Bighorn Mountains August 2018

Hey There Everyone. 

I've went through all the pic's my hubs took from our camping trip, and there ready to be posted. So sit back with a drink and a snack cause there are a lot of pic's of the Great Outdoors.

We chose the same dispersed (free) camping area that we stayed at last year. It's in full sun, but has a great breeze all the time and being at 8000+  feet in elevation the high's were in the mid 70's during the day and high 40's to low 50's at night, in other words, Perfect. 

Our mobile Vacation Home in all it's glory.

Lots of amazing views no matter which way you looked.

And because of the fires in California, Canada, Montana, and Wyoming there was a fair amount of smoke and haze.

The Hubs took out his Metal Detector and did a bit of scanning around the area.

He found a bit of old metal and a few hits that might have been Gold but nothing to show off unfortunately.

Ton's of Granite with Quartz which is known for having Gold, but no big hits worth taking home.

 

He found a shaft that had been dug about 20 to 30 feet down and a good sized tailing's pile.

As always, there are so many strange yet beautiful rock formations all over the mountains.

 

 

 Even small caves with snow still hidden inside.

I think the snow resembles the head of a sleeping Dragon, right down to the eye and scales.

My Hubs has a fascination with Rock Carin's and we always get pictures of the ones he finds.

It is said they were used by freighters in the 1800's to mark the trail through the mountains and by Native Americans to mark good places to camp.

 

 

And last but by no means the least......

 

MOOSE and ......

ELK

There were also Deer, Marmots (so hard to get pictures of those little critters), Birds galore and the grazing cows and fluffy sheep with their guard dogs.

Well, that's all for this camping trip, he still has a couple more trips planned for the year so it's not over yet.

So until the next post.......

Take Care & Happy Camping

Hugs, Sandy