Center of the West

If you ever find yourself in Cody Wyoming, and I hope you do, make sure you don't leave town without going to The Center of the West. This place is 5 museums in one. There is a natural history museum, an art museum, a gun museum, a Native American museum and of course a museum dedicated to William "Buffalo' Bill" Cody who the town is named for. 

I'll share here just a few of the images from our morning and afternoon spent there.

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South Dakota's Monuments

For the first time in my life, and Jim's too, we saw up close and in person, Mount Rushmore and The Crazy Horse Monument. I think these should be on everyone's bucket list, especially Americans.

Mount Rushmore is very impressive when you are looking up at the mountain in real life. In the town of Keystone there is a Museum dedicated to Gutzum Borglum that gives you lots of information about the man and the mountain. At the monument itself there is a gift shop for those interested in collecting made in China trinkets to remember the day.

At Crazy Horse there is a bus ride you can take that will let you see the mountain from 3 sides. We didn't do that. What I found most impressive were the displays of Native American Art from tribes all over the country. We also heard from and watched the dancing of a mother and daughter from the Sioux tribe. They also use Dakota or Lakota or Nakota to identify themselves and forgive me but I have forgotten which people their family was.

I'll show you a few of the pieces of art we saw. You really should go to see it all yourself. I will always think of this day with fond and happy memories and I hope you would too,

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Roadside Attractions

On the road today, headed into Wyoming a pickup truck coming in the opposite direction flashed his headlights. In Wyoming that usually  means wildlife ahead and we weren't disappointed. Around a corner and close enough to the road to make me nervous for than we came upon a mama and baby moose. We were able to get safely to the shoulder of the road and watch them for awhile. Mom never did turn around so you get to see her south end.

Except for a small group of antelope this is the first wildlife we have seen so far.

More about the trip and lots more pictures coming soon.

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First Helicopter Ride Ever!

After 68 years of life, I finally rode in a helicopter. Jim and I took a 30-minute ride to see Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments. The views of those and the surrounding areas and the town of Keystone were fantastic. The pictures I took from the air didn't turn out too well. Two things were working against me, the vibration of the helicopter and the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. 

Our pilot was baby face Matt, not bearded Matt. The pilot made the trip very enjoyable and had the answers to all our questions. The company was Black Hills Helicopter Tours. I've linked the picture to their website so you can check them out yourself if you ever find yourself in this part of the country.

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Keystone, South Dakota

Above you will have seen some of what I did during our first afternoon in Keystone SD. There was a love demonstration of chain saw wood carving that we stopped and watched for awhile. 

I found a bit of history about the flood marker...

Keystone once more suffered tragically on June 9, 1972 when torrential rain attacked the Black Hills causing flash flooding on many creeks through out the towns of The Black Hills. Keystone, showing its enduring spirit yet again, moved forward and rebuilt. Keystone had become incorporated as a town on June 8, 1972 the day before the flood.

To learn a bit more about Keystone you can check out this link to the town's website.

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One Month

I started doing a daily post on June 16th. That was after I got home from taking care of my Mom and then her home after she passed away. I wasn't along doing that, my sisters were there and we did all the hard things together every step of the way.

Anyway I did not want this day to get away from me before I posted. I missed writing this morning because I was getting ready to hit the road.  We are road tripping and having a great time. I'll fill you in on more of the happenings later, promise.

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An Evening at Coors Field

We went to Coors Field last night to see the Colorado Rockies play against the New York Yankees. We had seats in an upper level on the first base side.

The Rockies won 7 - 2. I think that is what the final score was. The game was fun to watch even though I am not a big baseball fan. I think there were 4 home runs, 1 for the Yankees and 3 for the Rockies.

We kept an eye on those clouds you see in the picture. We watched the game, got back to the car and were on the freeway on our way back to the hotel before the rain and the lightening show started. I brought my raincoat because the showers were predicted and didn't need it. You know how that goes though right? If I hadn't brought it along we probably would have gotten soaked at the ball park.

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