Aug 13
****Buffalo didn’t have great internet
either. Maybe in Rapid City, South Dakota.
We have had really warm sunny days up until this morning. It
was windy & quite cool. We were glad we had our hiking days on the nice
days. We planned a low-key day and started with what would have been a nice
walk around this park, but it was a bit windy. It was a large area and on a good day you could spend quite a bit of time here walking the various trails.
Mountain Plains Heritage Park
Homestead Cabin
Vesper Sparrow
The Wyoming Railway Company Interpretive Trail
Western Wood-Pewee
unknown - possible immature Robin
Canada Geese coming in for a landing
The Buffalo Wildlife Habitat Project
Vesper Sparrow
Wood Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes & a Great Blue Heron
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
Cedar Waxwing
It was lunch time and we headed to downtown Buffalo. The town just finished their Longmire Days annual celebration. A local author, Craig Johnson based his books on life in Buffalo, Johnson County & Wyoming. Plus, his books inspired a TV show called "Longmire" that ran for something like 6 years. So, this little town has something to celebrate.
historic downtown
Clear Creek Cantina - lunch was VERY GOOD! They weren't afraid to uses some spice. I tried the red chili sauce and the green chili sauce and both were yummy.
chimichanga & enchilada
enchilada & taco
town square
"not just a one horse town" mural 1884
Clear Creek runs right through town
Johnson County Courthouse
Veterans Memorial
We also toured the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum. It was a well done museum and actually quite large. No photos were allowed inside.
From their website: "The Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum
has been a part of the Buffalo community since 1900 when Jim Gatchell opened a
drugstore. The Buffalo Pharmacy was a stopping place for cowboys, lawmen,
settlers, cattle barons, and famous army scouts. As a trusted friend of the
region’s Native Americans, he received many gifts representing the culture
including guns, war bonnets, tools, medicine bags, bows, arrows, and clothing.
Soon local residents were donating mementos of Johnson County’s historic names,
places, and events."
After the museum we went in search of ice cream and found some, but it wasn't very good.
Tomorrow we are off to Rapid City, South Dakota.
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