is a wonderful historical center in Cody. It houses 5 museums and you are able to visit for 2 different days with your admission. It had a Yellowstone museum,a Bill Cody "Buffalo Bill museum",a Plains Indians museum , a firearms museum, and a Western art museum.
We also visited and ate at the Irma Hotel. This was another "must do" for anyone visiting Cody.
Tomorrow David again attempts to get the tire repaired or replaced and then we are moving on to the Buffalo Bill State Park for 2 days.
I've got some wonderful pictures of the Irma Hotel that haven't downloaded into Goggle + yet. I'll add them later.
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