Wyoming, The Big Horns

After the magnificent Devils Tower, I set out on my way to the next target, Cody, Wyoming when I noticed I had to cross a little mountain range--The Big Horns.

Now all three highways that traverse the mountains are designated Scenic Byways, so I couldn't go wrong, right?

Wow.

I missed a lot of really fantastic scenery because I was too busy driving and didn't want to plunge off a cliff or smack into a concrete or steel barrier. The geology was unbelievable. On various roadway cut-throughs, they marked what geological epoch the rock formations represented. A ride up the mountains displayed billions of years of geological history (and reminded me of how much I had forgotten from Geology 101).

Take a look see. My photos do not do this route justice.

Looking back

Looking ahead

Looking way back

Fallen City
Cluster of tumbled rocks that resemble a ruined city that formed along an enormous fault

Rock formation observation stop & passing bikers.

Hummingbird in flight @ wayside stop

There's a waterfall down there, somewhere.

I cannot stress more, how very dramatic scenery has been omitted because I had my eyes mostly on the road. If I had a human passenger, they would have been agog. (Aleksandra snoozed through it all)

I have never seen the Grand Canyon (yet), but this may well be a Mini-Me version...covered with trees.

AGAIN:
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