Sunday 9/28/25 Theromopolis Hot Springs & Productive Day

 

Driving to Cody Wyoming

 

We kept busy all day.

We woke up with the temperatures in the 30's at Sitting Bull Campground in Bighorn National Forest. In Ten Sleep WY it was in the low 50's. It's the closest town to Sitting Bull and it's located off the mountain. When we called it a day in Cody WY it was 80 degrees.

I slept in until 8:00. I got dressed and made biscuits. After breakfast we got ready to go. We had to wait a little while so the oven could cool down. 

For years we have been using a pizza stone in the oven to equalize the temperature. I was having problems baking cookies before using one. I either over cooked them or under-cooked them. I learned in the years I need to bake items at a lower temperature and for the longest time. For example: when I bake biscuits I bake them at 350 instead of 400 and for the 13 minutes which is the longer time. It all depends on the elevation and I still have to check the items out.

While waiting for the oven to cool off we put things away and secured. Once the pizza stone cooled down I wrapped it with a towel so it wouldn't bounce around while we went down the road. We were on the road by 9:00.

We had two wonderful days at Sitting Bull Campground. Today were going to Cody Wyoming but on the way we're going to stop in Theromopolis to visit the Hot Springs State Park. It doesn't open until 12:00 on Sundays.

Theromopolis is 80 miles away. The first 15 miles was through the Bighorn Mountain pass. It was a slow process because the road was fairly steep with tight turns. Some of the curves were 25 mph and others were 45. It was a beautiful drive through the mountain. When we got to Ten Sleep the scenery changed back to rolling hills and plains. We saw a lot of ranches and a few farms. When we got to Worland we stopped at a pretty park called City of Worland Pioneer Square. It was a park dedicated to Charles H. "Dad" Worland, who had made his stage stop here on the old Bridger Trail. The pioneer man and woman represents the spirit of Worland. We stopped and I took pictures. 

 

Driving through Bighorn Mountain

 

A pioneer man plowing his field

 

A pioneer woman

After taking pictures we continued our adventure to Thermopolis. We arrived at Thermopolis at 11:15. We found a place to park the Minnie. Then we had a sandwich for lunch. I walked around and took a couple of pictures. We have been here a few times so I didn't need too many pictures. It a gorgeous park with a boardwalk that goes around the hot springs, playground, picnic areas, there are a couple of private swimming houses and an expansion bridge. They have Wyoming's bison herd. We didn't drive to see the herd because it's too hard to turn the Minnie around in the area. We used the state park hot springs and bathhouse, it is free but they do accept donations. They have two hot springs pools (one indoor and one outdoor). We used the outdoor one. Before you go in the pool you have to shower and you have to shower afterwards to get the smell (sulfur) of the spring off you. The showers were great. You can adjust the temperature of the water while showering. You're allowed to soak in the pools for 20 minutes and then you can come back in a couple of hours to soak again. We soaked in the pool for 15 minutes. It felt good. We had a super time.

Entrance to the state park

 

  

The building where the hot springs pools are

 

   

Outdoor pool

 

Indoor pool

 

After getting back to the Minnie Larry programmed the GPS to get us to Cody. The drive to Cody was 80 miles down a two lane highway through rolling hills and plains. We got to Cody around 3:00 and did a few errands. First stop was at City of Cody RV Dump. It's a free dump but they do take donations. There is fresh drinking water at the dump station, it cost one quarter and after a time limit it turns off. We ended up paying $1.00. Across the parking lot there was a very nice Veterans memorial. The memorial had a number of statues including one of a soldier and a dog, it was to thank the dogs and trainers for their services. Next stop was the Tractor Supply to get propane. It was located across the street from Walmart. It was a big store and the lady, who helped us was very nice and fast. Larry didn't have to go back inside to pay, you can pay right there. Last stop was at a Mobile station to fill up the Minnie with gas. It was on the other side of the road by Walmart. After filling the Minnie with gas we went to Walmart and parked it for the night. We were finished doing our errands by 3:30.

At dinner time we walked to Little Caesar to buy a pizza for dinner. By the time we got back to the Minnie the pizza wasn't hot so I turned on the generator and heated it up in the microwave.

 

Dinner

 

After dinner we went to Walmart and did grocery shopping.

By the end of the night I had done 5,000 steps. We had a great day.