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Published: August 10th 2007
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August 1-August 2rd Leaving Yellowstone, stop in Cody and Thermopololis
We left Yellowstone after a wonderful stay, and came down the mountain pass back to Cody. We wanted to stop in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, which was supposed to be a wonderful museum. There are 5 museums there, the Draper Historical Center, a Western Art Museum, a Buffalo Bill Museum, an American Indian Museum and a Guns and Ammo Museum.
We only went through the Draper Center. It had a lot of information about the Yellowstone Ecosystem, and had a number of interactive displays. Simone was quickly bored, and became more of a liability than a blessing. She started touching all the displays that had signs saying “do not touch” and she was very, very busy. Elise was interested for a short time, and then started playing with her sister. Ethan was very interested but neither Joe nor I wanted to try to read and manage the other kids. All in all, we only stayed about an hour but it was an interesting museum for another time.
We drove to Thermopolis, and had difficulty finding our campsite. We were staying at the Country Campin’ RV park, which
received fairly good ratings. We were not terribly impressed by the site, but it was clean and well run. It had a small creek running right next to it, and Thermopolis is very dry, so the campsite is very dusty and dirty. In addition, this place was a mosquito farm (in my mind) and I hid in the camper most of the first night. The kids were bitten up pretty badly. I must say, I really hate mosquitos. They were the bane of my existence in Minnesota. The best part of the Country Campin’ RV park was that we met another family who are traveling: Patti, Tom, Dressler and Case Parsons. Dressler is 12 and Case is 5; Patti is an artist and Tom is a pilot. They live in Arizona. We immediately connected with them and went swimming and to dinner with them the next day.
We spent the whole next day at the TeePee mineral hot springs pool. We were reminded immediately that hot springs smell like sulphur. There was an indoor and outdoor pool, and we stayed at the outdoor pool because the smell was too much for us at the indoor pool. I am not
sure if there are some people who are more sensitive to the sulphur smell, or if you just get used to it, but it really bothered both me and Simone. There were a ton of locals who seemed not to care very much. I met a lifeguard who is a Pastor in Thermopolis. She said that Thermopolis is the most desirable spot to live in in Wyoming. She said that the weather is temperate, and that they don’t get the same snow or heat as the rest of Wyoming. She also said that the first couple of years she lived in Thermopolis, the smell really bothered her. She said that she does not notice it now. I guess that answered my question. Joe says that sulfur dioxide can kill you, and that he is concerned about the effects of sulphur on brain development. I don’t know how bad it really is, but I don’t think it can be good.
That night, we went to dinner with the Parsons to Butch’s for dinner. This restaurant was in Kirby, Wyoming (population 57). I swear all 57 people were at the restaurant for dinner that night. We had to wait for over an hour to eat at the bar. Anyhow, all was good and no-one got bit by mosquitos.
August 1-August 3rd Leaving Yellowstone, stop in Cody and Thermopololis
We left Yellowstone after a wonderful stay, and came down the mountain pass back to Cody. We wanted to stop in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, which was supposed to be a wonderful museum. There are 5 museums there, the Draper Historical Center, a Western Art Museum, a Buffalo Bill Museum, an American Indian Museum and a Guns and Ammo Museum.
We only went through the Draper Center. It had a lot of information about the Yellowstone Ecosystem, and had a number of interactive displays. Simone was quickly bored, and became more of a liability than a blessing. She started touching all the displays that had signs saying “do not touch” and she was very, very busy. Elise was interested for a short time, and then started playing with her sister. Ethan was very interested but neither Joe nor I wanted to try to read and manage the other kids. All in all, we only stayed about an hour but it was an interesting museum for another time.
We drove to Thermopolis, and had difficulty finding our campsite. We were staying at the Country Campin’ RV park, which received fairly good ratings. We were not terribly impressed by the site, but it was clean and well run. It had a small creek running right next to it, and Thermopolis is very dry, so the campsite is very dusty and dirty. In addition, this place was a mosquito farm (in my mind) and I hid in the camper most of the first night. The kids were bitten up pretty badly. I must say, I really hate mosquitos. They were the bane of my existence in Minnesota. The best part of the Country Campin’ RV park was that we met another family who are traveling: Patti, Tom, Dressler and Case Parsons. Dressler is 12 and Case is 5; Patti is an artist and Tom is a pilot. They live in Arizona. We immediately connected with them and went swimming and to dinner with them the next day.
We spent the whole next day at the TeePee mineral hot springs pool. We were reminded immediately that hot springs smell like sulphur. There was an indoor and outdoor pool, and we stayed at the outdoor pool because the smell was too much for us at the indoor pool. I am not sure if there are some people who are more sensitive to the sulphur smell, or if you just get used to it, but it really bothered both me and Simone. There were a ton of locals who seemed not to care very much. I met a lifeguard who is a Pastor in Thermopolis. She said that Thermopolis is the most desirable spot to live in in Wyoming. She said that the weather is temperate, and that they don’t get the same snow or heat as the rest of Wyoming. She also said that the first couple of years she lived in Thermopolis, the smell really bothered her. She said that she does not notice it now. I guess that answered my question. Joe says that sulfur dioxide can kill you, and that he is concerned about the effects of sulphur on brain development. I don’t know how bad it really is, but I don’t think it can be good.
That night, we went to dinner with the Parsons to Butch’s for dinner. This restaurant was in Kirby, Wyoming (population 57). I swear all 57 people were at the restaurant for dinner that night. We had to wait for over an hour to eat at the bar. Anyhow, all was good and no-one got bit by mosquitos.
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