Sunday we headed down from Bald Mountain to go to our next campground west of Cody, WY. The first part was the area we had traversed on Saturday.
By early afternoon we had reached our campground. Still a number of sites available. We’re here for 5 nights, no cell signal but planning a number of day trips where we should have some signal.
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.
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!
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.
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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