This morning we wandered around a re-created old town, seeing how early settlers lived and seeing the cabin that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid in in "Hole in the Wall". It was moved log by log and re-built here. Emma and I enjoyed this attraction - it meant nothing to the kids.
A bit of a touristy day today as next stop was a Minature Town - some guy has built minature models of life in the old west - complete with Cowboys and Indians fighting and buffalo roaming the plains. It was free and informative.
After a quick game of mini-golf (where we discovered Olivia cannot count as no matter how many shots she took, when asked she said her score was "3") we went to the Buffalo Bill Museum.
This was another great museum - five exhibits covering Yellowstone National Park; Buffalo Bill; Plains Indians; Cowboy Art and the history of guns.
We got through the first three. Very informative and well put together.
Buffalo Bill was clearly an amazing guy - but how much of the stories about him are fact or fiction is not clear. This is acknowledged in the museum as he quickly became a Western legend and had to live up to the hype all the time.
Tonight I had to sit through another hour of Country & Western music (just survived) and then we went to the RODEO!
The Rodeo was great. It was freezing cold and pouring with rain but that did not dent the spirits or enthusiasm of the riders. We saw lots of bucking horses and bulls. People catching cows with lassoos and all sorts of fun stuff.
The highlight was when all kids under 12 were invited into the arena. It was pouring with rain, but James got out there. 3 young calves were released that had red flags attached to them. 15 kids charged around the mud trying to grab a flag of the calves. James had a great time, came close to getting a flag and got very wet and muddy. What more would a nine year old boy want!
We just got home - 10:30pm - a late night for us. It's raining still which means it will be snowing in Yellowstone. Should be fun tomorrow.
At last I have noticed the 'comments' slot which I see was on every page. My obvservation skills are sadly lacking! I haven't had an email from E to check whether I've been emailing the right address, but I hope this reaches you OK. We're greatly enjoying your blog. The 'get the flag off the calf' activity James took part in sounded great... kind of more energetic version of the opposite to 'pin the tail on the donkey'! lots of love, M
ReplyDeleteDo like the hat Olivia!
ReplyDeleteStarting a store of vegetables for you. Do hope the weather improves, we are desperate for rain