We left Red Lodge, Montana, and re-entered Wyoming – Cody, the town for which Buffalo Bill is named after.
As we headed past Bearcreek again, where the night before we had steak and pig races, we noticed a shop next door selling Banana Cream Pie. It’s supposed to be world famous. It’s nice. But I think they use banana essence, and I hate essences to be used. Unless it’s vanilla, ’cause the pod is so expensive.
But still, it was soft and lucious and the crust super thin, I had a hard time distinguishing custard from pie crust. US$3.50.
The Buffalo Bill Historical Museum is huge and good. I had fun. And it’s rare I have fun in a museum. So you can imagine how good it is.
They have a lot of great sculptures.
It’s filled with sights and sounds, stuff to look above you, below you, under your feet. Stuff for kids to do (which I also did). Then you can also create your own art and e-mail it to someone, using elements from real artists works.
In the evening, we had steak and ribs at the Wyoming Rib and Chop restaurant – supposedly the best in town. It was good. Ribs were good. Dry rub. Didn’t come with a sauce and tasted great. The awesome baked potato was awesome in size.
I also ordered the Pecan Pie there. But it’s not the Pecan Pie I had in mind. In the first place, it’s more like ice cream pie with a layer of caramel at the bottom and a chocolate crust. And then it’s topped with cream. And there’s chocolate sauce drizzled on the top, and topped with the crunchiest pecans I’ve ever had. It was heavenly.
The steak tonight was better than the one at Bearcreek, about 8 miles out of Red Lodge. But that dinner came free with the pig races that were really fun.
Then we headed for a night of rodeo at Cody Rodeo Nite. Good fun, but overpriced and rather repetitive after a while.
We are staying at the Lambright Place B&B. Decided to try a B&B. They upgraded us to a standalone unit with 4 beds in the back of the house. So we practically have a whole house to ourselves.
This trip has been such a rush, I’ve barely had time to reflect back on my trip. It’s only when I’m driving that I think about it. Such as when I was driving through the upper loop of YNP, the smell of pine filled the air and reminded me of the time we had a huge pine Christmas tree in our office, after we shot Under One Roof’s Christmas episode. And then I forget to write it down.
Speaking of which, because I’ve been updating this blog, my travel dairy is often neglected. There are just so many batteries to recharge, and my own batteries are, quite frankly, unable to hold their chargeas much as I used to.