1) The Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum
2) The Wind. The Bloody, bloody wind.
Bob told Susie we had to see the museum. Honestly, after almost a month of reading signs at every tourist stop, I figured I'd read enough about the Native Americans, the Europeans who slaughtered them, and the geology of the area. But he was right; we've never seen a museum like this before. It was so large and full of so much information no one (besides Mary perhaps) would ever be able to remember a tenth of the info.
We did learn however, Buffalo Bill was not a spectacular cowboy or lawman. He was a genius of self promotion. He was a shameless ham of epic proportion who was renowned around the world mostly for his touring show depicting the wild west.
The Wind. It's a living entity which dominates the region and sculpts the land.
You think this river cut through the mountains and carved this canyon? Not so. In fact,this was just recently one mountain and the wind blew so hard it separated into two halves. The water naturally found it's way through.
You can see here where the wind actually blew all the stars out of the sky. It also blew away half the moon.
Tomorrow, Coulter Bay and the Grand Tetons. I hear the wind left those mountains intact.
Dave, I think all that wind is getting to you! Either that or you learned enough from Wild Bill that you are promoting a new theory of erosion. You might be right!
ReplyDeleteSomething is getting to me! The fudge? It's plentiful here.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Did you know that the only explanation for headwinds in every direction is the fact that the Earth is flat? If the Earth were round, the wind that is blowing in your face should just blow all the way around and smack you in the ass. Proof of the flat earth. Not sure if they mentioned that at the museum.
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