Showing posts with label Sinks Canyon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sinks Canyon. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Sinks Canyon Lander WY Jun 17 2010

Sinks Canyon clear 42* wind 15 -20 +gusts. Chilly am. wind River mtns are in
Shoshone nat forest.... & sinks stpk is below. Sinking hole really does...
snowmelt comes down canyon is PoPo Agie river & actually sinks into limestone
swirl. (river is up from extra 3 1/2 ft snow last week -- so no fishing.) Hiked
trail from sink down to "Rise" where river re-surfaces after a 2 hr dip below
canyon surface. Neat.


NO fishin in the rise & There are 10lb trout just swimming around the pool
swirls. on thru riverton... N hwy 20 / 789 out of Shoshoni changes to boyden st
pk. Arid desert plain lake. brn water really windy like 30+. on thru Wind River
Canyon... spectacular canyon. Huge mtns / deep canyon. maybe 1,000 ft +. some of
the oldest rock formations on earth... 3 billiion old. BNSF train along Wind
river/ canyon... ( changes name to Bighorn River at end of canyon-- only river
in US to do so.)


out of canyon & 10 miles to Thermoplois, WY ... Hot Prings stpk. Hot showers
tonight! It's a great day! & I did not waste it. Thank you Lord.


Waded in Wind River / Canyon too.