Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Bighorn Mountains and National Forest

It’s only a 105 mile drive to where we are camped now but it took us 3 hours to get here.  From Cody we drove across flat scrub land to Greybull and then started climbing up into the Bighorn Mountains and National Forest.

We stopped briefly in Shell to view the Shell Waterfall, although not a very tall fall it was impressive how much water runs through its canyon.  Speaking of canyons, we had a beautiful drive through steep canyons on the way to Granite Pass at 9033 feet. The way was very narrow and quite curvy but thankfully there was not a lot of traffic so John could drive slower and also take in the views.  We stopped to look at the canyon walls several times but there is just no way to convey the massiveness of the canyon with photographs.
John had researched the campgrounds in Bighorn so we knew where to look for a site.  The first campground was all reserved for Labor Day weekend but the second one, Prune Creek, had 3 walk-in sites so we grabbed one right on the creek.  It is a pretty creek and area with numerous opportunities to hike and off-road in the Jeep.  The really bad part is there is zero cell service.  That is why you are seeing this post so late.  Oh, well.  

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