July 12th The Bighorn Forest Fiasco

Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Day 17
Drive through Bighorn National Forest

Today we drove through the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. It was beautiful and high, We got up to 8,010 feet! Then back down the other side. We were supposed to stay in the forest, but we passed the “unmarked” campground. We turned around and went back to find the most horrendous campsite I’ve ever seen, and it was scary because it was practically deserted and there were no signs or phones or anything. There were no rangers in the station and the roads were incredibly bumpy. We eventually made our way back out and drove FOREVER until we found this KOA in Greybull, WY, just outside of the Forest. Well, we thought we were in heaven when we finally got here! And look, I’m posting early!

Tomorrow we are going to Yellowstone. Hopefully it won’t take us 7 hours. Gulp! Don’t get me wrong, the drive was beautiful, the truck performed fine up the steep grades, and we are all still breathing, but I mean what a horribly maintained camping area.

I would never recommend anyone try to camp in the Bighorn National Forest, but it is definitely worth driving through!

Today’s mileage: 299
Today’s time: 6 hours 45 minutes