Yesterday I just relaxed, read a book.
Today, Sunday after driving a half-hour northwest to see Devils Tower I drove west a few hours and then through Sheridan Wyoming and south about an hour to Tie Flume Campground 8400 feet up into the Big Horn Mountains in Big Horn National Forest. Very beautiful mountains and campground. When I made the reservation I was only able to reserve one night. There are many campgrounds in Big Horn National Forest. Each campground has a handful of first-come-first-serve campsites. My plan was to nab a site for another four nights. Not to be. The camp hostess was a real sweetie and tried to find me a site but nothing was open. I spent one night there and started home. There’s a beautiful large stream/small river that runs through the campground. Crystal clear gently flowing water in a gorgeous setting. The host told me they catch fish “they are small guys but fun”. It was about 6:30 pm when I walked down to the river. Many fish were rising. The river isn’t small and there are some undercut banks. Have to believe there are some decent size fish. Wishful thinking. Looks like you can walk and fish a long way upstream and downstream without wading unless you want to cross the river. The host told me moose walk through and check the campground out around 6 to 6:30 am. Made sure I was up at 5:30 to check it out but the host was making a lot of noise emptying garbage cans. I forgive her. She was so nice. I’m thinking of trying to make reservations for two weeks in August if a site is available.
The early bird gets the worm. Beautiful location.