Over the July 4th weekend, I figured I’d do something a bit different and head out to go see an area I’ve not ventured before–the Bighorn Mountains in north-central Wyoming. I like mountains, so I figured it wouldn’t be a bad decision. I drove up to Buffalo, Wyoming, after work on Friday. By morning on Saturday, I found the lupines were going nuts, absolutely exploding everywhere. I had clear skies all weekend and didn’t come away with a whole lot of good imagery, but it was very nice to check the area out first-hand. I wanted to visit a couple of waterfalls, but was blocked by snow. I got to see all of the nice peaks in the range which will be a worthy backpacking destination at some point. I drove around a good bit of the range on either side and, as is my nature, I had to travel a few back roads. On with a sampling of pictures:
Sunset on the Laramie Mountains on the drive up
Looking off to Black Tooth Mountain near Buffalo
A closer view of Halleluja and Black Tooth Peak (left and center, respectively)
Northeastern side of the range near Shell
Back road near Ten Sleep
Bighorn Peak and Darton Peak
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