We then kissed and hugged all goodbye and headed back to Casper where we passed this interesting car on the interstate.
One of the most important archaeological sites of the Late-Prehistoric Plains Indians. Discovered during the construction of Highway I-90 in the early 1970's, the Vore site is a natural sinkhole that was used as a bison trap from about 1500 to 1800 A.D.
Buffalo were driven over the edge of the sink hole as a method for the Native American tribes to procure the large quantities of meat and hides needed to survive the harsh prairie winters.
After getting off the interstate near Gillette, we came across a large herd of buffalo. The 65,000 acres which comprise Durham Ranch has sustained bison since the early 1960’s. The original bison at the Durham ranch came directly from Yellowstone National Park, making this herd very unique indeed.
Durham Ranch presently has about 2,500 purebred American Bison with 1,200 breeder cows. The cows average 1,050 pounds and show an annual calf crop of 90 to 95 percent. The bulls weigh around 1,800 to more than 2,000 pounds at 5 to 6 years of age. The calves are born in April and May, weighing about sixty pounds
We pulled over by the side of the road and leaned up against the car and watched the herd move for probably 20-25 minutes. They were so fascinating to watch, especially the babies.
And, then we headed back to Casper where I checked Joe and B.J. back into the hotel since we were not going to be able to get back into our home until the next day.
I went to the house, put furniture back into place, straightened up and vacuumed the carpet for a couple of hours. Then I stopped by and picked up hamburgers and a Frostie for Joe. We were both so tired that I don't even remember that we hugged or kissed each other, but rather just fell asleep in our individual beds until the nightmare began the next morning at 4:30 a.m.
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