#hells half acre

“While doing research for my book ‘A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Conjurers, Rootworkers & Spirituals’ I discovered secrets behind a number of Memphis landmarks and stories that I had never been told growing up in Memphis.” 

Thank you badlands <3 I now see the color orange in a different light these days

We took the scenic route from Lander to Casper today. We drove up the Wind River Canyon, which winds along the Bighorn River (just a bit confusing) and to the city of Thermopolis.

We stopped for breakfast at a local cafe - where I had one of the biggest pancakes I have ever seen! I ordered TWO without knowing how big they were - we ended up taking 1 1/2 of them home with us!

After breakfast, we headed over to Hot Springs State Park - entrance was free. We drove the scenic loop through the park:

First stop was the Smoky Row Cemetery.

It was very warm, but this little guy was still doing a little sunbathing next to the cemetery.

We found the bison herd, a few babies in the crowd.

Beautiful buck in the Spirit Bowl on Buffalo Pasture Road.

We stopped at White Sulphur Springs to check it out:

Next stop was the Swinging Bridge and the Terrace Walk:

Fun and interesting stop, definitely worth the extra miles!

We also made a quick stop at the pull off for Hell's Half Acre:

Another interesting spot - awesome landscape and right next to the highway. It looked like it had been closed due to vandalism - fencing all along the rim and the road to a picnic area was closed.

We arrived in Casper, where we had changed our plans due to the prediction of 100+ temperatures during our stay. We decided to stay at a campground with hook-ups so that we could have AC - we had been too hot and miserable in Lander. Since it is 100+ today, I think we made a good decision!

We got all set up and decided to head for a local brewery, of course!