Ep. 325: Cody, Wyoming | RV travel camping sightseeing history
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Cody is a small town in northwestern Wyoming's Bighorn Basin founded by, and named for William F. Cody, better known to most Americans as Buffalo Bill. For many travelers Cody is the eastern gateway to Yellowstone National Park. However, Cody is a worthy RV travel destination in its own right. While camping at Buffalo Bill State Park's Lake Side Campground we'll explore the town, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Buffalo Bill Dam, the historic cabins, saloons and stores of Old Trail Town, and even Heart Mountain Interpretive Center on the grounds of a World War II Japanese internment camp.
Filmed: August 20-25, 2023
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 Cody, Wyoming
2:39 Buffalo Bill Dam & Reservoir
4:48 Buffalo Bill State Park Camping
9:30 Buffalo Bill Center of the West
18:00 Old Trail Town
21:33 Heart Mountain Interpretive Center
26:21 Wrap-up and what's next
FOR MORE INFORMATION
* Cody/Yellowstone Wyoming www.codyyellowstone.org/
* Buffalo Bill Dam & Visitor Center bbdvc.com/
* Buffalo Bill State Park wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/pl...
* Buffalo Bill Center of the West centerofthewest.org/
* Old Trail Town www.oldtrailtown.org/
* Heart Mountain Interpretive Center www.heartmountain.org/
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Thank you so much for throwing the spotlight on our little slice of Heaven! You've made me fall in love with my hometown all over again. Excellent cinematography and narration. Much appreciated, Sir!!
Thank you very much! We loved your hometown, and we will be back.
@@GrandAdventure We'd humbly welcome you back!
Marc, in my humble opinion, this episode of Grand Adventure is one of, if not, the best you’ve done to date. The narration was superb, the background music was spot on. Love the way you drill down into the history of a location and Wyoming is full of history. Can’t wait for the next episode from the Bighorns. Thank you for what you bring to us each Wednesday. 😊
Wow, thanks Scott! We're very flattered that you enjoyed this one so much. Our spot in the Bighorns in next week's episode may have been our favorite boondocking site all season.
Love all of Wyoming, love the scenic drives. So beautiful! Thanks Marc! Have a wonderful week!
Thank you Joyce, and you do the same!
Truly a grand history lesson. Well put together thank you so much 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you very much, Mike, and thanks for watching!
What a fantastic video Guido, love your deep dive into these sites. See you next week sir.
Thank you so very much as always, Nate!
I lived in Cody between 1957 and 1962..... a most formative part of my life and I always love to return...
We can certainly understand why, James.
Superb video Marc!!! Love the way you do your videos!!! Cody, WY here we come!!!
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Thank you so much, Mike!
Leave it up to you to bring us something we've never heard of. I've never heard of Buffalo Bills dam or reservoir or state park. Thanks buddy!
Our pleasure, Bert. Thanks as always for watching.
As usual awesome😅 I learned so much today take care and God bless you
Thank you so much Joanne, and same to you.
Beautiful done video! Loved it!
Thank you Rhonda!
Marc, you always do a great job packing your videos with such great info! We’ve been to Cody several times and still learned more from your video. Thanks again D & D
Thank you so very much as always, D&D!
Mark, great video and narrative, and your timing is perfect. We will be in Cody in a few days on our sweep through the western states and you've given us a number of ideas of things to do besides driving all day to and through Yellowstone.
If you need a future video idea, how about informing us how you find and research things to do at stops along your journey.
Excellent, Dave! Have a wonderful visit. As for your suggestion, it would make a rather uneventful video as we just Google around -- maps, TripAdvisor, state tourism websites, etc. There's no magic to what we do.
Love your channel, thanks for your excellent videos!
Thank you Marks, and thanks for watching!
Beautiful history lesson. Great video tonight.
Thanks so much as always, Robert!
I was just in Cody the 8th through 10th of September. Kept my rv in town but , drove to Yellowstone and explored campgrounds along the way. Beautiful area. The Buffalo Bill museum is outstanding.
There's no doubt that it is, Mike. Sounds like you enjoyed yourself there, too.
We loved our stay in Cody. My Wife bought Cowboy boots in town. We went to that big Rodeo. Was fun but the wind that night was extreme. There is a bar at the Erma Hotel that Queen Victoria had built and sent as a gift from France. We camped at that last area you showed. Just a Beautiful area. Thank you for taking us back there.
Our pleasure, thanks so much for coming along!
Looks like a very beautiful place to visit, definitely on our bucket list.
Very happy to hear that, Deb. Thanks so much for watching!
Looks like a wonderful place to visit. Really enjoyed you bringing me along ! Safe travels...
Thank you very much, George, and same to you!
Great look at Cody!! It brought back so many memories for us. Heart Mountain was a visit that for me left an indelible mark. Excellent video!!
Thank you very much, and thanks for coming along!
I love the museum. Smithsonian of the west! Need to take my granddaughter soon
It's a phenomenal facility.
My favorite place to camp ! So much to do and see . Great video as always . My most memorable trip was July 4. 1976 . John Wayne and several famous people there for the Winchester display dedication at the museum. And the big 100 year birthday for America
That must've been quite the event, Todd.
Fantastic video Marc! This is one of my all time favorite videos you've ever done. Brought back a lot of memories.
JT
Thanks JT! Very happy that we could bring you back. I suspect that next week's episode will be a bit sentimental for you as well.
Thanks for so much information. I didn't know most of this. I'm glad that you saved the sad history for last. It's hard to believe what humans do to other humans.
And thank YOU as always for watching, Jesi.
Excellent.
Thank you so very much as always for watching.
Nice video. We stayed in Cody during our 10 year wedding anniversary and loved it. Great place as a base camp for a visit to Yellowstone.
Thank you, Jason. That would be a wonderful anniversary trip, and certainly lots of folks use Cody as a Yellowstone gateway, especially those traveling from the East.
Great video, love learning the history behind these little towns across America. I think I’ll add that State Park to our ever growing list of places to see. Well done!
Thank you as always, Michael!
Very informative, thank you 👍🏻😊
Thank you very much, John! We're happy to hear that you enjoyed it.
This is a great video!
Thank you as always, Michelle!
Now this is information I can use, i do expect to travel to Cody and the surrounding area.
Terrific Charles, happy that we could help!
Great video!! My wife, son, and I are traveling from Minnesota to Cody in June. We are renting a cabin at the KOA. We are very excited to take in everything Wyoming. Thanks for the excellent content!😊😊
Thank you very much, Filbert! Wishing you a safe and thoroughly enjoyable trip.
Another great video Marc. Can’t wait to travel out that way. Stay safe on the road.
Thank you Matt, and same to you!
Your cinematography is as close to being there as I’ve ever seen, as always! You raised the bar this time!
Thank you very much, Dave! We're glad to hear that you enjoyed this one.
Cody and the Big Horns are a magnificent area in the Cowboy state. I really enjoy the history and culture of the areas you visit; reminds me of the old travelogues that the theaters used to run before the feature movie. Yes, I'm that old, and watch Turner Classic Movies too. Thanks for taking me back to 1968 when I first laid eyes on this part of Wyoming! Post Script: The Japanese American citizens' internment was a shameful chapter in our Nation's history but you addressed it with respect and dignity to those who lost their homes and livlihoods to political over reaction.
Thank you John for your kind words! Yep, we love Wyoming, and it probably shows.
Great video as always. thanks Don
Thank you as always, Don!
Great video! Hoping to see all these places when I return to this part of Wyoming. I had no idea there was an internment camp in Wyoming.
Neither did we until we got there, although we've been to the sites of others in Arizona and Idaho. Thanks so much for watching.
when we went through yellow stone park , we almost ran over to cody. now i wish we did
and will certainly go back now that we have seen your very informed video of the area.
thank you
You're very welcome and thank you for your kind words, Rob. Glad that you enjoyed it.
Nice Cody coverage. Been years since we stayed at that campground by the reservoir. Great town we enjoyed it. We are looking forward to the Bighorns. We love them and plan to go and do some boondocking ourselves. Safe travels and take care!!
Thank you, and you do the same! I think you'll be surprised by our boondocking spot in the Bighorns next week, it was spectacular.
Great video been to most of the area and like it CHEERS
Cheers to you, Norm!
Cool museum
One of the coolest.
Great video! We were in Cody several years ago on our way to the Grand Canyon and visited all the museums. All excellent places to visit!
They sure are! Thank you very much.
I had some catching up to do. I loved all the museums you took us through, but my absolute favourite was the Old Trail Town, wow it's like stepping into the past. Suzane
It most certainly was, Suzane. Thank you!
Thanks for your video. I’m heading out West in June 2024 . I am definitely going to visit the museums featured. You did a nice job!
Thank you very much Filomena, and here's wishing you a safe and happy journey next June.
Another very interesting video Marc, the Cody area is rich in the old cowboy days, we are playing catch up on your videos after almost 2 weeks in you home state of Utah, in the city of Moab area, thanks for sharing, travel safe
Thank you Gary! We sincerely hope you enjoyed your time in Utah, Moab is a very special place to us.
Cody also put on a show, in Pendleton, Or. It was always after the rodeo. They call it the HAPPY CANYON show. It still goes on this day. After each rodeo, at the Pendleton Round Up.
Very cool, thank you for that Tracy!
Thanks for the great adventure, Marc. What a place to visit.
The many museums were such a treat and it's great that they allowed you some access to video the various exhibits and art pieces.
That one juvenile gray wolf cub exhibit that you zoomed up on looked so authentic. His nose looked a little dry, like he had a cold or something.
Treating that with just a slight highlight here and there of traces of soft semi gloss, would have improved the wetness effect even more... imo.😊
Gord
Happy that we could bring you along, Gord. Many of those exhibits were incredibly life-like.
@@GrandAdventure Yeah... that's what I saw. Incredible when people who know what their doing can do that.
Gord
I can’t wait to visit Cody sometime soon. I really want to see a real rodeo sometime 😂
Well TSM, I can't think of a better place to do so.
Great video Mark! We love Cody! Planning to spend more time there next year. The state park is awesome! We were in the middle loop when we went west and the last loop going east. They had just finished hooking up electrical in the middle loop as we checked in.
Yep, that's how we got lucky. We had a reservation in the last loop, but when we got there we asked if they happened to have an electrical vacancy and they stuck us in the middle loop instead, as not even Reserve America had those sites listed as electric yet.
Nice. Thanks for this video. We’re going to be there in late May next year 😊
A great choice! Here's wishing you a safe and enjoyable trip.
Another great episode Marc. People say that what happened with the Japanese Americans could never happen again. The internment of the Japanese was because fear. Fear is a great motivator/controller.
We gave up many of our Rights because of fear after 9/11.
We were arresting people on the beach because of fear during the Covid era.
People are easily manipulated through fear, so we will certainly see more loss of freedom in the future through fear.
There's always a boogie man.
Fear does indeed drive us to do strange things, Frank. As I go to great pains to avoid saying anything on the channel that could be construed as controversial, I hope that you'll forgive me if I limit my response any further. 😉
Excellent cinematography and soundtrack on this one Marc! The Buffalo Bill Center of the West and old town Cody and Heart Mountain Interpretive Center are now on my must-see list next time we visit the area. Hope you find a great spot in the Bighorns, last September we had trouble finding a boondocking spot because most of them were already taken by hunters setting up their camps. Still, we had a beautiful stay at Shell Creek campground. Thanks so much for sharing and safe travels!
Thank you so very much Renee, and same to you!
We loved our stop at the Dam, the town of Cody, the Cody Gun Experience, Old Town and the Erma Hotel, had no idea that Heart Mountain was one of those camp, we have been to two of them so far, Manzanar and one at Delta Utah.
We never knew that there was one in Delta -- thanks for that! We've driven past Manzanar but were on a deadline and couldn't stop to explore. One of the most impressive we've seen is at Minidoka National Historic Site in Idaho ua-cam.com/video/S6PLhP_J48w/v-deo.html but we've also been to the site of the one at Poston, AZ.
@@GrandAdventure the one in Delta is pretty much gone. You drive for miles and think you’ve gone in the wrong direction, there’s not much of it left, but they do have a decent memorial there. It sits out in the middle of the high desert and they had no view whatsoever, unlike Manzanar. Safe travels ✌️
Thank you for that@@grandpagrandmajustkeepgoin4560 and same to you!
CHEERS Marc I'm back on the road in Coeur d'Alene headed to Glacier NP tomorrow and who knows after that and towards Quartzsite
Woohoo! That's great news, Norm! Happy trails and see you soon.
Cody is one of my favorite towns in Wyoming and we’ve stopped there many times. The Cody Museum really is special. Being a University of Wyoming grad, I have friends in Lovell and Cody. Thanks for a great tour.
Our pleasure, Bill. Thanks for coming along!
We've loved spending time in Cody over the years... The shootout re-enactments on Main Street, the restaurants, the museums, and last time we were there, meeting Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars at the RV Park in town where he was camping. He let all the kids in the park get their pictures taken with him. Bill Cody is significant to my family--my great grandfather spent a summer hunting with him. His Scout Ranch in North Platte is another fun place to visit. As always, thanks for the great content!
Thank you for watching! Those are some great stories, thanks for sharing. Ironically we were just in North Platte to spend an evening with some friends, but with just one night there we didn't get the opportunity to explore around like we usually do. Another time, for sure.
Cody is a must visit town. We missed it on our visit to Wyoming. Hopefully, next time we will spend some time there.
I don’t know why, but dams are so fascinating
Is that a wooden model of the Death Star 😆
Saving money while boondocking helps offset costs at state parks 👍
Love that state park - adding it to my list
Good tip about the wind at that campground- but beautiful rainbow
Looks like you need a whole day for the museums- amazing.
I’d love to see the old town - great that it’s been preserved
I’ve never seen an intermittent camp 😮
As always, beautiful footage 🤗
Thank YOU as always! You not only need a whole day, but the Buffalo Bill Center of the West admission is good for two consecutive days...for a good reason. This is the third internment camp we've visited, and we always find those experiences to be very, very moving.
I spent 10 days in Cody earlier this year before I had to cancel the rest of our Alaska trip to support my sister in Missouri going through lung surgery. Made several (long) trips into Yellowstone and explored some of the areas around Cody. Need to go back. I was planning on boondocking east of town but the references I looked at said they're all closed when I was there. I drove out that way anyway to see if I could find some of the wild horses and noticed the boondocking locations were wide open. (I did get to see a herd from a couple of miles away and one lone horse I was able to get to within a couple hundred feet for photos.). Looking foward to watching your video.
Hope you enjoy the episode, Rich, and we also hope that your sister's situation is improving.
Nice video! Your shots really covered the area well. There was that one cliff next to the rodeo with the discoloration in the rock: we went back in the afternoon to take a picture of it, but the sunlight all but made it disappear. However, you captured it perfectly.
It was amazing how fast the weather changed!
Glad you were able to get away from work and see the sites.
Were you able to do the museum for two days or did you cut it down to one? The video of an actual Buffalo Bill show was pretty cool.
The Old Town was really done well. I was happy to see you made it to there and you got some great shots there as well.
Amazing the story of Heart Mountain Relocation. It is scary to think our government was able to do this. Cannot imagine being Japanese and being removed from our home and put in some cold distance place not knowing how long we would have to stay there.
Thanks for covering the Cody area!
Ram
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P.S. Amazing that we ended up in the same spot at the same time!
We considered ourselves to be so incredibly fortunate to have crossed paths with both of you again. With my work itinerary, we crammed the entire Buffalo Bill Center into one day, plus Old Trail Town, too. That's not an optimal way to do it, but we made it work.
Sorry, just fixed the typo at the beginning of my reply.
Kind of the way we did it as well. We will definitely have to come back to this area again.
Ram
@@laughingram7287 yep, it has a lot to offer.
Holly taxidermy batman! It looked like they were real. Normally you look at a taxidermy and obviously know that it is... but that wolf and those goats...
Especially the wolves, MTL. It was like they were staring back.
Another Great Video!
Could you put down the names of the songs used on SoundStripe? The Old Town @ 18:00 ...the base line music is great! My stereo needs some exercise!
Last time I was at the Museum I bought some posters from them. See banners on the building @ 9:43. Riding Cowboy. Somehow those beautiful framed posters ended up on the family room wall....replacing those old wedding pictures, yeah we are still married.
Thank you Ken! Sounds like you have some wonderful memories from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and an understanding wife. 😁 The track you're asking about is entitled "The Frontier," by the artist Alsever Lake.
On our way to Cody from Sturgis, SD where we are touring the area. BTW could you be related to Mel Guido? We are from Medford, OR
Have a safe trip, Rosemary! Nope, no relation that I'm aware of.
Another outstanding video Marc! Your camera and editing work is top notch! Off subject question for you... How do you like your KZ 5er? Been looking to get the 240rkd but am interested in how they are holding up. Haven't really heard anything much, good or bad, about KZ. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Stay safe and enjoy the trail!
Thank you Michael! Now, understand that we have no business relationship with KZ whatsoever other than being very happy customers. Our warranty punch list at the 2-year mark consisted of about a half dozen items, all of which were strictly cosmetic in nature - and they took care of every one of those items at their customer service center in Indiana while we were there, and even some things that they noticed that I didn't have on the list.
The one other problem I had in those first two years was I had a main neutral into the service panel wiggle loose, which scorched the service panel when it arced. I sent an Instagram message to KZ. Within 10 minutes a service tech was calling me, offered to overnight a new service panel to our location in Montana, and hire any electrician to replace the service panel and send them the bill. I sure couldn't ask for anything more than that!
One January we were heading down to Quartzsite from Salt Lake City, and when I went to leave one of the rear jacks would not raise. I called KZ, they got a tech from Lippert on the phone, and together they talked me through tracing back to where I had knocked one of the connections loose. Again, what more could I ask for?
Finally, We came away from our Durango plant visit ua-cam.com/video/im7lflhuoYQ/v-deo.html wholly impressed by the focus they place on quality, including a 10% bonus for plant workers who meet their quality audit targets. Unlike some other brands that pump out a hundred or more units per day, Durango produces 10 units per day. I believe that smaller factory allows them to keep a closer eye on quality, and we left with the impression that they truly care. That has certainly been our experience, and when the day comes that we decide to replace this trailer I will not hesitate for a moment to find a Durango.
Hope that helps!
@@GrandAdventure Thanks for the reply. It does help. I did watch the Plant video earlier, that is why we looked at the KZ to begin with! Happy Trails!
@@michaelskvarek6857 excellent! Glad to hear that the info was helpful, and happy trails to you as well.
Marc, do you winter camp at Jordannelle state park for skiing at Alta? It seems to be about 1 hour away. Any advise for a March skiig trip?
No Sylvain, we winter at Mountain Shadows, an RV park about a 25-minute drive from Alta 's lifts. Jordanelle would be too far and inconvenient, not to mention that there are no hookups at Jordanelle in winter.
A very good show.
Heart Mountain is a very sad story that need told over and over again. These were American Citizens and legal immigrants.
Do not forget it can happen again.
Thank you Robert!
"In 1942, we favored Japanese internment. Shame on us! No amount of “putting into context” can justify this country’s forcible relocation and imprisonment of Japanese Americans in remote concentration camps during World War II." LOS ANGELES TIMES 02/25/2017.
Yep, leave it to a perfect person, such as yourself, to chastise someone for their comments of a major historical wrong performed by the government 80 years ago.
Perhaps you should focus on the wrongs being perpetrated by that government Right Know!
Also, there’s a proper place for comments such as yours that would make a more positive impact.
Doing it here just makes you look like an a5s.