Jewel Cave Formations
We got away early enough this morning that we reached Jewel Cave before it opened at 8:30. We bought tickets and took the first tour at 9:20. The tour lasted about an hour and a half and took us on a circular walk through the cave. Unlike the part of Wind Cave we saw, this was much more open with larger chambers. It is also quite a bit wetter, so that there is more flowstone. There were a lot of steps, and we walked up and down a good deal.
From there it was on to Buffalo, Wyoming, which we reached in the early afternoon. As we approached town we could see the smoke of a forest fire to the west of the city. There is quite a large fire about 10 miles to the northwest of the town. We washed clothes and then stocked up with groceries for our trip to Yellowstone.
We read on the Internet tonight that there is a large fire burning in Jackson, Wyoming. We are not sure if that will affect our plans to go to Grand Teton after Yellowstone or not. In any case we will be in Yellowstone Park tomorrow night.