May 24, 2019 Friday Day 6
We awoke late. I purchased on-line tickets for the Buffalo Bill Center of the Old West. The Museum was a short drive out of town and housed in an attractive building. It had a charging station in the back lot, but the charging rate was .08 cents per minute, which is the highest I have ever seen and more expensive than gasoline, and since I had 37 miles of charge from the overnight charging at the hotel, I passed.
The museum was terrific. It had 5 different sections. We started in the wildlife and geological area which interprets the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and wound its way down into the basement. At 1:00 we went to a raptor exhibit in which they brought out two large birds, a Golden Eagle and a Turkey Vulture.
We had lunch at the museum cafe, $20 for soup and salad, and then went to the William Cody a/k/a Buffalo Bill exhibit. He led a remarkable life public and private life. Orphaned at age 11, he worked as a cowboy and Pony Express rider. Moving on to soldier, to explorer, to US Army scout to performer to finally international entertainer and producer, he apparently became one of the most well known men in the western world. For 30 years he performed and then produced, while also performing in the Wild West show that was seen all over the US (every state except Nevada) and three tours of Europe. He even performed for Queen Victoria of England at Buckingham Palace. He earned his nickname by shooting 4280 bison in a span of 18 months to provide food for construction workers on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The gun wing was closed, but we ran out of time after touring the western art exhibit. Lots of works by Fredrick Remington.
On the way out of town in the late afternoon we gassed up for the 1.5 hour drive to Thermopolis through empty, (listened to Sirius Radio) but scenic landscape.
We checked into checked in at the Fountain of Youth motel in Thermopolis. Not much positive to say about the motel, except that it had a good bed and an external outlet to charge the car.
We walked around town and ate dinner at the One Eyed Buffalo. Brewery pub. Very loud, but the food was good.
We awoke late. I purchased on-line tickets for the Buffalo Bill Center of the Old West. The Museum was a short drive out of town and housed in an attractive building. It had a charging station in the back lot, but the charging rate was .08 cents per minute, which is the highest I have ever seen and more expensive than gasoline, and since I had 37 miles of charge from the overnight charging at the hotel, I passed.
The museum was terrific. It had 5 different sections. We started in the wildlife and geological area which interprets the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and wound its way down into the basement. At 1:00 we went to a raptor exhibit in which they brought out two large birds, a Golden Eagle and a Turkey Vulture.
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| Golden Eagle. Bigger and swifter than the Bald Eagle |
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| Turkey Vulture. Defends itself by throwing up on a predator |
We had lunch at the museum cafe, $20 for soup and salad, and then went to the William Cody a/k/a Buffalo Bill exhibit. He led a remarkable life public and private life. Orphaned at age 11, he worked as a cowboy and Pony Express rider. Moving on to soldier, to explorer, to US Army scout to performer to finally international entertainer and producer, he apparently became one of the most well known men in the western world. For 30 years he performed and then produced, while also performing in the Wild West show that was seen all over the US (every state except Nevada) and three tours of Europe. He even performed for Queen Victoria of England at Buckingham Palace. He earned his nickname by shooting 4280 bison in a span of 18 months to provide food for construction workers on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The gun wing was closed, but we ran out of time after touring the western art exhibit. Lots of works by Fredrick Remington.
On the way out of town in the late afternoon we gassed up for the 1.5 hour drive to Thermopolis through empty, (listened to Sirius Radio) but scenic landscape.
We checked into checked in at the Fountain of Youth motel in Thermopolis. Not much positive to say about the motel, except that it had a good bed and an external outlet to charge the car.
We walked around town and ate dinner at the One Eyed Buffalo. Brewery pub. Very loud, but the food was good.
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