September 29, 2024 Sheridan, Wyoming

 High of 97, sunny, but smoky.

The Elk fire got bigger last night. We were going to see some museums, but I got sucked into making a basket and we got a late start and they were closed. So we did the brewery walking tour of downtown Sheridan. Luminous was closed. Probably a good thing. 

Inside Smith Alley Brewing. The Mint Bar with it's neon bucking horse out front. 

A few sites in beautiful historic downtown Sheridan. The fire blew up, the smoke covered the sun turning it red. 

Birds on a wire with the red sun, which washed out in this photo, it was red. This sculpture was named Caught by Surprise, with downtown in the background. There were a lot of sculptures and art.

 

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit. Smoky light in downtown Sheridan.

Smoke at sunset.

Smoke behind the bus at sunset. Smoky sunset.

The smoke made cool patterns in sunset. 

September 25-28, 2024 Thermopolis to Cody to Sheridan , Wyoming

 89 and sunny.

We got up the next morning at the Fountain of Youth RV park and wanted to soak in the hot spring before we left and they had drained it to wash it! Bummer. I got the adapter for our starlink internet to attach to the ladder. Works great. 

We are here to visit my friend Billie. We had her over for dinner. Great to see her. Beautiful, historic, downtown Cody, Wyoming. Downtown has changed a lot since I lived here in high school. But the view of Rattlesnake mountain is still the same. 

We had lunch at the Silver Dollar with Billie, Cathy and Dave. Beautiful day on the patio.

We went to this fabulous gallery, By Western Hands  It is functional art. The most amazing hand crafted furniture and art. Photos don't show it well. Everything had intricate detail and with beautiful workman ship. 

Another photo from the By western Hands gallery. 11 years ago Billie and I had a photo taken at this western studio. We decided to recreate it. Here is todays.

Here is the photo of us from 2013. We look the same right? I was taking this photo and got this weird lens flare, or is it a UFO?

The bus at Absaroka Bay RV park in Cody. John is cooking dinner. Yum yum. Sunset.

Rosy glow on the horizon. West of Shell, Wyoming.

Shell Canyon. Aspens in the Big Horn Mountains. 

Big Horn Mountains. The bus at Peter D's RV park in Sheridan.

Sunset in Sheridan with wild fire smoke. We had dinner with our friend Cecil. Great to see him.

September 22-24 2024 Saratoga to Lander to Thermopolis, Wyoming

 High of 75 and sunny. 

Fishermen in last light on Saratoga Lake. Sunset in the campground. 

No clouds for sunset, but lots of color. We are now at Sleeping Bear RV park in Lander. 

Good thing I looked before I stepped out, we had a guest on the top step. Very sweet kitty. We walked to the Eagle bronze foundry to view some of their work. 

 Leash your pets and uncontrolable humans. Grrr, bark, woof, good dog. Fall colors in the campground.

 Sunset was lovely. Wind river canyon on our way to Thermopolis. 

Views driving into Thermopolis. 

At the RV Park, This park is is not a bank, don't let your pet leave a deposit.  I finished this basket. It is made from dyed pine needles, clay and glass beads, polyester thread and the center is a piece of selenite I shaped, polished, sandblasted and painted the petroglyphs on. It is 8 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches. 

We are parked at the Fountain of Youth RV park. I love this park because it has  HIGE hot spring pools. No one was in them when we went to soak. 

John floating around on an orange noodle in the hot spring. Pretty relaxing way to spend the day. It was 82 and sunny. In town is the WOW store, next door to the brewery we had dinner at. 

Beautiful, historic, downtown Thermopolis. John and I at the brewery. I was taking a photo of the sign and a nice lady offered to take our photo. 

One Eyed Buffalo Brewing company. Inside was a buffalo head with an eye patch. At the bar another nice lady offered to take our photo. Delicious dinner and beer. 

Thermopolis has the worlds largest mineral hot spring, here in Hot Springs State Park. View heading back to the Fountain of Youth RV park. 

Another nice view.  We had another nice soak after dinner too, under the stars.