August 2017 - Wyoming hiking, plus other stuff!

My "trip west" this year will be the next 3 weeks in August!


The Main Focus for this trip is hiking in the Wind River Range in Wyoming, specifically 2 separate 3-day/2-night trips - Cirque of the Towers 3-Day Backpacking Loop (down south) and a nice triangle from Green River Lakes trailhead (up north). The Cirque hike:

Starting/Ending at the Big Sandy Trailhead (at the bottom of the map), I'm doing the pink "short-cut" line (which are still trails, so don't worry!)


At the north end of the Range (or "The Winds", as they are referred to) - starting/ending at the Green River Lakes trailhead (at the top of the map):


And of course there will be Art Museums:

Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO Sat 10am-5pm
Kemper Art Museum, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO Sat 11am-5pm
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR 72712 11am - 6pm
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 South Rockford Rd, Tulsa, OK 74114 10am - 5pm
Woolaroc Museum-Wildlife Preserve, 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Rd, Bartlesville, OK 74003 10am - 5pm
Ulrich Museum of Art/Wichita State Univ., 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, KS 67260 11am - 5pm
The Madden Museum of Art, 6363 S Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 9am - 5pm
American Museum of Western Art - The Anschutz Collection, 1727 Tremont Pl, Denver, CO 80202
Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center, Gardiner, MT - 2 pm Tour 307.344.2264
Sheldon Museum of Art, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (Albert Bierstadt - River Landscape, 1867) Mon 10-5
?Spencer Museum of Art, Tues 10am-4pm? DCD sent 7/30/17 email
Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Berea, KY Wed 8am-6pm


and a SOLAR ECLIPSE !!!! in Arnold, Nebraska
41.379, -100.199 Road 797 & Hwy 40 in Arnold, NE
Totality Start*: 12:54:38PM (CDT)  Duration of Totality*: 2m 33s




and a Thurs 8/10/2017 Colorado hike to Lake of Glass and Sky Pond


Oh - did I mention TWO COUNTING CROWS SHOWS!!!:
The Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK (Sun 8/6)
The Walmart AMP, 5079 W Northgate Rd, Rogers, AR (Mon 8/7)


I know its August, but I'm real tired of being in Leadville, Colorado and waking up to see snow on my car in the parking lot. I figure the mountains will be cool (in more ways than one).