A stop in this town was determined solely based on the name of the town. I mean, we’re in Wyoming. A town of this name must have something to live up to. It was a good stopping point from the Badlands National Park in South Dakota, but there were many other stopping points I could have chosen that would have been a midway point to the Grand Teton National Park, our next destination. Once researching the campground choices, photos of mountains further peaked my interest along with area info that wrote of a canyon named Crazy Woman. Right up my alley. A further plus to Buffalo was that it would give us some flexibility of choosing between 2 routes to the Tetons and in the spring, snow is still a possibility in the mountains (and it turned out that snow did occur near our next destination just a couple days before our arrival).
The mountains did not disappoint and we had views right from our campsite.
Our campsite
The view of the mountains just beyond the trees in front of our rig
Buffalo is at the base of the Bighorn National Forest. We did not get to the Crazy Woman Canyon though as there had been heavy rains and flooding just before our arrival and even with a four wheel drive (which we don’t have) the locals were not recommending the trip, so we spent the day exploring the town. Besides the Occidental Hotel which Bill may have already written about, what I found in the town of almost 4,600 is that they are friendly and no one who visits is a stranger and they will stop whatever they are doing to chat. We got the scoop of town highlights from a local and had lunch at the downtown cafe in a gift shop and it was definitely a hot spot in town. Even the cafe cashier spotted me in the grocery store later in the day and waved at me.
Note to self: stock up on favorite foods before getting to a small town, as selections are seriously limited in tiny towns.
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