Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Bighorn Mountain and National Forest

Yesterday evening we pulled into the Tiehack Campground in the Bighorn Nat. Forest. It's a very nice place and is near a lovely reservoir.  When we woke up this morning it was 57 degrees so we are out of the heat!!

Our first job was to find some hiking trails and some Jeeping roads so we drove into Buffalo to the ranger station and got some maps and advice. Since I had packed a picnic lunch we headed for the recommended hiking trail. It took us into the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area up about 900 feet to Sherd Lake. It was a lovely hike. We logged about 5 miles, met some nice folks, saw one buck, mistook a duck for a beaver and enjoyed the cooler temperatures.


We like this area enough to stay through the weekend but we will need to find a site that's not reserved. The ranger thought we might like another campground that was more secluded and less busy but after a 15 mile drive, we opted to stay where we are. Luck is with us as a walk-in site is empty when we get back so we quickly moved the RV and resettled. 

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