Near Devil's Tower... SD / WY.

Camped in a forest of ponderosa, young and not too mature, but interesting enough. The gully right beneath the campsite has aspen and a number of them have died. Connie pointed out that an aspen is aLue lisää
Devils Tower... WOW!

While we had a late start out of the campground the 25 miled to Devil's Tower and walking around it was quite amazing. About to 50 to 60 million years of erosion and pressure points created theLue lisää
Deadwood, S. Dak.

Greetings from the only Mexican cafe in Deadwood - what a place for a near-death experiencer to be having lunch DEADwood!
Just imagine graduating from the LEAD - DEADWOOD Highschool. ?
Deadwood (SD) Gunfight ?

Deadwood shootout on Main Street? That crowd lining the street at noon, was quiet, tense. All queried why they were there replied in similar vein, "The shootout in Deadwood... at Noon."
Soon thereLue lisää
South Dakota, post Deadwood Gulch...

Yesterday at Deadwood (Deadwood Gulch?) was quite an education. Bit of a rip-off when it comes to the typical tourist, but hey.... come snow and Deadwood... dies.
Black Hills National Forest,Lue lisää
Custer State Park, SD.

Long but wonderously beautiful day, traveling back and forth through Custer SP, never dreaming SD could be this lovely . All psyched up to see wildlife, esp buffalo, sorry, bison, and not one did weLue lisää
06/12/23: Lake Foubaix, SD

had a lovely, lovely walk through the woods on the other side of the lake this morning. a number of very interesting issues emerged in the woods. the South Dakota department of forestry really seemsLue lisää
Theodore Rooseveldt Park (South Unit)...

From North of Bowman, ND, South to Lowman...
Nice area we drove through from Black Hills (SD) into ND. Absolutely lovely "East WY.-like" rolling hills, and nothing but grasslands. Came through heavyLue lisää
Lovely day, South Unit, Rooseveldt, but

Woke up LOW ENERGY and it has not improved much. Might be lack of sunshine.
Anyway, explored a lot of this park's South Unit. Soon we head for North Unit about 100 miles away, then consult our maps.Lue lisää
Saturday... whoops interupted by...

We went off for a stroll around the Camp Loop started speaking to a couple with a funny little trailer they are from Texas. They accompanied us back to see pur Ram van and all hell broke loose with aLue lisää
Sunday, trip to Roosv. North Unit.

Just arrived. Paid $14.00 for the 2 nights. What a bargain! Seems we are very near the Canadian border just under a 100 miles give or take a few.
Just plaqued by lack of reliable cellularLue lisää
Monday, (North Unit)

Did a very nice loop to the Oxbow Lookout and end of route.. First major herd of bison. The Oxbow Routefollows the Rim of this Unit, in that COMPLETELY divides Sereen and colourful rolling hills asLue lisää
Tuesday...

Heavy thunderstorm last night.
We'll evaluate our route due to the storm and see which way works. The joys of Blue-Highway travel. Till whenever, where-ever.
Tuesday, Montana.

ND to MT. Impressed. Vast. Very nice people. Got in to Custer State Forest, MT. In camp. Cold. Back to long-drops and bring your own TP, but... sites are unmarked, no host, no "thou shalt pay" so...Lue lisää
Tuesday ADDENDUM (MT.)

Evening images, Custer State Park, MT.
Wednesday, MT / WY.

Long day through wide open prairie - as green as green can be.
Spend hours in Buffalo, WY. searching for a place to have Amazon delivered two. There were two. Both stopped after Amazon demands of newLue lisää
Thursday, Circle Park Camp (8135).

Rain last night.
Spoke to a ranger this a. m. "Yes... the abnormal amount of rain is more than likely attributable to the climate crisis".
Much like AZ. in reverse. 10 minutes of sunshine, down comeLue lisää
Negotiating the "Big Muddy"

Today is Friday, June 23, 2023.
Both of us picking up negative vibrations from the so-called campground 'host', we upped and we're ready to leave early.
With soo much rain, with the soil, wherever,Lue lisää
Sunday, sunshine, sortof.

Lovely scenes of snow on Big Horns, meadows, fences. Images in mono, colour and v/clips.
Starting to cloud over.
We both sketched at the side of the highway, working in the shadow of the Chariot.
MetLue lisää
Monday, June 26, 2023

We're extending our stay here till 11:59 (am) Thursday.
Images for creating abound.
Rained again last night. We planned on scaling a fence to get a different perspective of the alpine meadow, BUT,Lue lisää
Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

Managed a second pastel in the alpine meadow ( different aspect) yesterday, feels a bit forced. Not as good as the first one.
Rained heavily last night.ight go to lookout about 25 miles away toLue lisää
Tuesday, 06/27 /23 Edition ii.

Nice Lonnnng showers at YMCA (!)
Uploaded images to stock photo site. Link available.
But, what endeared my heart to Buffalo, WY. is the attached images of a bronze sculpting of a Border CollieLue lisää
Webnesday, 06/28/23.

WoW! What a day! We can't stop congratulating ourselves on jobs well done.
Didn't rain last night, so we were hopeful for a decent days sketching today... and that we got!
From Loaf Mountain Lookout,Lue lisää
Thursday "TIE HACK" Camp Farewell.

Finally, we got an answer! Where does the 'Tie Hack' come from?
Peggy (Camp Host):
"I thought it was Indian...."
Connie: "Cowboy original. The way they tied cattle for branding..." Jack: 'SomeLue lisää
Friday, Whoops! 7/4/ Weekend!

Re-start for mountain pass and further west into WY. after being hit hard and forced back by hailstorm yesterday.
We were hoping to get a start on campsite availability yesterday. Oh well, if we haveLue lisää