During breakfast at the nearby South Fork Lodge the hostess said that she had driven past the road closed gate, past another road closed sign and near the fire area they were escorting people to the other side of the fire area. We heard that they had evacuated at least three camping areas on that side of the mountains so we were hesitant to head that direction. The hostess and some others didn’t seem to think this fire was that bad and that the forest service was over-reacting. What the heck - lets go for it!
Sure enough, no one stopped us on the highway until we got to the place where the escort was set up. We waited about 35 minutes, 20 some cars and RV’s went by and then we were led down the Tensleep Canyon to the west side of the Bighorn National Forest. We saw some smoke, three different areas where a fire had been but no flames or firetrucks. It was a non-event, but the drive was beautiful. That canyon is very long with majestic walls of rock going down a very long and steep grade with one tight ’S’ curve. Then all of a sudden we are in the village of Tensleep, out of the canyon and into high dessert where there is nothing to see but scrub. Amazing geography!
We are staying in Cody tonight so I can get the laundry done, we can dump and then figure out our next move. Cody is a cowboy town, a tourist destination and the gateway into Yellowstone National Park.
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