I needed one last big adventure for 2022, and some more time spent sleeping in a tent before the year was up. One thing I've been saying the last few years is I needed to visit Yellowstone National Park in the later fall season to see it with moody weather and a lack of people,… Continue reading Falling for Yellowstone: Day 1 – Oxbow Bend, Colter Bay, West Thumb Geyser Basin, Riddle Lake & Lewis Lake
Category: Wyoming
A Quickie In Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Travelers to Wyoming tend to know/do the "big three": the Tetons, Yellowstone, and Devils Tower. However, Wyoming does have a few additional National Park Service units that are worth exploring, and often with a fraction of the crowds! That's right, Wyoming is home to seven NPS units, not including the National Historic Trails that cross-criss… Continue reading A Quickie In Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Wyoming Hiked: Roundtop Mountain and T Hill in Thermopolis
Thermopolis is one of my favorite little spots to layover during travel I have to do around Wyoming. This small town is home to Hot Springs State Park, a great place to explore travertine terraces up close, take a soak in thermal mineral waters, and hike in unique scenery. This trip through Thermopolis I decided… Continue reading Wyoming Hiked: Roundtop Mountain and T Hill in Thermopolis
Wyoming Hiked: Laramie Peak
Laramie Peak “is, at this day, covered with snow, which glitters in the sunshine like a diamond in the dark,” emigrant Dan Gelwicks writes in his diary - May 28, 1849. Treating emigrants to a view of its 10,275 foot summit for over a week as they made their way from western Nebraska into Wyoming,… Continue reading Wyoming Hiked: Laramie Peak
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument & Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Memorial Day weekend was approaching, and initially I had planned a trip through the Black Hills to knock out some National Park Service units in South Dakota and to hike the high point of that state. But after eleven days in Washington earlier in the month and just a busy overall month, I just lost… Continue reading Agate Fossil Beds National Monument & Fort Laramie National Historic Site