Central Wyoming - Flaming Gorge

Hello Everyone,

After we left Yellowstone NP on Thursday, Aug, 29th, we drove over 230 miles South into central Wyoming.

Our first stop was in Pinedale, WY, a very nice town with a visitors center where we stopped to gather information for the next leg of our trip. Out front of the visitors center, there is a great statue of a "Mountain Man", one of the brave explorers who helped pave the way and settle the West before us.

We stayed in a very friendly hotel that had the following sign in the lobby.

The next morning, Friday, Aug.30th,  we took a hike after breakfast. Pinedale has a great public park where we found a young moose grazing on the young willow trees at the edge of the river that runs through the town's park.

After that, we drove another 100+ miles to Seedskadee Wildlife Preserve near Green River, Wyoming. There we found several animals we have been hoping to see and capture them on digital media.

We found White Pelicans in the Green River soon after we entered the preserve.

We stopped at the visitor's center for a visit with the Ranger and I made friends with him, while Dad and mom asked him questions. When we returned to our car we found a young bull moose near the river's edge.

Then as we were leaving the preserve a Pronghorn Antelope stood at the edge of the road and posed for us to take a picture for our blog. He is a pretty handsome fellow, right? Mom said she would send him a portrait release form in the mail later?

Then we drove another 65+ miles to Rock Springs, Wyoming to rest overnight for our next adventure.

On Saturday, Aug. 31st, we first drove to Green River, WY, where we explored Wild Horse Canyon. There we found several wild horses as promised, but we also found very nice scenery as well. Some of the buttes were beautiful in the high plains desert.

Dad and I were walking up a box canyon when Mom took our picture.

Then we drove down the West side of Flaming Gorge to Manila, WY. This sixty-mile gorge has reddish colored cliffs that are the source of its name.

At the southern end of the canyon, there is a dam that creates a man-made lake.

Near the lake, there is another very picturesque canyon called Sheep Creek Canyon that we explored while we were there. These sheer cliffs are several hundred feet high, and many thousands of years old.

Tomorrow we are going to explore the East side of Flaming Gorge Canyon and move on to Vernal, Utah 😄.