Ten Sleep Wy

I forgot to finish the story about Ten Sleep and its unusual name!  It is a small town in the Bighorn Mountain basin west of the Bighorn range.  About 5000 ft elevation with mountains around it.  Beautiful Yellowstone NP is about 150 miles west of Ten Sleep.   If you don't slow down (as posted) you could miss the town!   We stayed in a small private campground there and thoroughly enjoyed our stay.  The Ten Sleep is one of two places to eat in town, plus there is a biker bar.  Then Ten Sleep Saloon serves good selection of COLD beer and has first rate food - we highly recommend it!  However, we also heard the Crazy Lady Cafe is good, but did not get a chance to try it!

Ten Sleep has a nice little stream going through it and on the south side of the stream is a high cliff overlooking it.  In early, very early days before the white man, it was the crossroads between several very large Native American communities!  One was near Casper WY, south of Ten Sleep, and another was near present day Billings MT.  It was about a 20 day trip for the Native Americans between the two communities.  The stream at what is now Ten Sleep provided a good layover that was about half way between the communities.  So it took them 10 sleeps or 10 days to get there and they started referring to the spot as Ten Sleep and I guess the white man had no better idea!  The Indian sign for the town is two palm prints and a tepee!  Each palm print shows 5 fingers! 

The Ten Sleep Saloon across the street - good food, good drinks!

  

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