70 miles today in and around Buffalo WY.  We spent this morning at the very interesting Gatchell Museum in downtown Buffalo.  It has many great exhibits relating to the history of the region, including the outlaws and various Indian conflicts.
After lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, one we've visited in past years, we drove 14 miles to Eucross where the author of the famous Longmire series of books has a ranch.  The town is little more than a few scattered houses and barns:  population 25.
Once back in Buffalo, we drove 20 miles to the site of Fort Phil Kearny, another favorite of ours.  The fort was established to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail but because of constant Indian attacks, including the legendary Fetterman battle that killed 80 of the fort's soldiers, it was in operation only over the 1866-68 period.  After it was abandoned the Chyennes burned it to the ground.
The weather swings out here have been radical.  Just two days ago we were wearing heavy winter coats in Cody where temps were in the low 30s but today in Buffalo the temp hit low 80s, a swing of about 50 degrees.  This does wonders for the sinuses!
Our close friend Mike Scott went to Indonesia a week or so ago to do some diving.  Then the earthquake and tsunami hit regiion.  We sent an email asking if he were okay but have yet to get a response, hopefully because of poor internet connections over there, but we will be worried until we hear from him.  We're not sure where in Indonesia he had planned to be.
Please take care, all.