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Part Three of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Four of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Five of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Six of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Seven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eight of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Nine of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Ten of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Eleven of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Twelve of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Thirteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Part Sixteen of the Great Western Road Trip is HERE
Then it was further east to Ten Sleep. This town got it's name from Native Americans as it denoted the time it would take you to get from here to other significant towns......10 sleeps or 10 days.
And no, I didn't venture into "Dirty Sally's General Store" either. They also have a Facebook page HERE.
More sights in Ten Sleep along the highway.....
Then it was further east on Route 16 toward Buffalo, WY.
You will pass through three exposed geological periods of rock formations on this stretch of Route 16. The first third you'll pass by forests, snowcapped peaks and tundra hills.
Patches of snow on the mountains in the distance........
A familiar sight in these parts....full logging trucks.
The last two thirds of the roadway to where it joins I-90E, the topography changes to steep canyon walls with hair pin curves and steep inclines and descents. I'm no geologist but this piece of the road is a rock lovers wet dream. ;-)
I'd hate to be pulling a huge ass RV on this roadway! I'm sure many an RVer's brakes have burnt out on this stretch of road.
The roadway steepness leveled off eventually and then we hit Buffalo, Wyoming.
We stopped into Bozeman Trail Steakhouse for a late lunch/early dinner steak dinner.....
Some city slicker from out East probably gets a big surprise if they order the Rocky Mountain "Oysters". hehehe
Though a fitting name(shut up Kim!), I did NOT get the "Crazy Woman Prime Rib"......if I want Cajun anything I can get the authentic "blow the top of your head off" right here. hehe
I wondered if this place ever heard of a side that was NOT Potato! Oh wait there is applesauce. lol
Lots of taxidermy to keep you entertained on the walls.....
We never made it to the Wyoming Whiskey Distillery but we found it on a liquor store's shelves and on a sign in the bar here.
More dead animal heads and a miniature Conestoga Wagon......
My steak dinner with a sad piece of greenery on the plate. I did have a salad beforehand and the meat was quite good.
Hubs prime rib meal. Of course there were potatoes of some ilk on another plate since the "Texas Toast" took up the leftover room on that plate.
Being watched by a bison as I ate.....
Me and the out of focus elk on the wall...
A map of Stagecoach routes across Wyoming from back in the day....
Look! It's Pumba's relative......or is it a distant cousin, the Wild Boar?
And our first sighting of a Wall Drug sign........
Unfortunately it's never tomorrow.......
And this area is lousy with Rodeos in the Summer it seems. Another one we missed seeing.....
Rustic Western swing outside the restaurant, complete with wagon wheels.....
A plaque about the Big Horn Mountains.......
A huge "Weather Rock".....lol
And then it was onto I-90 heading East(I think)but definitely out of Thermopolis and Buffalo, WY.
Sluggy
My daughter complains that her husband, who is from northern Utah, has to have potatoes in everything and for every meal…. lol. Beautiful scenery! The best steak I ever had was from a butcher in Idaho so I imagine the steaks were fabulous in Wyoming also! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteHey potatoes in every meal is a have to in these parts.
DeleteThat is a lot of potatoes on one menu. Daddy had to have potatoes with every meal and great northern beans. Fried was his only choice, though.
ReplyDeleteI want the whisky
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