Today we drove all the way across Wyoming to Yellowstone National Park, from Custer through Deadwood and Lead in South Dakota, to Cody, WY then on to Yellowstone. We plan to stay there for 3 nights. We left the campground at about 6:30 am and did not get to Yellowstone til about 7:30 at night.
Most of the route we drove was in an area Buffalo Bill Cody loved. The route from Cody, WY to the East entrance of Yellowstone was a favorite of his. At one end is the town, Cody, that he helped build and at the other end is his hunting lodge, just inside Yellowstone National Park’s East entrance. He managed a traveling show for 30 years with the goal of promoting the beauty of the landscape of the west, touring all over the United States and spending 10 years touring in Europe. So, today was a day in the history of Buffalo Bill Cody and the land he loved.
We stopped to look at the Buffalo Bill Dam, just outside of Cody. When they started the town of Cody, Buffalo Bill thought it would be a good idea to create a dam in the area for irrigation, so they started the dam in 1906. For the time, it was a magnificent feat. By the time it was completed in 1910, they lost 7 men and 3 construction companies went bankrupt. They had to cut out a road to get supplies to the area for the dam. They did that with just pickaxes and black powder!!!
Just 10 minutes into Yellowstone, we saw a grizzly bear crossing the road. That was a great end to a very long day and a great start to our visit to Yellowstone.
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