Re: Wyoming sights

Related to my WY Itinerary thread, I got th belo tips from a
friend who is quite familiar with the area.  Thought I'd share for
general awareness.

 Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> writes:
 

Kathy and I picked Devils Tower as our next camping
destination.

 
 Great. It's cool.
 
 My grandfather ranched at Aladdin, just east of Devil's Tower.
 

When planning the trip, I decided Yellowstone and the Tetons
would be good to add in, given they aren't that much farther
(relatively speaking).  So we'll be coming back from the Tetons
toward the DTNP--probably around the northern end of the Winds
and through the reservation.  Can't wait to see it all.

 
 Swing east from DT to visit the Aladdin Store.  When I was a
 kid, one side of the store was dedicated to ammunition and the
 other side to jeans, with everything else a general store needs
 in between.  It's vastly more touristy now, but it's still fun.
 
 Be sure to obey the sign, "COWBOYS SCRAPE SHIT FROM BOOTS
 BEFORE ENTERING", which dates back to days when it was actually
 serious.
 
 Be sure to stop a day in Cody.  The Buffalo Bill Center museums
 are among the best museums I've ever been in.  Terrific
 curation and presentation in several wings: Indian artefacts,
 Western art [1], firearms, Cody memorambilia.  We say at the
 Chamberlin.
 
 From there, take US 14 over the Big Horns to Sheridan.  The
 drive is specatacular; second only to US 12 over Lolo Pass in
 the US.  If Sheridan had the skiing that Bozemn has, we'd be
 living there.  King's Saddlery is caters to serious rodeo
 competitors, but also has plenty of tourist shit. The Sheridan
 Inn is a huge old wooden barn that's a fun place to stay.
 
 DO NOT MISS the Brinton Museum. Plan to spend at least an
 afternoon. This is one of the great small museums of the world.
 
 From there, it's a couple of hours on the interstate to Devil's
 Tower.  You can loop through Aladdin from there.
 
 If you wanted to see a different road back to Jackson, You
 could go around the south side of the Big Horns. I wouldn't. 
 The road from Casper to Shoshoni is about as godforsaken and
 windblown as Mongolia. I'd retrace US 14 across the Big Horns,
 turn south at Graybull to go through Worland and Thermopolis,
 turn west at Shoshoni or Riverton to go through Dubois and the
 Winds to Moran.
 
 
 [1] There are two huge murals of Custer's Last Stand facing
 each other across a room.  One is the classic Heroic Custer,
 the other is from the Indian viewpoint.

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA