Tuesday June 12, 2012
Slept in just a little bit, then got
ready and headed out to the Door/Window area for a couple hikes.
Drove the loop road towards Sage Creek, making a couple stops along
the way, including one for a picnic lunch. Headed down to the Sage
Creek campground for a hike. I had to go back again to check on the
bison carcass I discovered back in March. It is still there, mostly
complete, but shifted a bit again. Tall, green grasses are
flourishing under and around the remains. Sadly, someone has removed the horns. Tried to climb down into the creek bed to look at the
nice fossil specimens there, but in the time since I last visited in
April, the shelf of land that allowed access to the bottom has fallen
into the creek. There may be another way down, and I'll probably
come back to try to find it in August. Next we drove into Wall for
some ice cream, gas, and an obligatory visit to Wall Drug. Drove back to the
Cedar Pass area and met up with Ed. Had dinner at the Wagon Wheel,
and on our way home a storm was rolling in. Had Ed take video as I
drove back to the quad, and later took some video out his back door
as the rain picked up. Turned into a pretty good storm later, hail
and everything. Put the kids to sleep on Ed's apartment floor, and
watched a movie.
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Window area. |
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Buttes around the Door/Window area. |
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Heading towards Cedar Pass, near Old NE Road. |
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Norbeck Pass |
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Looking out over Sage Creek Wilderness area |
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Bison along the Sage Creek Rim Road |
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My bison |
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Sage Creek |