Cody Stampede Rodeo

The following are images and videos from the Cody Stampede Rodeo, which is held every night during the summer months. The rodeo was very entertaining and I was glad to have the chance to go (I haven't been to a rodeo in years).

Buffalo Bill Historical Center

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center (a Smithsonian Affiliate) contains five museums under one roof: The Buffalo Bill Museum, The Whitney Gallery of Western Art, The Plains Indian Museum, The Cody Firearms Museum (the largest collection of firearms in the world), and The Draper Museum of National History.

Silhouette of Buffalo Bill - he was a little over 6 feet tall.

Cowboy Fun - 1898, 24-sheet lithograph, Enquirer Job Printing Co., Cincinnati.

Free Fall - 2002, bronze, T.D. Kelsey.

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Mosaic - this mosaic map consists of nearly 27,000 tiles, is 28 feet in diameter and weighs about three-quarters of a ton.

War Lodge.

Bear Claw Necklace.

Buffalo Bill's Boyhood Home.

Yellowstone National Park

"We may say in brief, that the entire basin of the Yellowstone is volcanic... at a period not very remote in the geological past, this whole country was a scene of wonderful volcanic activity."

Geologist Ferdinand V. Hayden, 1871

I finally found a little bit of time to blog about my weekend in Wyoming. Co-worker Kathy and I did a trip to Yellowstone National Park during the weekend we were in Wyoming. That Saturday, the weather was great and the park entrance fee was free. It had been two years since my last trip to Yellowstone. I took over a hundred photographs and narrowed it down to the ones you see below for the blog.

Dragon's Mouth Spring.

Mud Volcano.

Bison near the Mud Volcano area.

Carnivorous squirrel.

Excelsior Geyser at Midway Geyser Basin.

Excelsior Geyser.

Excelsior Geyser.

Grand Prismatic Spring at Midway Geyser Basin.

Grand Prismatic Spring.

Spasmodic Geyser.

Chromatic Pool.

Castle Geyser.