Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Tis the Season

 

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Tis the Season         

There are lots of good smells here.  My human let me walk all over.  I got to roll.  Then I heard noises and ran back home.

Last night it was DARK!  DARK DARK DARK!  And Quiet.  Every morning, I do a wee walk just to loosen up my knee.  This morning, I went outside and there were 4 deer.   Spouse can’t hear too well…  Shhh, Spouse… there are 4 deer right outside here.  What?  Shhhh, there are 4 deer, bucks right here.  WHAT?  THERE ARE 4 F’N BUCKS RIGHT HERE!  That finally penetrated through the y chromosome force field, and Spouse came outside to view the spectacle.  They didn’t seem bothered by us.  Doesn’t hunting season start in September?  I guess they didn’t get the memo.

We took our walk out of the campground and on the dirt road we came in on, but in the opposite direction.  It is beautiful here.  The road is heavily forested with pines and aspens.  We see huge hoof prints.  Probably an elk or maybe moose.  We found out elk season started yesterday…  We should probably be wearing our bright orange bicycle vests!  We don’t hear any shots, but a truck or two does pass us, probably scouting out the scene.  After Spouse left me, I continued on.  I found a trail with a nice view of a lake below.  This area really is gorgeous!

We really like this style of RV’ing.  We are campers at heart so staying in places like this is good for our souls.  We probably should stay another day… but…

Back at camp, we readied Artie and continued west through the Bighorn National Forest.  This road is a pass, and we hit an elevation just under 10,000 feet.  Once over the summit, the grassy mountains turn into rocky mountains.  There are streams where you can see the riparian foliage lining the way.  Once we pass the town of Tensleep, the scenery reverts back to straw colored nothing.  There is such a stark difference between the Bighorn National Forest, and the boring landscape leading up to it.

At Worland, we turned north on hwy 20.  This was a battle with the GPS as she wanted us to go south.  Why would we go south when we are headed north???  This is why I always have a AAA map on my lap.  She can be evil at times. The scenery is a bit better, with lots of farms.  But there is still the straw nothing too.

We fueled up when we got to Cody.  We did check out one RV park, and we just couldn’t do it, it seemed so crowded, so we started up towards Yellowstone.  We found the Buffalo Bill Cody state park up about 10 miles.  It is on a reservoir and the spaces are all nice and big.  And we have a site with electricity.  Now that is nice… 

Those noseeums are very clever.  I was sitting outside enjoying the view when I felt my ankles getting bitten.  I looked, and saw NOTHING!  Then a droplet of blood formed…  Am I about to spontaneously combust?  How can something so small have such man eating teeth?  Just amazing.  I still have my Benadryl handy!

No internet, and minimal cell service.  But it is a darned nice site!