Wyoming

 

We stopped along the Yellowstone River to see a Clark Site. We were in Sheridan WY.  Lewis and Clark split up around here.  Lewis followed the Missouri while Clark dropped down and followed the Yellowstone until it met back up with the Missouri.  This is called Pompey's Pillar named for the child of Sacaguea .I can't spell her name.

Clark etched his name and date into the rock.  It was on July 25, 1806. The park service has covered it with glass to save it.

In Thermopolis, WY we went to a cool little dinosaur museum.  We could have gone out to the dig site and could have dug, but it was too HOT.

These two pictures were taken on my phone.  So they look a bit different.

Also in Thermopolis we drove about 30 miles out of town to the Legend Rock site. The ranger was a hoot.  She lives in her RV out there and watches over the site for 5 months out of the year.  She was a talker.  The scratches in the desert varnish are as much as 11,000 years old. 

This is a sculpture at the Pioneer Museum in Douglas, Wy.  It was a really good museum.  There was tons of stuff to look at.  We decided it was so good because it is on the state fair grounds.  The sculpture was done by a local man.

 

 

We leave Wyoming in the morning for Ft. Collins, CO. We're going to be back up high. We plan on staying in that state for about 10 days.  More later

Love, Mom and Dad