Day 5 - Cody, WY to Yellowstone

We started the day in Cody, WY. Since we only had less than 100 miles to our destination in Yellowstone (actually it was a bit farther but not much) we kicked around Cody until 11am or so. The weather was really nice so Eve and I took turns taking a jaunt through downtown. We decided we would pass on the Buffalo Bill Historical Center complex since we wanted to maximize our time at Yellowstone. It truly is a complex, containing a Buffalo Bill Museum, a Whitney Museum of Western Art, a Plains Indians museum, a firearms museum and a Natural History museum. Sounds nice - maybe next time. I did check out the beautiful cherry back bar at the Hotel Irma. It was a gift to Buffalo Bill from Queen Victoria. It was only about 30 miles to Yellowstone and another 65 to our digs at the Old Faithful Inn. And that 65 is on roads with a max speed of 45mph. Took a little longer than we thought and we got here around 2:30 or 3:00. We saw about half a dozen buffalo in the wild as we worked our way to the hotel. After checking in we took a long walk around the Geyser Basin near the hotel. The area is just thick with geysers and hot springs. We must have seen 20 or more geysers and even more hot springs. Then this evening we went out to watch the eruption of Old Faithful, a real treat. One cool thing I've failed to mention is that the speed limit in South Dakota and Wyoming is 75 mph. How cool is that??