Wyoming is a State I have never given any thought to or ever heard very much about, it is well off the normal tourist route but now it is a State I will remember for a long time.
The great plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, the State is a great plateau broken by a number of mountain ranges, the Wind River Range in the west central part of the state is remote and includes more than 40 mountain peaks of more than 13,000 feet. The Capital of Wyoming is Cheyenne which is also the biggest city, I think Cheyenne congers up a picture of gun fighting cowboys and even Indians in days gone by. Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and Utah bound Wyoming.
Wyoming has not one but two areas of amazing natural beauty, namely Yellowstone National Park and also Grand Teton National Park, both are amazing in their own way. Wyoming is the least populous state in America although it is the tenth largest in size.
My visit to Yellowstone was all too short, I could have stayed on for another couple of weeks easily, even a month, I just get so much pleasure from watching wildlife in its natural habitat, and so much of it.
I just love observing and photographing animals in the wild. Yellowstone was all I had hoped for and more, much more, outside of Africa it must be the biggest safari park there is.
With time marching on and further threats of snow, I feel it would be prudent to continue my adventure. I know I will have to be south of Salt Lake City before I start losing altitude, and losing the risk of snow.
After pulling out of my little site in West Yellowstone, “The Brandin Iron”, I have to actually drive into and through Yellowstone park to head for my route south, passing old faithful on the way, and crossing the Craig pass, 8,262 feet high, remember Ben Nevis stands at 4,408 feet, just after the pass I cross the Continental Divide and drive the short distance through the Bridger-Teton National Forest to one of the most beautiful parts I have been in to date, Teton National Park.
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