Cody, Wyoming

Someone's travel bus covered in wood.
Hmmm.

The main objective of this daycation was to do some exploring in Cody.  It was the first time I'd been to that part of the state and I was excited to see the museum and the cemetery and the old town.  However, by the time we finally arrived in Cody it was almost 5:00 and too late to visit the museum or anything else on a Saturday afternoon.  Incorporated in 1901, Cody is located 52 miles from Yellowstone National Park's east entrance. Cody was founded by Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody who passed through the region in the 1870s. He was so impressed by the development possibilities from irrigation, rich soil, grand scenery, hunting and proximity to Yellowstone Park that he returned in the mid-1890s to start a town. He brought with him men whose names are still on street signs in Cody's downtown area: Beck, Alger, Rumsey, Bleistein and Salsbury.

Our home away from home.

Could you tell it was the week of bike week in
Sturgis and that Cody was a main route to
travel there?

Motorcycles lined up in downtown Cody.