BIGHORNS PART DEUX

WELL, HOW RUDE, THE BLOG JUST PUBLISHED PRIOR TO ME BEING THROUGH. HUMMMM, IS SOMEONE TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING? OH WELL, TO CONTINUE. AFTER WE DROVE THRU THE MARINA, WE WENT TO THE CANYON PART OF THE RESERVOIR. TALK ABOUT BREATHTAKING. YOU LOOK DOWN INTO THE CANYON WHERE THE RIVER IS RUNNING THRU AND THE WALLS ARE SO TALL, IT'S AWESOME. THE "OLD TIMERS" WE WERE WITH TOLD US THAT THE RIVER USED TO BE JUST A SMALL STREAM WHICH ONE COULD JUST WALK ACROSS BUT SINCE THEY CREATED THE DAM, THERE IS SO MUCH WATER THAT THE RIVER IS REALLY BIG. FROM THE CANYON AREA, WE DROVE UP THE ROAD TO A RANCH ONCE OWNED BY (ACTUALLY BUILT FOR) cAROLYN LOCKHART. SHE WAS A FAMOUS WRITER HERE IS THE WEST IN THE 1800'S. sHE WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF bUFFALO BILL. sHE USED TO WRITE ABOUT HIS SHOW AND OTHER PARTS OF THE OLD WEST. wE ALSO HAVE A BED AND BREAKFAST HERE IN CODY, CALLED THE CAROLYN LOCKHART BED AND BREAKFAST. oK, THE RANCH WAS REALLY LARGE AND NICELY DONE FOR HER DAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS AND A REALLY NICE SPRING HOUSE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT A SPRING HOUSE IS? TESTING YOUR OLD WEST LORE....OK, IT WAS A SMALL USAUALLY ONE ROOM CABIN BUILT OVER A SPRING. iT IS USED TO KEEP THINGS COOL, SINCE THERE WAS NOT REFRIGERATION AVAILABLE. PRETTY NEAT, HUH? ANYWAY, SHE ONCE OWNED 7,000 ACRES IN THE BIGHORNS....INCONCEIVABLE IN TODAYS MONEY....SHALL WE SAY...RICH? mOST OF THE ACRES ARE NOW OWNED BY THE STATE AS BLM LAND. THE BIGHORNS ARE IN wYOMING AND MONTANA, BOTH. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE THE PRYOR MOUNTAINS; THEY ARE IN MONTANA. THEY ARE MORE BARE ROCK RATHER THAN COVERED WITH TREES. bUT, THEY ARE STILL BEAUTIFUL, TALL, AND MAJESTIC. OK, NOW I THINK I AM DONE IN THE BIGHORNS. WE HAD A FUN DAY, INTO NIGHT, WE DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL ALMOST 11 PM. IT'S REALLY FUN LEARNING ABOUT OUR NEW HOME LAND...NEXT ON THE AGENDA, A DAY IN THE PARK, UNTIL THEN....CIAO