On The Move

We spent some time in Montana seeing relatives and celebrating the fourth. Then we took off to take in some of the Wyoming Wild West.

While in Montana, we took a side trip out to Pompey's Pillar as we had never been there.

We arrived in Cody. In my opinion the name "Buffalo Bill Cody" is over used. The lake, where we stayed the first night is named that, the Museum (okay, I can see that), and about every other thing also uses the name.

We splurged and took the trolley to learn about some of the historical buildings in the area. Everyone told us to plan on two days at the museum and it took that. Fortunately, your pass is good for two days. Some of the things that I did see there were the pictures of Randals and a few of their items along with his silver saddle. I also saw this in the front lobby, just after coming into the building. You might remember this, Edith, as we always wanted to play on one like it at Randal's but Mom wouldn't let us.
In case you don't know, check out the next picture.
We also saw some, not so authentic, western action. This occurred at the Irma Hotel built by, your know who, and named for his youngest daughter.


The Dance


The bad guys.



Shoot out results.

We went south through the Wind River Canyon. It is a really pretty canyon. My picture doesn't do it justice.

We parked our trailer at Lander, then went looking for South Pass. On our way we came across this, not far out of town.

We ended up at a ghost town named South Pass City, an old gold mining area. There are a few living here and there is restoration work being done. However, best of all, at this location we found someone who knew the way to the pass.

After traveling down a dirt/gravel road we found a marker. We could also see the remains of trails. Looking west one could see the gentle pass between hills to the south and north.

There was a dirt road going west from here so we took it. We found this marker inscribed with Mormon, California, Oregon, and Pony Express Trail engraved on it's sides. We saw more of these markers as we traveled east.

We could see the trails as we went further west. Bob is also walking on one.


Finally we came to a large fenced in area. This was the top of the pass, just a gentle knoll. These were located there.

The first Mormons were in 1847, Brahman Young and those with him. So this was interesting.


This is looking east from the top of the pass and

this is looking west.
That is about enough for this one, so I will wait to fill you in on what we did next in another addition.