Linda at the Dam

Too High for Comfort

We slept late this morning and had breakfast at the hotel. We then headed west out of Cody up along side the Shoshone River passing through several long tunnels to reach the Buffalo Bill Dam. When completed in 1910 this was the highest concrete dam in the world. It creates a large reservoir and is used primarily for irrigation although it does have some electric generation turbines as well.

Heart Mountain from the Camp

Leaving the dam we traveled back through Cody and then drove up to the Interpretive Center for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. After Pearl Harbor, approximately 14,000 Japanese, including many American citizens, were interned here from 1942 to 1945. The Center has a movie and many displays describing life in the camp and the impact of the forced relocation on the lives of the internees. Of course the war was a time of great national fear, but the obvious racism was probably not our country’s finest hour.

Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

Memorial

Norm Mineta Plaque

Daniel Inouye Dedication Pla

We returned to Cody for lunch at the Rib & Chop House where the food was good but the service was slow. Many of the group stayed down town and others returned for a free afternoon and some well-deserved rest.