Buffalo Bill Dam

The 53ish mile drive between the east entrance of Yellowstone and Cody, WY is one of the 300 most scenic drives in America. It's no wonder why. You drive through the Shoshone National Forest, along the Shoshone River, near the Absaroka Range. The rocky mountains are a wonder to look at, with contours that beg for the what-does-it-look-like game. Seriously, it has a Cars sort of quality.
We made the drive today for the third time (we drove from Yellowstone to Cody and back earlier in the week to get a prescription for John) and it was even more interesting than the first.

We stopped at the Buffalo Bill Dam. This region of Wyoming is desert and early family's settling here had difficulty farming, so the dam went in in the late 1900's. Originally called the Shoshone Dam, it was the tallest dam in the world when it was finished in 1910. It's since been both renamed and improved upon, but it continues to serve it's purpose well. The views are amazing and the dam itself is at least as cool, if not cooler than Hoover. I know that may be hard to believe, so come see it for yourself. These pictures don't do it justice...