8/11 & 8/12
We are heading to Buffalo which is only 32 miles away. We are in an area of rolling hills sort of like the flint hills only much higher and with the Bighorn Mountains to the west. The clouds are hanging down over them. It is a great view. We are beginning to back track on highways we were on last summer. Since leaving Kansas in June of 2004 we have been in 21 states, 3 provinces in Canada and crossed the border in Mexico three times. We have gone a little over 15 thousand miles in the motor home, 12 thousand miles on the pickup and around 7 thousand on the motorcycles. We praise God daily for our safety. As we get close to Buffalo we are in an area that was some of our favorite rides last summer. We are staying 2 nights in the same campground we stayed in last year, Bighorn Mountain Campground. One thing we didn’t get to do last year when in this area was to go to Crazy Woman Canyon. It is on a very rough gravel/rock road and not suitable for a motorcycle. So we took the pickup and saw a spectacular and unique area. It is 5 miles long and down hill all the way with a beautiful creek running all along. Towards the bottom the canyon was very narrow. When the canyon was formed gigantic boulders, some as big as houses, rolled onto the canyon floor. Some were balanced on small ones. The colors in the rocks were many and beautiful to see. It was a magnificent view and quite different from any area we have been in. This web address:
http://www.travel-to-wyoming.com/buffalo/crazy_woman_creek.htm give some of the information on how this canyon got its name.