July 24 - Wednesday- hiking, trip to Hot Springs, more Buffalo

Willow Creek was our hike for today. Great scenery, easy walking and ended up in a little waterfall to cool off. Today the temps were in the low 80s, the highest it’s been since we left Fargo. So ending up in the cold mountain water was perfect for all of us. 

Bill had to help Lenny decide it was time to get out of the water. 

Look at the trees growing out of the rock. 

After the hike, we decided to take a trip south to Hot Springs. A very western-looking town with a lot of the buildings out of sandstone from the 1890s. This just a section of the buildings. There were 2 more streets. This street has a nice quilt shop with a ton of Aboriginal fabric. The owner said it was the largest in the US. 

We took a different road back through a part of Custer State Park and saw more Buffalo and a herd of antelope. Was looking for mountain goats but weren’t lucky enough to see any. 

Early evening relaxing before starting back to PA tomorrow.