Bighorn National Forest travels continued

We had a long’ steep 10 mile journey with grades of 10%. Tomorrow we bring the trailer down them! Once at the bottom we made a stop in the small town of Lovell for some lunch before heading north through the Bighorn Canyon.

Coming down the mountain

The landscape along the canyon changed and became more colourful. The Bighorn River flows through the canyon and is used for lots of water activities. There were lots of boaters out, especially being a weekend. We turned around at a point known as Devil Canyon Overlook. It gave us spectacular views!

Paul loved it here!
Devil Canyon Overlook
We saw 4 wild mustangs at the side of the road. There are quite a few that are in a protected area.

Next we are heading for the Shell Canyon Scenic Byway. A beautiful drive through the mountains. The highlight was the falls where we got out and we were able to walk to a number of spectacular viewing sites.

Shell Canyon
Shell waterfall
Powerful waters the rough the canyon at the base of the waterfall

By the time we got back to our campsite it was getting pretty chilly. We saw a few moose across the fields as we got close to our campground, but they were too far away for pictures. Tomorrow is a move day – we head over to another National Forest about 30 miles west of Cody for 5 nights. Lots more driving of sites ahead!

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Author: Joyce and Paul's retirement travels

Having retired, we are enjoying travelling with our fifth wheel RV. We are from a small town in Southern Ontario.

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