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Thermopolis Hot Springs FREE Visitor Guide • Hot Springs State Park • Gift of the Waters Pageant • Wyoming Dinosaur Center • Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo • Legend Rock Petroglyphs • Hot Springs County Museum • W ind River Canyon Scenic Byway • Boysen State Park 2 Thermopolis Hot Springs Visitor Guide Real Cowboy Gear Since ‘97 Two Great Stores - One Location Check us out on Facebook 180 Hwy 20 South • Thermopolis, WY 82443 307-864-3047 • Toll Free 1-877-864-3048 [email protected] • Open Monday - Saturday • Closed Sunday WelcomeWelcome Travelers!Travelers! • Year round mineral spa/seasonal Best Western Plus freshwater pool • Free deluxe Plaza Hotel continental breakfast • Free high-speed Hot Springs State Park 100% wireless internet Thermopolis, WY • HD DirecTV Smoke Free • 18 Suites Phone: 800-780-7234 & Pet Free • Newly remodeled bathrooms 307-864-2939 email: [email protected] www.bestwestern.com Thermopolis Hot Springs Visitor Guide 3 Wind River Canyon Whitewater & Flyfishing Thrills & Scenery You’ll Never Forget... Open 7 days a week Memorial day to Labor day Guided Fly-fishing trips available in wind River Canyon & on Big Horn River year round (weather permitting) wind River Reservation and state of wyoming Fishing permits The canyon, named after the Wind River, lies north of Boysen Reservoir and is located on part of the Wind River Indian Reservation (home of the Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes). WhiteWater trips: •2 Hour Trips pete and Darren Calhoun 210 Hwy. 20 South, Ste. #5 •5-6 Hour Trip with BBQ Thermopolis, WY 82443 lunch on the river (307) 864-9343 •Scenic Trip 1-888-246-9343 Full service fly shop! 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Lodge w/fully equipped • Fishing Ponds reasonable kitchen, large fireplace • Nature Trails rates • 4 Cabins (each sleeps 12) • Wildlife, Hiking, Sight Seeing, • On site Electric Generator Field Games, Horseback Riding • Hot Showers & Full Service Restrooms • Borders Shoshone Forest & Wilderness To book, contact: Washakie County Extension Office 307-347-3431 or Hot Springs County Extension Office 307-864-3421 The H<>W Youth Camp is a Find us on the web: hdiamondw.org 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Find us on Facebook: H Diamond W Youth Camp One-Stop Supermarket grOcEry • diScOuNt liquOr Outstanding Produce Department for your Healthy Lifestyle Water Reverse osmosis • Ice • Coolers Greeting Cards • Magazines • ATM • Discount Cigarettes The only complete Large Discount Liquor parking lot to accommodate store in town! RVs! • Largest selection of wine • Competitive pricing on Pepsi, Budweiser, Miller and Coors products. 225 S. 4th St. 864-5576 OPEN 7-8 EvEryday Thermopolis Hot Springs Visitor Guide 5 - Table of contents - Star Plunge ............................................................. 7 Enjoy Boysen Reservoir attractions .................... 42 TePee Spa ................................................................ 9 Activities abound in Hot Springs County ............ 43 Soak free in the Bath House mineral water ........ 10 Thermopolis Golf Course ...................................... 44 Wyoming Dinosaur Center .......... 12, 13, 45, 48, 50 Legend Rock Petroglyph Site, airport .................. 46 One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company .................. 14 Kids! Color the Bah-gue-wana Legend! ............... 47 Variety of accommodations ................................... 15 Stories behind all the statues ............................... 49 Hot Springs County Historical Museum ............. 17 Loop tour suggestions ........................................... 51 Gift of the Waters Pageant ................................... 18 Packhorse Race .................................................... 52 Big fish call Boysen home ..................................... 19 Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo. ....................... 53 Big Horn Basin Folk Festival, Dog Park ............. 20 Hiking, walking paths, Anchor Dam ................... 54 Wyoming Whiskey ................................................ 21 Big Spring, What’s in the water? ........................ 55 Magnificent Wind River Canyon .................... 22, 23 Schools, Churches, Hospital Auxiliary ................ 56 Bighorn sheep in the Canyon ......................... 24, 25 Calendar of Events ............................................... 57 Thinking of relocating? ......................................... 28 Reservation fishing .............................................. 61 ArtStrolls ............................................................... 29 Quarter horse sales, Chamber of Commerce ....... 30 State buffalo herd, Smoky Row Cemetery ..... 30, 31 Hunting display, Fishing the Bighorn ........... 34, 35 Whitewater the Wind River Canyon .................... 37 Hot Springs — a wellness destination ........... 38, 39 Thrills on the Swinging Bridge ...................... 40, 41 Merlin’s Hide Out ................................................. 41 The “Thermopolis Hot Springs Visitor Guide” is a copyrighted publication of the Independent Record, P.O. Box 31, Thermopolis, WY 82443. This publication may be mailed as a part of periodical or third class mailings. Reproduction of any material Maps on pages 60-61 in this publication without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. 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The Thermopolis Bobcats will be Also placing in finals but listed as est events. They choose a topic from vidual events. making their 15th appearance at the alternates for Nationals were Kam- a hat and have 30 minutes to create a “I’m proud to say the Bobcats are National Speech and Debate Associa- eron Olsen, second alternate in ex- persuasive speech based on the topic. ranked sixth in the 23-member Hole tion’s National Tournament after se- temp and Darren Leonhardt, third Its all current events, so they have to in the Wall District. Our district in- nior Logan Kay worked his way into alternate in extemp. be up on everything going on in the cludes Evanston, Green River and a qualifying spot for the event last “The national tournament is liter- world.” Natrona, three powerhouse teams. weekend. ally the best of the best,” coach Cin- Last weekend was the final tour- Green River brings two bus loads of Kay has been competing in three dy Glasson said. “I cannot tell you nament of the season for the Bobcats, speakers to every tournament, so to events all season, but it was his hu- how proud I am of Logan (Kay). He’s coming off a first place win at state. be able to say we’re ranked sixth with subscriptions morous interpretation piece that will worked hard this season and it’s ob- “Just like any team you have a few less than a dozen on the team really Thermopolis see him heading to Dallas in June. He vious the work has paid off. standouts,” Glasson said, “but with speaks highly of the talent we have placed second in humor at the Nation- “Kam (Olsen) and Darren (Leon- speech every member of the team con- on this team.” al Qualifying tournament at CWC in hardt) had an exceptional weekend tributes to our final standings, even The National Tournament will be IR Riverton on Saturday. as well. Extemp is one of the tough- though they are participating in indi- held in Dallas, June 14-19. available at THERMOPOLIS INDEPENDENT RECORD YEAR 116, WEEK 13, Sections: 2, March 26, 2015 THERMOPOLIS, WY 82443 USPS 627-300 75¢ Town considers allowing vendor thermopir.com fireworks sales by Zachary White Town Council members approved paying $26,000 a year to Tony’s Total Lawn Care for park lawns and other plantings maintenance during the meeting Tuesday, March 17. The work includes maintenance of lawns and plantings in Candy Jack Park, Glade Ed- wards Park, Bicentennial Park, Family Park, Southside Parkway, flower garden and medi- an circles on Broadway, side islands on Sixth Street and flower barrels and grassy areas in front of town hall. Tony’s Total Lawn Care was the only busi- ness to submit a bid for the job. Tony Larson, who operates the company,