>>AN AFTERNOON GET-A-WAY

Last Sunday Curtis and I took an impromptu drive to Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Ten Sleep is about an hour away from us, and with a name like Ten Sleep, how could we not stop by for a visit?

Here's a tidbit about Ten Sleep:

It's a small ranching community with a population of about 300. The town website says that "Ten Sleep is a true example of western lifestyle" and that "travelers are welcome and greeted with friendly smiles" ...both of which we found to be true.

Ten Sleep has quite a history. It is "recognized as being the site of many historic battlegrounds between Indian tribes and the white man. Among those sites are the Bates Battlesite, an engagement in which the Arapahoe were defeated by a coalition composed of U.S. troops and the Shoshone. At the Dull Knife site, Dull Knife and Wild Hog were defeated leaving the Big Horn Mountains under the control of the white man." (Information found here)

Ten Sleep got its name because it was ten days (or 10 sleeps) between the Great Sioux Camps, the Platte River and the northern camp near Bridger, MT.

The town was a very quaint little town and we will be sure to visit again soon.

It's also quite picturesque. See . . .