When we left Rocky Mountain National Park, we drove into Wyoming and stayed one night at Guernsey Lake State Park. It is a CCC constructed campground from the 1930s. It was engineered for Model Ts: very narrow winding road with a speed limit of 10 mph (the signs all said “radar enforced.”) It was very nice, but also engineered for old style camping and we had a hard time finding a spot large enough and level enough for our little travel Trailer. Mike found it had a great swimming hole just below our campsite. We saw many more rabbits and birds. It was very pretty. But it did not photograph well. 

The next day we drove on to Middle Fork Campground in the Bighorn Mountains west of Buffalo, WY. This was our favorite campsite so far. Buffalo was a nice little town. The mountains were wonderful, with snow-capped peaks and dark forests and deep canyons.

Our campsite was next to the roaring Crazy Woman Creek with great trees and few distractions from the outside world.

Many Native Americans thought of crazy people as sacred, and Crazy Woman Canyon and Creek were just that. We hiked, swam, washed, slept like babes, and were ready to face the next day.

For today’s drive, we had not found a reservation campground and had planned to travel to one of the first-come-first-served campgrounds. They were all full. So, tonight, after a 400 mile driving day, we are staying at the Great Falls, Montana, Walmart parking lot. It is free. We got our shopping done. There is 24 hour security. There are the regular distractions of the world.

Tomorrow we go on to Glacier National Park for 5 days.

Our next posting will probably be after the 25^th.