Monthly Archives: June 2016

Buffalo, WY The last few days have been busy ones here in Buffalo.  One day the temperatures were up in the nineties, so we spent the afternoon touring the Jim Gatchell Museum in Buffalo. Jim Gatchell opened a drugstore on Main … Continue reading →

Buffalo, WY With temperatures in Buffalo predicted to be in the high nineties, we headed out Tuesday morning to the high (and cooler) country in the nearby Bighorn Mountains.  We drove about 15 miles west on US-16 before turning right … Continue reading →

Buffalo, WY We plan to do some hikes up in the nearby Bighorn Mountains but are waiting a bit for some of the snow to melt.  With the warm temperatures the area has been experiencing, that shouldn’t take very long.  So … Continue reading →

Buffalo, WY One day this week we aired up the tires on the bicycles and headed out to explore the Clear Creek Trail System.  This system of walking and biking trails begins east of town not far from our home … Continue reading →

Buffalo, WY While the natural beauty of the nearby mountains is the most significant feature of the Buffalo area, there is also some significant history in the area.  We spent one afternoon visiting three of the most noteworthy locations. The Bozeman … Continue reading →

Buffalo, WY One of the things we had on our list to do here in northern Wyoming was a drive into the Bighorn Mountains to visit a site known as the Medicine Wheel.  To get there we drove north on … Continue reading →

Buffalo, WY Last Monday we left Casper mid-morning and had a pleasant drive of 100 miles up I-25 to the small town of Buffalo (pop. 4,600).  The drive north was mainly through rolling hills of grassland as the Bighorn Mountains … Continue reading →

Casper, WY With a little research the nimble hiker was able to find two hiking areas in the mountains just south of Casper.  On Saturday we did the longest and most difficult of the two, a five miler in Rotary … Continue reading →

Casper, WY On Thursday morning we left our dusty site at the Rock Springs KOA and headed east on I-80 for a drive of 230 miles to Casper.  After a hundred miles we exited the highway at Rawlins, WY and … Continue reading →

Rock Springs, WY On Tuesday we left Utah Lake State Park and headed toward Wyoming.  The first section of the drive took us up US-189 in the scenic Provo Pass through the Wasatch Range. After going through Heber City we joined … Continue reading →