Summer 2022, Day 21: Castle Gardens SA and Big Cedar Ridge Fossil Plant Area

This morning I rode my bike south to Big Cedar Ridge Fossil Plant Area:

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I think I found the fossil-bearing layer:

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Found some fossilized sticks and seeds:

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I poked around my camping area:

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Howdy neighbors:

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I packed up and headed west to Worland to check out an oxbow lake:

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I headed south to Thermopolis, home of the world’s largest mineral hot spring:

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These fish are very happy in the warm water:

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I continued west to Riverton, Wyoming in the Wind River Reservation to overnight at the Wind River casino:

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See the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2022, Day 17: Into the Bighorns

The grass is soaking wet after yesterday’s storm, so I decided not to fly:

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I stopped at a gas station to refill my propane.  Wyoming gas stations stock different products than those in New York:

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After stopping in Buffalo, Wyoming at the visitor center for the Bighorn National Forest, I headed up into the Forest in search of a dispersed camping location.

This should do nicely:

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See the trip map for today’s drive.