Bighorn Canyon Recreation Area

Our visit to the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area started with our departure from Cody at 11:30 AM. We picked up Karen and George and it took us about 1 1/2 hours to arrive at the pick up location which was several miles from the boat launch. Since we arrived so early, we made a couple sandwiches and had our lunch while waiting for the van to take us to the boat. We saw several wild mustangs on the short trip in the van:

 and arrived at the dock around 2 PM:

Everybody boarded and we were on our way:

This was a trip through some of the most beautiful canyon area in the country. It reminded us of the grand Canyon on a smaller scale, and very different. We never have been at the bottom of the Grand Canyon so this gave us some appreciation of how it must look at the bottom. There were several speedboats on the water, this one coming at us in the canyon:

and this one with  kids tubing:

The views of the canyon were awesome and we took a total of 160 pictures during the day. It was difficult deciding which pictures to put in today's entry, but here are a few of the canyon views:

All along the canyon we saw areas where bighorn sheep were present. We were fortunate to see several of the sheep in a couple of the favorite places:

We went probably 8-10 miles into the canyon and then turned around and came back. The trip back was different even though it was the same part of the canyon. It gave us a different perspective seeing it in reverse. After the boat trip ended, the van driver took us to a lookout point that was spectacular, and showed us where we had been while on the water:

We finished the tour with a group photo with Karen and George:

It was a fabulous day in perfect weather and we reached home, after a stop for burgers in Lovell, WY, at around 8:30 PM. Another fun day in a great area.

It's back to work today. Josie is doing laundry and I'm finishing up on the post for the day. Now, we have to plan something special for our next "weekend" starting on Thursday...