Day 8- Bighorn National Forrest and Black Hills

Checked out of 'Cowboy Village' in Cody, WY and continued east to explore Bighorn National Park and the Black Hills! Really stunning drive. 

Animals Spotted:

Mama and baby Moose

3 Bucks

Wild Turkeys

Woodchuck

Bighorn National Park

Incredible topography..... 

Cloud Peak Scenic Byway 16

Really windy drive here. Elevation 9,666 ft Bighorn

Passed a little town called 'Ten Sleep'. The Indians named it that because it was was their tenth night of 'sleeps' between their point A to point B!

Bighorn National Park Mule Deer

Evidence of fires

 Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills

'Cathedral Spires Trail' in the Black Hills

Two miles round trip

'Gultch Trail' around Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills. Tough hike! Four miles round trip- spotted a woodchuck! 

Crazy drive through one-way tunnels in the Black Hills!

Newcastle, WY on the way out of Cody, WY! Who knew??!

Ending Spot: Custer, SD