Cody Wyo.,and Glacier National Park Montana

We are in Cody Wyoming and we were really surprised what a great place this is.Lots to see and do.
We stayed at Buffalo Bill State Park while in Cody.We hiked a lot of their trails and enjoyed the Sioux river which runs through the park.The sticks Jackie and Dustin gave us are getting a workout.We have been buying these little hiking medallions that you place on your stick.All the parks and national monuments are selling them now,their very popular,well at 5 bucks a pop between both our sticks so far,I figure we got about 80 bucks in them! But its fun anyway.Hey if hiking keeps the Doctor bills away its worth it.





Every day when we went into Cody

from the park,we saw "Bobs Big Boy" out there on the prairie all by himself.nothing else around and no big boy restaurant in town....what gives! I talked to the locals and their theory was...Aliens put him there.I think one of those big ranchers that live nearby had a "Big Boy hamburger fetish!"
We did a lot of things while in Cody.We rode horses,went to a rodeo,checked out the local Museums,went to some fabulous western dinner shows,shopped downtown,It was non stop.

 The Cody Nite Rodeo is very popular.They fill this place every night.We bought what they call the "The Trifecta".Its a chuck wagon dinner,western musical review,and the Rodeo.They must sell this same package to the tour operators because there were a ton of tour buses in the rodeo parking lot and half the audience were from another country.
My favorite was the clown in the barrel.He could not get one of those bulls to take a run at his barrel.It was a great night of entertainment.           
One of our favorite Museums was the Buffalo Bill Center Of The West.

It is dedicated to the life of Bill Cody.
He was a Rancher,a guide,and a Showman.This Museum spotlights his talents.It is 5 museums in one.Your entry fee  is good for 2 days because you can't see it all in one.
We took a scenic drive out of Cody on the"Chief Joesph scenic byway" rated one of the best drives in the USA according to the late Charles Karalt.It goes up into the Bear tooth mountains and loops around into Montana at Red Lodge Mt.At the top we ran into snow and lots of it....In late June! 

We left Cody and entered Montana.We made a slight detour to Billings to get the car fixed as our backup screen went black.Luckily it just needed an adjustment.We did some site seeing around the Billings area.

We left Billings and drove all day toward Glacier.We stopped for the night in Helena Mt.We stayed an extra day to play tourist.We checked out the city and the downtown area.They have a nice Museum dedicated to the old west in and around the state.It was a very nice.Very informative and a lot of history.Bill Cody,General Custer,Jeremiah Johnson,Butch Cassidy,and other famous outlaws roamed Montana back in the day.
Jeni loved this church in the downtown area.I think it was a catholic church,but it was old!

We finally made it to Glacier National Park.We stayed in St Marys on the east side of the park at a very nice campground.
The only downside here is they are working on the "going to the sun"road that runs through the park.The real bummer was you could not travel all the way to the west side because the road was closed 13 miles in.plus they had delays of up to1 hour at 2 places along the route.No animals were within 100 miles of that road so while it was very scenic,it was slow go.
Hey,you make lemonade out of lemons,go for plan B.

I talked with the Mgr at the campground and he told us to go a little north of St.Marys and there was another road that goes in to the park,Many Glacier.It went in about 7 miles but what a fantastic drive!
Glaciers all around,and lots of water.We also saw a herd of Big horn sheep while hiking.I think this was the true Glacier park.

We stopped by this beautiful lodge right on the lake.It was very European.
Jeni and I took a little hike around the area,had a nice picnic,and took pictures
It has been cold and windy here.The locals say snow is not uncommon.in mid June here.
One thing that has been good in Wyo.and Mont.is the lack of traffic.The highways have been a pleasure to navigate with the motor home.

Jeni and I spent the whole day in Glacier just enjoying the views and catching up on reading.
.all for now from Cody Wyoming,and Glacier National Park Montana.