July 15 - 17, 2014 Weather all over the place. 1st day nice 82, 2nd day T Storm all day and cold 58, 3rd day Hot 88.
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| that's us at Powder River Pass 9,666 ft.... highest point - 30 degrees colder up here |
We are staying at
Indian Campground which is within walking distance to downtown, something we don't have too often. And the people and sites are great.
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| Big Horn Mountain Range view in the distance - Snow capped |
Buffalo is small a quaint western town with lots of Indian and Ranch battlefields. Billy particularly likes the one called Crazy Woman, also named a creek and water and a canyon and so on.
http://www.crazywomanwater.com/legend.html
There are several versions of the legend which I put up the link for,,, all very interesting.
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| Crazy Woman Cafe in Ten Sleep (yes that's me - Crazy Woman! |
Downtown Buffalo has a couple of unique things to see like the
Jim Gatchell Museum of Western Artifacts and the historic
Occidental Hotel which dates back 131 years with famous stays by Calamity Jane, Teddy Roosevelt and Butch Cassidy.
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| Known to have the first High Noon Shootout in front of the Virginian restaurant/Occidental Hotel |
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| Occidental Saloon |
From Buffalo you want to take a drive on Hwy 16 (motorcycle or toad - not your motorhome although we saw many doing it??? i guess they like sweating and replacing brakes) west to a little 1890 town called Ten Sleep. The Indians measured distance by the number of sleeps it took them to get some where, this was the number to their main winter camps. It was the halfway point. Funny whenever we are going away I always said "only 3 more sleeps or 5 more sleeps". This 67 mile route is known as the
Cloud Peak Scenic Byway and takes you over the southern most route of the Big Horn Mountain Range.
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| Cloud Peak Scenic Byway |
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| Cloud Peak Scenic Byway |
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| Wildflowers are everywhere at 8000 feet |
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