Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, etc

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Was only a few hundred yards long

Then it was connect with 120 to Cody, 14 to Greybull, and 16 through Ten Sleep to begin ascent of the Big Horn Mts to Buffalo. It was getting late, I had called ahead to Buffalo and had a hotel waiting for me, so I really wanted to push through. Some photos opps before the ascent...

Dawn and dusk light in the desert is always a beautiful thing


The canyon though which 16 passes is beautiful but I was trying to get through the pass and down the other side with as much daylight as possible for I knew the deer would be out. Sure enough, as soon as I lost the last rays, they started popping up along side of the hiway...scary critters, but they seemed content to stay put even as I slowed wayyyy down. Sunset and elevation also made it too cool to continue without pulling out the warm clothes again.


When a few cars passed me 15 minutes later and with light fading, I found it reassuring to closely follow them, hoping that if any deer did freak out it would be in front of them and not me? I saw maybe 20 in less than a half hour, and Buffalo was a welcome arrival. That was quite the detour in the trip!