First excursion outside of Gillette: Buffalo
/My first drive to another city in Wyoming was to a town west of Gillette called Buffalo.
I went during Labor Day weekend and not a whole lot was open because, well, people like to have their holidays just like any other person.
But that was fine. I found Buffalo to be one of those towns where it's much more exciting to stroll up and down the street and look at the homes that line the historic town.
Buffalo seemed like one of those towns where the rich used to live; it was filled with some extravagant houses and an even cooler river that runs straight through the heart of town.
I reminded me of all the little mountain towns in Colorado that were built practically over the top of a mountain spring. Buffalo is right at the base of the Big Horn mountains, so I felt just a tad closer to home for a couple hours. I could finally tell which way west was just by looking for the mountains again.
The only thing I really wish I would have had the opportunity to tour was the Occidental Hotel, a really, really cool looking old building, that is actually still a hotel, that Buffalo was practically built around. It seemed really cool, but the museum part of it was closed over Labor Day, so something to do the next time around, I guess.
I found it to be quite the interesting little place tucked at the base of the mountains and interested by three major roads.
After I was finished checking out the town, I went to check out the well-known Highway 16, which curves through Big Horn National Forest and eventually leads all the way to Yellowstone. Of course I didn't go that far, and I turned around when I got so foggy that I couldn't see anything anyway, but the part of the highway that I did drive was absolutely stunning, and quite a change from the flat landscape that I'd been seeing since I moved up here.
Buffalo will definitely be a place I will visit again; the cute little town of about 5,000 people intrigued me quite a bit!
