according to dictionary.com:
"To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: See Synonyms at wander."
"Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path."
"A circuitous journey or excursion; ramble. "
This weekend, Scott and I jumped in our cute little camper early Saturday morning. Everything was packed the night before so we could get to our destination camping spot...Castle Butte. We packed our day packs with our water bladders and were ready to get to the top of this place and see the petroglyphs Scott's father told us about. What a gorgeous day!
Well...we got to the spot and carefully checked the map. After the bacon was cooked, we realized that we were trespassing. Okay, we thought, we can drive across the road and see if there is a good place on the BLM land or the State land to camp.
Nope. Nothing interesting. We decided to just wing it and drive until we found a good spot. And when one begins to wander, there are always cool things to appreciate!
Here's an old homestead. So nostalgic. Think of all the hard labor and hard memories accompanying this place.
We were stopped to check the map and up comes this mighty fine horse! Check out the make-shift fence post! You use what you have.
Ahhh, this was a high point! Wild turkey season is going on right now and lucky for this bunch of birds, they were on private land! We stopped and listened to them gobble.
Funny how they don't use their wings. They went running up the hill. You can see why they are called a herd!
Scott noticed a strange sound coming from the tires...and sure enough, the rear left tire was almost flat!
Scott parked on a road between 2 fields (and strangely enough, only 2 vehicles passed the WHOLE TIME we were there!) He crawled under the camper to release the spare.
In no time at all, he had the flat off and the spare on, no anger, no rage, no metal belts poking his hand (and you know all the other parts of THAT story, Vel!) Nice to be married to a man that doesn't lose his temper!
And here is the great treasure we found while putting the jack back...a TEE! A naughty TT!
Okay, onward bound to try to find a place to camp! We had left at 9 in the morning and it's about 1 or 2 at this point. We drove through a ranch that grows long horn steers. This one kept walking closer to us like he was the boss or something.
Here's another boss monster!
This dude looks like no other I've ever seen! Cross between red and black cow. Usually they are one color or the other, not this one! Strange things you see when you are meandering around the country side!
We FINALLY got to a town...Hysham. It was triangle shaped. 2 sides were completely surrounded by farm fields, the other by the railroad. It was named after a cattleman and I think the population is around 300.
By this time, we were wanting to be out of the meandering mode and into the camping mode! We actually drove to 3 river access/fishing/camping spots and ICK. Lots of people, loud and trash in the spots. So we thought to heck with it and headed for a spot we've launched our boat from a couple of times. After 9 hours of driving 175 miles (mostly dirt roads) we circled around and landed next to the Yellowstone only 20 miles away from home!
It was nice and peaceful. Gus enjoyed the water and we enjoyed resting and the river. The sound of geese and turkeys were almost non-stop. We meandered to a great spot...
even allowing us to set up a private place to take care of business.
