August 6, 2008 (Wednesday)

5:30am  Coffee: Enjoy hot coffee, feed and water the horses, take down the tents, and pack gear.
6:30am  Breakfast: A delicious hot breakfast will be served. Remember to pick up your sack lunch.
8:00am  Departure: The ride today will be 18 miles. Leaving camp the trail follows an old wagon trail called “The Devil’s Slide.” When reaching the top, an incredible view meets the eye of the vast Wyoming country side. This provides a wonderful photo opportunity. Many sheepherder monuments can be seen and it is claimed that the sheepherders erected these out of boredom while tending their sheep. Others claim that they were erected as landmarks by both surveyors and landowners. The trail continues and crosses “Cottonwood Pass” to “Lysite Mountain.” Another three Wyoming counties are traversed; Natrona, Fremont, and Hot Springs County. The trail passes to the south of an area known as “Bate’s Battlefield.” The site of the last and only recorded Indian battle in the Big Horn Basin. The trail follows through sagebrush flats until it drops down through a canyon in a lush green meadow along a creek known as “Bridger Creek.” This is the summer place of Victor & George Bloomquist and Mike & Kathy McCoy. Upon arrival in camp, tend to your horse, set up tents, and prepare for supper. The creek provides a wonderful place to clean up. This will be the campsite for the next two nights and day.
6:30pm  Supper                                           

8:00pm  Evening Entertainment: Hey, it’s a live band, great country music, dancing, and living it up the Wyoming way. Please greet and thank the landowner hosts George Bloomquist,  Mike & Kathy McCoy, and Vicki Williams.