Leslie read in one of the magazines that there was a herd of 120 wild horses on some BLM land about 20 miles east of where we are, in the McCullough Peaks. Buffalo Bill used to pasture his show horses there in between shows. Including some horse that were given to him by Queen Victoria of England after his performance at here Golden Jubilee. So we drove out to the turn off of US20 and took the dirt and gravel McCullough Peaks Road back into the peaks. The road was in great shape and aside from a few really steep climbs and descents where we dropped into 4 wheel drive for added traction, it was pretty smooth. We took our time moving along the road keeping an eye out for the horses. The last few miles we went a little faster as rain was moving in and we did not want to get caught on a dirt road in the rain. Although we looked hard for them, we never did spot any of the horses. But the scenery was beautiful! We arrived back at the Wanderer just before heavy rain hit. Later this evening we drove back into town to the downtown theater to see the Wild West Spectacular the musical, at the historic Cody theater. The show is put on by the Rocky Mountain Dance Theater and was about Buffalo Bill’s life as a showman. It had a local theater feel to the performance and we enjoyed the show.
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| Looking back toward Cody from McCullough Peaks |
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| Rain Moving In! |
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| Historic Cody Theater |
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