Wednesday 8/14 we pulled into Buffalo in mid-afternoon after spending an hour or so in Casper fixing the right front trailer tire and replacing the broken wheel. Buffalo is one of our favorite Wyoming towns (but then, it seems we like all of them!). Population 4,584 (in 2017), Buffalo is the town author Craig Johnson used as a model for the fictional town of Durant, WY, home of Sheriff Walt Longmire of the Longmire Mystery Books and the Netflix series of the same name.
Nestled along the banks of Clear Creek at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains, Buffalo is a great base camp location for exploring the Bighorns and the surrounding area. We’ll be here for a couple of weeks, so you can look forward to photos and tales of our adventures.
Thursday was a lazy day. We took a walk, then went into town to mess about and have lunch at the Busy Bee Cafe (also a fixture of the Longmire series). We also took it easy because my back has been giving me trouble when stooping and bending after my fall on the trail outside Laramie.
Friday we began to hit our stride. We had a wonderful walk along our favorite Clear Creek trail at the Morain Park Recreation Area west of town.
There is a beautiful trail along the creek, extending downstream and `about a mile-and-a-quarter upstream to a couple of ponds and a low-water dam associated with a water facility.
There is a beautiful trail along the creek, extending downstream and `about a mile-and-a-quarter upstream to a couple of ponds and a low-water dam associated with a water facility.
The trail has recently been expanded, and it provides excellent hiking through woods alongside the creek. This year, Clear Creek is running full and fast, rushing past us as we navigated the path. Most of the wildflowers have faded, but there are interesting lichens and lush green moss clinging to the rocks along the path.
We’ll be walking here several more times while we’re here, so you’ll likely see more pictures of this beautiful area.
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