ETOQUINNOW
GIRL SCOUT HOUSE

Before or after your week as a Working Ranch Wrangler Intern at HorseWorks Wyoming, stay in Cody a night or two at the Girl-Scouts-ONLY Etoquinnow Girl Scout House

• Affordable

• For Girl Scouts ONLY

• Conveniently located to all the points of interest
  (see Plan Your Vacation below)

Letter from the House Director, Bettie Marie Daniels:

I will be glad to mail a brochure telling you about our Girl Scout house and all the opportunities here.    I will have the Chamber of Commerce mail you a packet also.  Etoquinnow Girl Scout house is a destination for troops or groups - not an event.  

 

We are one block from the famous Buffalo Bill Historical Center - 5 museums under one roof - over 300,000 sq. feet.  ( www.bbhc.org )  You can do badge work or earn a patch there - and by planning ahead to work on these you can get a discounted fee.  (call Gretchen @ 307-578-4061 for more info)    We have a miniature golf course 1/2 block away - we are the rodeo capital of the world with a PRCA rodeo every night from Memorial to Labor Days.   We have a free street gun fight every night at 6 p.m. (3 blocks away)  We are 50 miles from Yellowstone National Park.  We are a town of only 9000 people so it is easy to get around - you can fly into Cody - or fly into Billings, Montana (110 miles away) and rent a car, but most people drive.  If you fly into Cody and don’t want to rent a car - there is a shuttle service @307-899-3960 for to and from the Scout House.  There is a Colt Bus to get you to sites and the rodeo (all day pass $1).  If you are planning to tour Yellowstone and don’t want to drive youself call Grub Stake Expeditions for more information @ 307-527-6316.  He is a 3^rd generation Yellowstone guide. 

 

Our house has one large room (that can be divided) with a stage - two bathrooms (one with a shower) and a small kitchen.  It rents for $2 per person, per day - minimum $20 per night.   We do not provide cots or sleeping bags so they would have to be brought in.    There is a trolley ride that takes an hour historical tour.  We have several water raft companies to float the river.  We are 90 miles form the World's largest hot water spring with swimming pools in Thermopolis.      There are many other attractions.  Wyoming is wide open spaces so you count time by hours not miles.   Yellowstone is slower driving.  I would be glad to give advice on an interesting trip.

 

You can also see our house and information about horse trips at www.horseworkswyoming.com.

 

Please send me your mailing address for the brochure.  

 

Thank you for your interest.                                        

Bettie Marie Daniels

1402 Hillcrest Drive

Cody, WY 82414

codyj-d@bresnan.net

307-587-2329

Girl Scouts, Plan Your Vacation:

WELCOME TO CODY, WYOMING.

Here are some activities we think you would find fun:

Miniature Golf is 1 block south in the park on Sheridan Ave.  Cost $3 per person
(groups, usually 15, can make a reservation the day before for $2)

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center   (5 museums in one – 300,000 sq. feet)  
Two block on 8^th  St.   Youth (6-17) $4 - adults $15.  Everybody can visit two days for one price with hand stamp.   Natural History – Whitney Art Galley – Buffalo Bill & Western – Plains Indian – Guns.    Discounts are available for badge or patch projects.

Cody Trolley Ride  all over town and to the dam explaining the history and interesting stories of the town.  Catch it at the Irma or at the museum.  (or call 527-7043 for pickup)
Cost: Youth (6-17) $6 – adults $15   The package of trolley and museum Youth $10 – adults $25.  
Times: 9 & 11 a.m.   1 – 3  and 6:30 p.m.

Cody Nite Rodeo (EVERY NIGHT June 1 – August 31)  Covered grandstand (Res. 587-5155)
Drive four miles west on Yellowstone highway.  Youth (7-12) $8 Adults $15

Concerts in the Park – 1 block away.  Every Friday at 6 p.m. in July and August FREE. 

Old Trail Town A collection of 26 authentic frontier buildings. Four miles west on the Yellowstone Highway.  Adults $6 -- Children 12 and under- $2

Wyoming Territorial Gunfighters perform in front of the Irma Hotel - 13^th and Sheridan.   Free and entertaining.    6 p.m. every night except Sunday.

The Irma Hotel  is very historic and has a beautiful carved Cherry Wood bar in the dinning room from England.

The Quad Recreation Center has a wonderful new swimming pool.  It is available to
non-members for:  youth (5-16) $5 and adults $10 (advanced
group rate $3 - $6 @ 587-0400)

Buffalo Bill Dam has a free visitor’s center – about 15 miles west on Yellowstone Highway at the Buffalo Bill Reservoir. 

RIVER RAFTING is available through three companies.

For more information:   call  or see the Chamber of Commerce

– 1 block south of the house in a log building

Updated: April, 2008