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Wall Colors on BigHorn Canyon

Good friends and favorite undertakers Bernard and M’lis invited us to a cookout in BigHorn Canyon. They have a pontoon boat which goes plenty fast for us. And it is equipped with a barbecue. The four of us headed for Hardin and Yellowtail Dam on Monday after the heavy weekend traffic. We arrived at the marina about 11am, and spent probably 4-5 hours lazing around the Canyon.

Shadows on the BigHorn Canyon

We had an excellent picnic lunch complete with hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings. Then we did a little fishing, but this was not very successful as we forgot the hooks. Probably just as well as we tend to lazily catch and release. So we just enjoyed each other and God’s handiwork in putting together this seemingly solid and colorful earth. Maggie the Dog accompanied us without a problem. The shadows make a difference at different times of the day.

The BigHorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established in 1966 with the building of Yellowtail Dam, named after the famous Crow chairman, Robert Yellowtail. The river now become a lake straddles the border between Wyoming and Montana. Pretty good trout fishing they say. This is a useful National Park Service website.

If you go, just head out east on the 90 and turn right at the first Hardin exit and keep on going. Stay on MT 313. Can’t miss it.