Random Wyoming and Montana Exploration

Spent Saturday afternoon exploring some of Northern Wyoming and around Tongue River Reservoir State Park in Montana. I figured it was a good opportunity to try out some of the settings on my new camera.

 

 

 

 

Tried a few night time photo's as well and this is the only one that came out descent enough to post, this was using one of the present settings.

Devil's Tower Wyoming

Last month I had originally planned to visit Devil’s Tower a place I hadn’t been in 20 or so years but due to bad weather at the time I stuck around the Sheridan area. For the past 2 weeks or so I’ve kept an eye on the weather looking for a good time to go. The forecast for Saturday showed party cloudy skies with a high in the 50’s, a perfect time to go. So Saturday morning I got my gear together and headed out for a great day of exploring Devil’s Tower.

 

Can you spot the (2) sets of climbers in this photo? According to the park about 5000 people make the climb to the top of Devil’s Tower. 

Group 1

Group 2

 

Coming around the backside of the tower I came across a small herd of while-tails but I made too much noise before I noticed them so about half of them got away before I could get my camera out.

 

A chipmunk a little further down the trail scared the crap out of me since I was looking for more deer and not paying attention to him.

In a couple of areas the park service had been doing some clean-up of trees that had fallen in the area. Figured I’d grab a photo.

 

After taking the paved trail around the tower I made the short drive over to Joyner Ridge trail to grab a few more photos of the tower. I would’ve had like to hike the trail but not having snowshoes would of made it a little difficult.

 

Devils Tower above the tree’s

If I get a chance later in the year I’m going to try and make it back over to hike the trails and try to get some early morning and evening photo’s.

Wyoming Battlefields

Trip report coming soon..............................have to sort though the photo's.

Wagon Box Monument
Fort Phil Kearny
Fetterman Monument

Montana - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

On my way up to Billings, Montana today I fiqured I'd pay a short visit to the Little Bighorn National Monument.

 

National Cemetery - I was amazed at the number of graves here

 

 

The main marker for those who fought at Little Big Horn.

 

A little monument for the 7th Calvary's horse's

As you drive along the 4.5 mile long road there are a number of pull-outs pull-outs with descriptions of the events in that specific area along with scattered grave markers.

 

 

 

 

 

The grave marker at the end of the road for the 'Reno-Benteen Battlefield'.

View at the end of the road.

 

A new adventure: Wyoming

The one thing about life is that you never know what it is going to throw at you.

The quick and dirty is that I'm now living in Wyoming for the next year or so working on a new construction project. I'm waiting to see wait new adventures await for me in Wyoming.

Broken Arrow Trail

On my way down from Colorado Springs to Phoenix Arizona for Christmas I made a quick stop in Sedona, Az to run an old favorite trail of mine 'Broken Arrow'. Needless, to say the 'Broken' part was upheld since I broken my passenger side CV midway though the trail but still able to drive out with a horrid noise. Despite the little mishap in was great to be back on this trail once again.

The staircase which becomes kind of a big slide when it is wet.