We left Gillette Sunday and traveled west to Buffalo, WY and the Deer Park Campground. We stayed here four years ago when we were passing through.
Monday we took a ride down to Kacee and over to Sussex and took a back road up the old Bozeman Trail which led us back up to Buffalo. This was a beautiful ride with several historical sites along the way and the Bighorn mountains in view off to the west.
We saw numerous deer and antelope along the way. At one point we had to stop and wait for some cowboys to drive a herd of cattle up the road to new pasture.
On Tuesday we took a ride up in the Bighorns with the intention of driving down Crazy Woman Canyon, but after going about half way down we found men working on the road and they said the road would be closed for up to two hours and there were also ranchers driving cattle up the road further down. We decided to turn around and go back the way we came, We then took a ride on up to Powder River Pass which is 9,660 ft. and there is still lots of snow up there.
From there we returned to Buffalo and visited a real nice museum and then stopped at the old Occidental Hotel and had a drink at the same bar as Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill and numerous others drank and stayed while in town.
Monday we took a ride down to Kacee and over to Sussex and took a back road up the old Bozeman Trail which led us back up to Buffalo. This was a beautiful ride with several historical sites along the way and the Bighorn mountains in view off to the west.
We saw numerous deer and antelope along the way. At one point we had to stop and wait for some cowboys to drive a herd of cattle up the road to new pasture.
On Tuesday we took a ride up in the Bighorns with the intention of driving down Crazy Woman Canyon, but after going about half way down we found men working on the road and they said the road would be closed for up to two hours and there were also ranchers driving cattle up the road further down. We decided to turn around and go back the way we came, We then took a ride on up to Powder River Pass which is 9,660 ft. and there is still lots of snow up there.
From there we returned to Buffalo and visited a real nice museum and then stopped at the old Occidental Hotel and had a drink at the same bar as Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill and numerous others drank and stayed while in town.
On Wednesday we went to Fort Fetterman and the Wagon Box Battlefield on the old Bozeman Trail. We then went on to the town of Story, WY which is a neat little town with great General Store Restaurant with most anything you can imagine in it.
From there we went to Big Horn WY and Bradford Brinton Ranch Museum, which is at the foot of the Big Horn mountains with an awesome view of the mountains. The museum is filled with Russel and Remington paintings. The ranch house is still filled with 1920s and 30s furnishings.
We then drove on up to Sheridan and checked out the main street. This is the first time we actually stopped in Sheridan which is really a progressive town with lots of activity on the streets. There Rodeo is to start tomorrow.
From there we went to Big Horn WY and Bradford Brinton Ranch Museum, which is at the foot of the Big Horn mountains with an awesome view of the mountains. The museum is filled with Russel and Remington paintings. The ranch house is still filled with 1920s and 30s furnishings.
We then drove on up to Sheridan and checked out the main street. This is the first time we actually stopped in Sheridan which is really a progressive town with lots of activity on the streets. There Rodeo is to start tomorrow.
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