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Back Home and a Look toward the Future

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We left Cat Creek at 9:00 AM. We had left Colorado about 9:40, passed through the Oklahoma Panhandle, and then, by 10:30, 11:30 allowing for the time zone change. we were in Texas. We drove another three hours and were home. Traffic was relatively light and we had as uneventful a drive over the past few days as one could hope for. By 4:30 the trailer and truck bed were empty. The we will be putting things away into their proper places over the next two days, but the heavy lifting is done. We had thought about going to a favorite restaurant for dinner, but elected to just buy a couple of plate dinners from a local supermarket. It is so nice having something like that a mile and a half away, instead of 34 miles as in Lander. That said, I recognize the difference between a convenience and a need.  We saw a red-tailed hawk, several prairie dogs, and just after we crossed the state border into Texas, we saw about six pronghorn antelope.  One-thousand twenty-two miles completed....
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Cat Creek RV Park and Our Last Night on the Road

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      Sunset at the Cat Creek RV Park and Event Center, Springfield, Colorado.   We got up a bit leisurely today. We had coffee, breakfast, and a rarity on travel days- a second cup of coffee for the road. Check-out time is10:30 AM and we have a short travel day. We left around 10:30 and headed for Springfield, Colorado, our stop for tonight. Traffic today was again very light so the drive went quickly. However, there was more traffic after we passed Lamar, where started encountering truck traffic from I-70 that was heading south. We got into Springfield before 1:00 and soon afterwards had camp set up. We are spending the evening at the Cat Creek RV Park and Event Center. It is a simple park with full hook-ups for $40 per night, so we commonly stop here. We we one of four or five campers here. Two or three appear to be long-term stays, having skirting around their trailers.  We relaxed and read during the afternoon and evening and made ready for the big day tomo...
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Wyoming, We are Outta there.

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      Evening at Love's RV Stop in Burlington, Colorado.   We got up and about a bit early this morning and by 8:00 we had both been to the bathhouse for a shower. Coffee and breakfast followed. Then we broke camp. For two days in a row, we were comfortably on the road by 10:00. A little before 11:00 AM, we had left Wyoming and entered Nebraska, for a little over an hour. As you enter the state, you see signs advertising that they invented Arbor Day. Well, I guess atomic bombs, chewing gum, and  fishing bobbers were spoken for, so... Actually, I have a friend in Nebraska that I joke with about this.    The drive today was about half on I-80 and then half on Hwy387. Today was one of the easiest ravels drives I have made in years. The traffic was relatively light on I-80 heading east. There were about four construction zones along the way, but traffic flowed pretty smoothly.    Once we got off I-80 and headed south to Burlington, we never had a...
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Arrival in Cheyenne and Fish Soup

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    Cheyenne Sky RV Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming.  We got up around 8:00 this morning, had breakfast, and began breaking camp. I had hoped to leave by 10:00 AM, an aspirational goal. We left at 9:55. Wow! Our goal destination today was Cheyenne, about 271 miles. Stopped for gas in Rawlins and made it to the Cheyenne Sky RV Park, home for tonight, at around 2:00. We set up camp, fussed with a few things, and then I began preparing dinner for tonight- a salmon and shrimp bouillabaisse. It took about an hour to get everything together, and then I simmered it for 45 minutes and placed it in our thermal cooker (similar to a big thermos, so the food continues cooking until served. We prepared a salad and had the soup alongside. An excellent and warm meal. This was a drive day, with out drama, so there isn't much else to comment on.  We saw well over 200 pronghorn antelope, actually had I been able to roughly count them, the number might have been as great as 300. The farth...
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Last Night in Lander and Dinner with Friends

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      We've had some cold weather and precipitation lately. The snow is back on the peaks of the Wind River Mountains, just outside Lander, Wyoming. (The snow is visible on the peaks just to the left of the large tree in the mid-ground. The photograph was taken from the Sleeping Bear Campground. Today was a relaxed day off. We got up, had coffee and breakfast, and read. Connie walked to a nearby store and, a bit later, I drove down to Safeway to buy a few items for the trip home. Later we relaxed, read and worked on our respective projects. At 5:30, we headed to dinner at Glen (English Tunnel tours at South Pass City) and Jeanie's house. Jeanie made some spectacularly good chicken enchiladas. I am not particularly fond of enchiladas, but these were really good. We made a stop before returning home and filled up the truck. WE were back home a little after 9:00 PM.  We leave for Cheyenne tomorrow morning.   
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We left South Pass City and are on the Road. To Lander.

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      Our home for the next couple of days- Sleeping Bear Campground in Lander, Wy. Our trailer is way back there in the distance.  We woke up and had a leisurely morning for a travel day. We are scheduled to spend two days in Lander. The morning was chilly, but clear. It was nice weather to break down "camp." On and off during the morning I would attend to this or that task, so that by noon, we were ready to get serious. I had put off airing up the tires until we had the trailer ready to go. so we did that and finished preparations. Surprisingly, all went well! We had been parked in this space since May, so I always expect last minute drama. Nope. We hooked up the truck and stopped by the office to say good bye. No one was around, so we walked into town and found most of the staff in the hotel restaurant. We said our goodbyes and off we went. To Lander and arrived at the Sleeping Bear RV park- we love this place. We always stay a couple of days here, then move on....
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Our Last Day and Night in South Pass City

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      The view out of out trailer today- looks like winter. Feels like it too. We leave tomorrow.  It has been cool all day, cloudy, with intermittent rain, except for a few snow flurries and a bit of sleet in the morning. We got up, had coffee and breakfast, and went into the office and town to retrieve a few personal items. We visited briefly with Joe, Ashley, and Curtis, the three state staff, but miss Jesse.  Connie baked a pecan pie and brought it down to the office yesterday and today we brought the last of the cheese (cheddar and pepper jack) that we had smoked for snackies or holiday events, whatever. I turned in my site key, Connie did so yesterday. We are set to leave tomorrow. The weather is not promising, but we have only a 30 mile drive into Lander, so we can get up in a leisurely fashion and take out time. When we travel and have power, we use a small space heater to keep the trailer warm. Ours failed today, so we will use the propane furnace until...
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