Kudos for Cody
For a town with such a small population, Cody sure makes a splash sometimes. Earlier this month, USA Today named Cody one of the best cities to live in the U.S. The USA Today ranking was based on...
View ArticleMammoth Secrets in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs is a place where it seems natural – perhaps advisable – to whisper. And you might just hear the ghosts of this northern region of Yellowstone whisper back. It is a...
View ArticleLooking Forward to Fall
I have a friend who tends to become sad at the end of seasons, events, holidays, visits by out-of-town relatives, etc. People have commented that we are probably so close because I am the opposite. I...
View ArticleCody’s Delightfully Authentic Make-Believe Town
Old Trail Town is one of Cody’s authentic treasures, even though such a town never existed. It is a place to let your imagination roam freely; to nurture your interest in the history of the American...
View ArticleFour things I love to do in the fall in Cody Yellowstone
When fall comes to Cody Yellowstone, the region is transformed from a family vacation hot spot to an adventure-rich adult haven that is unlike anywhere else in the world. This is the time of year when...
View ArticleWhy I have Problems Binge Watching Television
There are times I wish I could sit down and binge watch a series on Netflix, Prime, Hulu or whatever else is out there. I’ve enjoyed watching episodes of many shows, and some appeal to my...
View ArticleMidsummer Dreaming
There is an ongoing argument among some of the locals who are often found hanging out in the lounge at the Irma. They can bend your ear to the point of breaking while they present their cases why...
View ArticleThe Talented Hands of Cody
It’s amazing what can be done with 14 phalanges, eight carpals and five metacarpals, especially if those phalanges, carpals and metacarpals are located in Cody, Wyoming. That’s what I was thinking as...
View ArticleQuieting Down? Not Even Close
Even though we weren’t root, root rooting for our team, the just-completed Cody Stampede always feels like Homecoming Weekend to us here in Cody Yellowstone. And considering this was our centennial...
View ArticleJune Means New Activities, Including Rafting
So much happens here in Cody Yellowstone when June arrives. The lights go on at the rodeo grounds, and the Cody Nite Rodeo starts entertaining visitors and introducing new generations to bull riding,...
View ArticleLetting Kids Take the Lead
Now that it’s mid-June school is pretty much out. Sure, there are a few places that get creative and look for ways to maximize the use of their classrooms by instituting year-round schedules, but the...
View ArticleWelcome Back, Cody Yellowstone Visitors
Welcome back, summer visitors. We missed you here in Cody Yellowstone, and we can’t wait to show what we have in store for you. This week, many of you will be arriving in your Subarus, Suburbans, RVs...
View ArticleOrnithologists R Us
“Ornithology is for the birds,” I remarked to my friends early this winter while waiting for my daily latte at the local coffee shop. You should have heard the not-so-subtle groans and seen the...
View ArticleI’m Volunteering at By Western Hands. Care to Join Me?
When I was a kid I remember my parents jumping in to help friends and neighbors when a big job came up. One time the couple next door decided to lay down sod in their front yard. As they started to...
View ArticleThe East Gate is Open
If you remember my “Corrie Calendar” you know that I have this strange, mystical and almost creepy ability to tell what the date is – sorta, kinda – based upon weird factors. Just as the smell of...
View ArticleA Few of My Favorite Things to Know About the Cody Stampede
I’ve been talking about the Cody Stampede Rodeo so much this year that I think people are avoiding me. The other day as I headed over to the porch at the Irma Hotel I thought I heard someone yell “Code...
View ArticleVote Early, Vote Often
It could have been Al Capone. Or possibly it was Chicago Mayor Richard Daley or his mayoral predecessor William Hale Thompson. We’ll never be sure which jokester with nefarious notions encouraged...
View ArticleStill Time (But Not Much) to Win a Free Trip to the Cody Stampede
I used to go to a bunch of community events where I would throw my business card in a big fishbowl for a drawing at the end of the evening. Prizes were usually provided by meeting sponsors, and I...
View ArticleIs Thomas Molesworth in Your House?
If your living room has a table with elk antler legs or a credenza with a carved silhouette of a cowboy, you might just have Thomas Molesworth in your house. Thomas Molesworth and his Cody-based...
View ArticleLopsided Loving in Wonderland, and Where and How to Spread the Love Around
March 1 was Yellowstone National Park’s 147th birthday. Or maybe I should say it was “Wonderland’s” birthday because that’s what a Northern Pacific Railroad advertisement called the world’s first...
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