This will be my last post of this wonderful trip. We are heading home and there are a few things I want to chronicle.
Although the weather is warm the trees are changing color amidst the forests of pines, firs and the fragrant balsams. We can't deny we are headed for winter. We overhear a park ranger discussing the possibility of snow in a few days. WOW! They are correct, Yellowstone has snow on Sunday! We are thankful we have moved on and are not able to experience it.
The wildlife was abundant and beautiful. Guy is disappointed we haven't seen a bear or wolf, while I am relieved. These are the animals we did see, hopefully I haven't forgotten any. We saw antelope, bison, camel (no kidding), cattle, chipmunk (morning visitor in Yellowstone) deer, whitetail and mule, ducks, an eagle, elk, fox, geese, horses, long horn sheep, magpies, osprey (nesting in the cliffs), prairie dogs, ravens (bigger than most of the lap dogs in camp), red tail hawk, sheep, squirrels, swans (on a lake in Yellowstone) and turkeys. Many of these are a regular sighting for us, but this trip made us hyper vigilant to our surroundings and we appreciate them so much as they added great flavor to our days.
As we were getting closer to the Big Horn mountains there were two things that were becoming repetitious, one was the dinosaur digs going on in the park the other was the Crazy Woman.
Ever so often there would be a sign on the road telling us how old these beautiful mountains were, Cambrian, precambrian, Mississippian, etc. it is astounding and I hope to come back here someday to learn more.
We begin to see Crazy Woman everywhere. Crazy woman realty, crazy woman boutiques, crazy woman saloons, crazy woman creek, crazy woman mountain, crazy woman campground and crazy woman roads. We giggle at the repetition and of course the usual jokes, about how most of my sisters and friends would be at home in any of these venues! The legend however is sad, so we stifle our humor.
Legend of Crazy Woman; in the midst of the Indian Wars a Native American Woman witnesses her husband and children being scalped. She refuses to leave her tepee and as her tribe moves on, she stays and soon the isolation and trauma cause her to go insane. Understandable!
These are a few photos that I want to include:
The approach to Devil's Tower
The transport of a casket!
Outside our lodge in Palmer Gulch
Strange
The lobby at Palmer Gulch
This trip was fabulous for many reasons, but of course it will be great to be home!
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