Written by uk2usa on 07 Oct, 2002
Its unlikely that you will visit Cody and not go to nearby (about 70 miles west) Yellowstone National Park. To set you up for a good first day, set off early from Cody and head up the Shoshone Canyon past Buffalo Bill dam and the reservoir…Read More
Its unlikely that you will visit Cody and not go to nearby (about 70 miles west) Yellowstone National Park.
To set you up for a good first day, set off early from Cody and head up the Shoshone Canyon past Buffalo Bill dam and the reservoir behind it. After a wonderfully scenic drive getting ever more mountainous and tree covered, you reach Pahaska about 55 miles outside Cody and just a couple of miles from the East Entrance to Yellowstone. Stop for breakfast/brunch depending upon how early you got up.
This is the site of Buffalo Bill's hunting lodge. The original building is still there in the grounds and it is hauntingly evocative to sit on the veranda and peer through the windows and imagine yourself back in time.
In the modern building there is a good restaurant and the obligatory gift shop. You can actually hire cabins here and go horse riding into the hills. I've promised myself I'll go back and do that someday.
Refreshed and ready for anything hop back in the car and see Yellowstone.