We woke up in the early hours of the morning to some strong winds. It seemed to come out of nowhere. We checked the weather app but there were no warnings for our area. There was no rain with the wind and after an hour or so the winds started to diminish. after a leisurely breakfast, we headed back through town and started across Highway 16 to our campground for the night. It is a beautiful site amongst the tall pines.
We had a quick lunch after we set up and then took the truck out for some sightseeing. First was a stop at the Tie Hack Reservoir. Joyce camped here in 1969 with her family. According to her Dad, the lake didn’t exist then and in fact the camping area was where the lake is today.
We then headed south on Hwy 16 to a scenic road that was recommended by the National Forest staff. Known as the Crazy Woman Canyon Road, it’s a one lane gravel road. On the advice of park staff, we drove in about 8 km before turning around. the stories are varied how it got its name. One says it was named for an Indian woman who lived alone in her teepee here and went insane. The other is a story of a settler who witnessed the violent capture and scalping of her husband and children and went insane. Regardless, it was a passageway for the Native Indians into the Big Horn MountainsI was a . The Crazy Woman Creek runs along the road for most of the way. It was a fairly busy road and there were lots of places to pull off and pitch a tent and have a fire. We did several set up.
Our next stop was Sheep Mountain Road. It was much less travelled and had lots of potholes. We did get a nice view from the top however. Our exploring done, we headed back to our campsite for some supper. We should get cell signal Friday to post this!
Made it to the top of Sheep Mountain around supper time. We only saw about 4 vehicles in the whole 16 km round trip!
Following Joyce & Paul's Travels in Retirement 