After a bittersweet goodbye to Audra, we are on the road again. It has been a long time and with grass starting to grow under our feet we set our compass to northeast Wyoming. Since there are three fires in Glacier, we have decided to explore the area around Sheridan, WY as our next destination. We meandered through Ten Sleep and up into Bighorn country. We passed through the Big Horn Dolomite Ordovician, which was formed 435 – 500 million years ago! The area was magnificent with a creek at the bottom. There was a road around the base, which looked interesting to explore but not with Rosalita in tow.
We continued climbing and came to Meadowlark Lake and Campground, which is at 8,199′ in elevation. It was so welcoming and just the respite we needed to mow the grass beneath our feet. It was Rocky Mountain High Country! The lake is .3 square miles and is a trout heaven for fisher people.
We decided to spend the night, although there was no electricity, yet the solitude won out over the need to ‘plug in’. After setting up camp, we walked down to the lake and just sat quietly for a while. Dinner was enjoyed around 5pm, making use of the last of the daylight, out by the campfire. We needed that!!!
After dinner, I ventured, again, back down to the lake to catch the last rays of the sun. There was a haze that had settled in, which we noticed all along our drive today, which we attributed to the many fires that are burning throughout WY. “As the sun sinks slowly in the West…” could definitely be said for this evening!
Morning in the mountains is Heaven on Earth for me. The fresh smell of pine, the heavy dew in the air, and the crisp feeling of fall coming soon… Up before most of the other campers, at least no one was outside, and down to the lake catching the first sunrise on the water. There was fog hanging on the water when I arrived and the wind was still asleep. Catching fog on water, with a camera, is like catching a ghost. My only company was a lone duck, which I interrupted by the shore.
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