May 07, 2010 Cody, Wyoming

We have just finished our first week of our summer employment.  We are working the front desk at Buffalo Bill Village here in Cody.  “The Village” as it is commonly referred to is owned by Blair Hotels…they also own The Comfort Inn and The Holiday Inn.  The Village is made up of 83 cabins in downtown Cody.  These cabins were built by Buffalo Bill Cody to house the workmen who came to Cody to build the town structures.  Cody is a lovely little town of about 9,000 people.  When it warms up a bit I will actually get out to take some pictures.  I look forward to visiting all of the cute shops we have here.

But, speaking of weather we have been having a bit of the white stuff. They were predicting 3-6 inches of snow night before last but we got barely a smattering.  It has been very cold…we have been in the mid 20’s the last few nights and it is not going to get much better for a while. 

We started today off by having breakfast with friends and fellow workampers, Brenda and Bill Alderman.  We then headed for a drive up Southfork Road.  Bob and I had done some sightseeing last week on Southfork but we stopped when the pavement ended and the road turned to dirt.  Today, Bill traveled to the very end of the road and I have to say that they last 11 miles on dirt where spectacular.

We must have seen at least a couple of hundred deer…they were everywhere.  And we saw lots of…okay, not it gets tricky.  Earlier I had called these animals mountain goats or highway goats, but today we saw a couple of them with the big horns…so…maybe they really are big horn sheep.  

    Then there was this little guy…Look close, he is kind of hard to see…that white stripe down his back blended right in with the snow.  We did not want to spend too much time trying to get a great shot.

The further we went, the prettier it became.  We were in the Shoshone National Forest.  It was hard to believe that people really lived in this remote area but there were some beautiful homes.  We later found out that the small school building we went by…sorry no picture…has an enrollment of 5 students.    

And finally,  as we were making our way back to Cody,  these guys appeared on the ridge above us…elk.  Still no bear but we know they are out there as others have pictures of them that have been taken in the last couple of weeks.  We will keep looking.

Moving on.