Started the day early to spend more time at the BBHC.
Enjoyed the well-thought out and entertaining/informative displays & learn-by-doing activities
in the Draper museum of natural history all morning. The Museum is intuitively organized, starting on either end of the altitude and going down/up - from the plains to the alpine heights - and elaborating on specificities at each level. At many locations in the museum, there are field notes of a fictional naturalist - aptly named B. A. Ware - providing insights on the particular display item.
There are more "please touch" and "do-this" kind of activities included here, and in that way this museum seems to be very different from the Natural History Museums in NY and DC.
Raced through the Buffalo Bill Museum and the Gift shops in half an hour before heading out for lunch, and on the way to Thermopolis, WY - famous for its hot springs.
The website for Buffalo Bill Historic Center (http://www.bbhc.org) will move up on the list of my favourite web-sites, and some of the prints from the Whitney Gallery of Western Art will soon embellish my apartment walls :)
The hot spings at Thermopolis is a good place to swim, as many people told us on the way, but since the outside temperature was 106 degree Fahrenheit, we decided against getting into the hotwaters - we are already very hot, Thank You!
The trip to Thermopolis was saved from being a total waste of time, when we encountered Dinosaurs there. The Wyoming Dinosaur Center and Dig Sites - located in Thermopolis - has impressive displays of Dinosaur remains.
After Thermopolis, it was a long drive towards Mount Rushmore; we made it to Deadwood, SD by 9:00 PM. Guess what : Deadwood, SD is full of casinos, around 80 of them in the small town.
Enjoyed the well-thought out and entertaining/informative displays & learn-by-doing activities
in the Draper museum of natural history all morning. The Museum is intuitively organized, starting on either end of the altitude and going down/up - from the plains to the alpine heights - and elaborating on specificities at each level. At many locations in the museum, there are field notes of a fictional naturalist - aptly named B. A. Ware - providing insights on the particular display item.There are more "please touch" and "do-this" kind of activities included here, and in that way this museum seems to be very different from the Natural History Museums in NY and DC.
Raced through the Buffalo Bill Museum and the Gift shops in half an hour before heading out for lunch, and on the way to Thermopolis, WY - famous for its hot springs.
The website for Buffalo Bill Historic Center (http://www.bbhc.org) will move up on the list of my favourite web-sites, and some of the prints from the Whitney Gallery of Western Art will soon embellish my apartment walls :)
The hot spings at Thermopolis is a good place to swim, as many people told us on the way, but since the outside temperature was 106 degree Fahrenheit, we decided against getting into the hotwaters - we are already very hot, Thank You!
The trip to Thermopolis was saved from being a total waste of time, when we encountered Dinosaurs there. The Wyoming Dinosaur Center and Dig Sites - located in Thermopolis - has impressive displays of Dinosaur remains.
After Thermopolis, it was a long drive towards Mount Rushmore; we made it to Deadwood, SD by 9:00 PM. Guess what : Deadwood, SD is full of casinos, around 80 of them in the small town.
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