Blogs from Buffalo, Wyoming, United States, North America

Monday 6.16.14 Today we woke up in the badlands. We took a some time working the campground showers, and packing up. We hiked into the rock formations, and touched the crumbly sandstone and discovered different paths. A three legged rabbit kept us amused. In a different part of the a badlands, ( it just kept going on and on!) we walked through to look at fossils, and we're equally disappointed at the lack of. None the less, we brought some 'specimens' back that we thought could possibly be fossils. On our way out of the park, my well practiced wildlife scanning eye spied a female elk about 350 yards away. We used the binoculars for the first time! Pulling into Wall Drug, we walked through the iconic little tourist village, and saw all kids of amusements. ... read more

We arrived here on Tuesday to locate the campground of our dreams from 38 years ago. As we ventured around the area, thinking it was definitely familiar, we came to find out the original campground we sought was under water as a result of the new reservoir. Being the hikers we are, we discovered a wonderful area, trail 046. The arduous trail took us up a 1000 foot ascent, 2 mile destination to Shred lake. Along the way the forest was beautiful, we found a cow moose with her young grazing in a marsh. Totally picturesque. Crazy Woman Canyon was today. The rock formations towered above as we inched along the single lane dirt road at the base. Another awe inspiring view of mother nature Spent Thursday afternoon browsing through shops in Historic Downtown Buffalo. Had ... read more

We made our way eastward today across Montana and into Wyoming......It was a very pretty drive through Montana. We stopped in Billings for a bit of shopping and then headed east to Wyoming. We stopped at the State park for Custer's Last Stand !!! It was sooo busy we couldn't even find a place to park the rig. We just drove the trail and got out in a couple of places to take pictures. It looks just like it does in the movies !! We were amazed it is so popular as Custer and his troops were slaughtered here!!! We thought Custer won!!! guess that shows our history knowledge !!! It was cool , but too busy to really see it all. We then headed to Buffalo Wyoming....not much here either , but we were ready ... read more

After one last stop at Willow Flats, we sadly said goodbye to Grand Teton National Park. We savored the occasional glimpses of the mountains in our rearview mirror. We headed east on 26/287 crossing Togwotee Pass, el 9,658’, in a construction zone. After we passed through the town of Dubois, the scenery began to get more colorful as we traveled along the Wind River Valley. At Riverton we shopped for some groceries while Kerry got the oil changed in the car. We then drove through beautiful Wind River Canyon to Thermopolis, home of the world’s largest mineral hot spring. Then on to Worland, where we turned east on the Cloud Peak Scenic Byway. We passed through Ten Sleep and over Powder River Pass at 9,666’ after climbing for about 25 miles. Then it was a sometimes ... read more

well... though this isn't much to write about, i had a huge debacle with whether or not I needed a UK visa prior to entering the country. all along I knew I did not, but as usual, it took a lot of hair pulling to come BACK to that conclusion. I am kind of fretting about what to pack... I don't exactly know what I'll want to wear over there. But I suppose I'll take my favorite things and call it a day. I'm excited to go to back to Maryland on Tuesday morning, even though I know I'll cry when I leave my Daddy and Joanna. I'm getting so excited!! Slightly nervous. Hopefully I don't make a complete fool out of myself. My whole thing I have going with having absolutely no sense of direction ... read more