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It’s Powwow Time
Here in Buffalo Bill’s Cody/Yellowstone Country we take authenticity seriously, and I am living proof. Take a look in my closet and you’ll say, “You don’t have a lot of shoes, but your collection of...
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The Summer Solstice Marathon, Corrie Style
Ever since I was just a little girl I have been fascinated with the summer solstice. My father was fond of rousting me out of bed with his favorite clichés like “Time to make hay while the sun is...
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I Could Have Been a Frontier Woman
There are many days when I’ve just had it with memes and emoticons, endless Google ads, thoughtless selfie-takers, high fructose corn syrup, Sheridan Avenue speeders and agonizingly slow Internet....
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Celebrating Our Country’s Birthday with Small Aerial Explosions. Why?
I am lucky enough to live in a town that stages one of the best July 4 celebrations around. I tell my out-of-town friends that July 4 is so big around here that it takes five days to celebrate it. The...
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They’re Guidelines, Not Rules
There’s a certain rhythm in Cody as late spring turns into summer. In April and May as tourism starts to build with empty nesters and home schoolers making their way into and through town, I can feel...
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Big Adventures in a Tiny Home as Adventurer Answers the Call of the WY
I want to be Quin Schrock. At least for the next six weeks. Quin Schrock is an adventurous California photographer who is traveling around Wyoming in a tiny home on wheels. He is documenting his...
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Making Time for Fun in Buffalo Bill’s Cody/Yellowstone Country
There is so much going on in Yellowstone Country during the late summer and fall, this cowgirl is going to have to do some serious prioritizing. With scribbles in the margins, blacked-out dates and...
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Where to View the Total Solar Eclipse in Cody, Wyoming
Where will you be at 10:19 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 21? That’s the day of the total solar eclipse, and unless you’ve been living in a cave you probably know that the state of Wyoming is in the viewing hot...
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Sam Shepard, One of Cody’s Own
The first time I went to see the movie The Right Stuff I only went because my friends roped me into it. “Have you ever known me to be interested in astronauts?” I asked in my most emphatic voice. “No,”...
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The Grownup Pleasures of Yellowstone Country’s Secret Season
Before you accuse me of not loving kids, I will state for the record that I adore seeing kids in Yellowstone Country. Every time I see school-age kids roaming the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, I am...
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Nature-lovers, let’s learn a new word: yugen
I was pleased to see a recent Expedia story that indicated Buffalo Bill’s Cody/Yellowstone Country is the best place in the great state of Wyoming for a nature-lovers. The article cited Yellowstone...
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Packing Your Patience
You might have heard there was a total solar eclipse the other day. We here in Wyoming were fortunate to have a huge portion of our state smack dab in the middle of this event, and believe me, it did...
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The Lessons of Heart Mountain
If you have a chance, I highly recommend tracking down a Today Show segment by Tom Brokaw about the Heart Mountain World War II Interpretive Center and the relationship between former congressman and...
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The Bear Necessities
While people in various parts of the country are celebrating kids returning to school and football season getting underway, I am eagerly anticipating my own Wyoming tradition. Watching bears getting...
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An Elk Encounter in Yellowstone Country
I heard my first bugle yesterday. As I sometimes do when I can’t sleep, I took an early-morning drive to Buffalo Bill State Park just west of town and sat at a picnic table near the parking lot to...
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Winter is Coming. Let’s Layer Up and Go Fishing.
Last week the National Park Service briefly closed some park roads due to snowy conditions. That same day, I dug my ice scraper out of the back of my Subaru so I could clear my windshield of...
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The Art of Cody Yellowstone Country
Earlier this month, nearly 700 people from around the United States gathered in a huge tent on a cold, rainy autumn evening to view – and buy – some of the best new Western artwork in the country. And...
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Home Sweet Crazy Home
In just a few weeks, many people in Cody/Yellowstone Country will become zombified. Even the sweet faces of innocent little children will begin appearing around town with blood dripping from their...
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The Friendly Ghosts of the Irma Hotel
The Irma Hotel is one of the most recognizable buildings on Sheridan Ave., and most tourists and many locals stop at the remarkable 115-year-old hotel to watch the nightly Wild Bunch Gunfighters in the...
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The Mystery of Mummy Joe
Everyone loves a good mystery, especially this time of the year when goblins, zombies and witches wander every American street with abandon. Weirdness is everywhere, and we embrace it, usually with...
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