Great Time with Amy & Sylvia in Buffalo, Wy

 After 165 miles of driving we arrived in Buffalo, Wyoming on Sunday in the early afternoon making this one of our shorter travel days. We were joined by Amy, who drove up from the Denver area.

Unfortunately Google Maps reports times based on driving the speed limit. But that’s not us. We’re traveling about 55 mph, and when the wind is not present we go 60. Pretty pokey, but it feels safer, and has the added benefit of slightly better gas mileage.

On Monday we did a small hike on the Clear Creek Trail. The section we did was all beside the creek with lovely water and rock sights. Sylvia and I took lots of pictures of course. Here are some:

Baxter appreciated the creek on our hike.

No water here for Paula.

Amy, Sylvia, Paula and Baxter.

The water was quite high everywhere, as the area had had lots of rain recently.

On Tuesday we hiked the other direction on the trail. Again lovely photographs. Sylvia and I were quite slow, as every turn showed us a new perspective we had to capture with our cameras. Amy, Paula and Baxter traveled more quickly, taking the dirt road on occasion. Sylvia and I stayed at the water’s edge whenever the trail allowed. On the way back we again separated into two groups. Sylvia and I missed a turnoff, so hiked an extra two miles! The end of our hike included walking on the state road, and following a rather hilly fence line back down to the trail. We made it though. My step counter told me I’d walked 19,400 steps. We figured this was about eight miles. Amy and Paula did about six miles. Needless to say we all arrived back to our rigs extremely tired. The steaks we had for dinner were delicious!

Here are some of our photos.

This is a picture that Sylvia took.

Paula, Amy, and Baxter (dragging his leash).

While this is just a decaying log beside a rock, do you see anything else?

These signs helped Sylvia and me determine we had walked too far back. Ugh!

The top of this mountain had hoodoos (pinnacles of weathered rock).

I loved the texture of the tree bark.

Sylvia posing for me.

We took it easy on Wednesday and Thursday this week, based on overdoing it Tuesday. Paula and I did a small walk on the same trail in town. The sign posts were quite interesting:

Be sure to read the second paragraph of this sign if you can…

Tomorrow we all head out. Paula and I are headed for the Pioneer Auto Museum in Murdo, South Dakota as our next Harvest Host stop. Amy heads back to the Denver area, and Sylvia is going to find some boondocking area to explore. Safe travels everyone!