The Passage Resort at Big Horn Burgess Junction

... incredible laser 3 d display of the history of Crazy Horse and stories all shone on this huge carved mountainside. To give you an idea, The heads of Mt Rushmore can fit into the face of Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse is the actual name of a Lakota Indian who is a national hero to his people. The next day we will come back and view the visitor center and we are camping out in the info center parking lot tonight !

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... to the surface. It’s easy to see why one would think it’s an alien landing port. We had an interesting lesson from the Ranger, and looking at the weather, decided not to take the hike around the base.

We headed back to the bus, and as we were beginning to pull out, CO realized that maybe there was a reason that our parking space was off the beaten path. He guided me out expertly…takes a brave man to stand in front of a forward moving ...

... great views. As we got deeper into Wyoming we were surprised by the number of wilderness horse trails were available - they must be extremely popular. Soon we entered cowboy country and [***** through Cody, named after Buffalo Bill himself. By pure chance we stopped at The Old Trail Town (look it up on the web), a collection of old buildings from the late 1800s set such that they look like a town from way back then. They were complete with ...

We drove West on I90 through Wyoming, stopping at Devil's Tower, which is the plug for a volcano. Devil's Tower was originally under ground but through many thousands of years, surfaced. It was in the movie, Close Enounters back in the 80s. There were climbers on this mountain, which if you see the height and slope of this thing the only word that comes to mind is crazy. We bypassed a KOA in Sheridan, a fairly large town ...

We left the site around 9.30 am and headed east towards Cody, named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody. On the way we passed "Buffalo Bill State Park", "Buffalo Bill Reservoir" and "Buffalo Bill Dam". They're obviously very proud of him in these parts. Once in Cody we stopped at Wal-Mart for our groceries and in the process discovered that you can only buy alcohol from liquor stores in the State of Wyoming ...

... on route 14. That was one heck of a detour. Took be through the Big Horn Mountains. The roads are steep and very curvy. It had gotten dark when I had to go through them and the wildlife was out feeding and hanging out on the side of the road. Needless to say, I had to go slower then what the speed limit told me I could go. Finally landed in Lovell where I have gotten a room and plan on a good nights rest before going to Yellowstone.

I left Spearfish early this morning. Camping has a unique way of waking me up pretty early, so I was out of the sleeping bag by 6:30AM- which is really impressive by my standards. As soon as I hit Wyoming, I stopped for gas and coffee and made a call to NAPA Auto parts in Bozeman. I thought I knew the problem with the car and I had been advised to get the part and have it fixed by my buddies in Bozeman. The conversation with the NAPA guy was great ...

... visit was to the Plains Indians exhibit where their lifestyle and history were carefully demonstrated. We then visited the Buffalo Bill exhibit where we saw original stage coaches and covered wagons and all the things that made the west what we knew it to be. After lunch we had little time to take in the remaining three exhibit halls and boarded the bus at 2 pm heading for Yellowstone. The scenery was outstanding. We ...

When I went to move the van in the morning to another spot in the campground it stalled and flooded. After waiting awhile I did get it started but there was a lot of smoke and a sooty type of powder coming out the exhaust-more vehicle problems. Another say was dedicated to fixing the van. Checked dwell and timeing, found the vacuum was low and started ...

When I got up the next morning I was walking along the creek and I saw where somebody had left 13 beers in it to keep it cool. It definitely wasn't my favorite but at least it wasn't diet beer and it would be fine on a hot dry day when I have been hiking.
I headed back into civilization, which out west could be several buildings sitting together. This was Moorcroft where I had breakfast at the Hub Cafe-eggs ...