I realize this place has a pretty funny name, but I can assure you I encountered no crazy women while I was there. It was nice to get off the beaten path for a little while. This was at a perfect spot between two of the places we were visiting, a welcome respite from a […]
This was a neat little surprise! We followed the signs to Castle Gardens and, little did we know we would encounter a whole bunch of sheep! I love how much the black sheep stood out among all the rest of them. After we drove for a bit longer, we ended up in another spot where […]
Link to Wikipedia Fossil Butte National Monument is located near Kemmerer, Wyoming. It containes Eocene Epoch (56 to 34 million years ago) animal and plant fossils associated with Fossil Lake—the smallest lake of the three great lakes which were then present in what are now Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. Preserved fossils include fish, alligators, bats, […]
If you know some rock climbers, this is the place for them! What seems like it’s in the middle of nowhere, the rock formations are crazy incredible out here. You have to look quite hard, but if you see a little black dot on the rocks in some of these pictures, that’s likely a hiker […]
The Yellowstone Act of 1872 created the world’s first national park. It withdrew more than 2 million acres from sale, settlement, or occupation to be “dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” Unlike Yosemite, the bill put Yellowstone under federal control because ceding it […]