July 28, 2012

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The Cody museum was incredible -- their Buffalo Bill exhibit had been totally upgraded and was brand new to me. Lots of great footage from his shows. There were a couple new exhibits in the Plains Indians site and some new acquisitions for the Gun museum. A couple artists of this period are favorites of mine -- Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran and Frederic Remington. The Museum has a good dozen of each of their works and a lot of Remington's smaller sculptures. Lulu is an artist so it was wonderful to just sit and wonder at the paintings. Spent about five hours at the museum. Drove down to Jackson Hole -- it was about 170 miles but the bulk of it was in Yellowstone and Teton parks -- posted speed limit was 45MPH but there were a lot of tourons (definition here, observations from a Bend, OR resident here) driving at 40 and slowing to 20 when they see a bug. Of course, despite the frequent signs advising slow drivers to use the equally frequent turnouts, they go their merry way oblivious to everyone else patiently lined up in back of them... Finally got in around 7:15PM, found a dog-friendly motel and got dinner at the Cowboy Steakhouse -- we split a 22 Ounce Dry Aged Porterhouse with horseradish mashed potatoes, canalized onions and their own steak sauce. Heaven on a plate. Heading out early tomorrow, do the Tetons and central Yellowstone (thermal areas and Old Faithful) and then head up to Gardiner to spend the night. Drop back down Monday morning to do Mammoth Hot Springs -- back up North to Livingston and points West. Projected ETA sometime around Wednesday. Posted by DaveH at July 28, 2012 9:38 PM
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