Well we pulled into the Twin Pines campground and saw the horse camper trailer knowing that it had to be Mike and Wendy's. We got the site next to them and waited their arrival. Actually we did laundry and cleaned up the car and trailer. Anyways it was great to get with them. They took us to town for dinner and their daughter Katlin joined us.
Tuesday we got with our friends again and they took us to watch some horse training at the Wyoming Catholic College before heading out to explore the Sinks Canyon SP. Their big thing is the Popo Agie river that disappears into a large cavern, the Sinks, and reappears a half a mile down stream i n a trout filled pool, the Rise. It was pretty cool. We got to see a muskrat that kept swimming accross the Rise. From there we hiked to the Popo Agie Falls which was a mile and a half up the Popo Agie Canyon. We ate lunch at the falls and then headed back. From there we did the Loop Road which is a sixty mile trip through the mountains and canyons with lakes and rock formations. Beautiful scenery.
Wednesday Happy Birthday to Lora! We left the Twin Pines CG drove into Lander to the City Park and found a spot to set up. Free campsite, no amenities except a bathroom. The toilet starts flushing as soon as you close the door, and if you wiggle on the seat it flushes and flushes. Very wasteful and then NO water in the sink to wash your hands. Hmmm. Time for a sightseeing tour. Red Canyon has really beautiful walls with a creek running thru it. We saw antelope and cows. The valley in the winter is the feeding ground for hundreds of elk. We were too early for that. We drove from gravel road to red dirt road, some ruts, washboard rough in places. We just prayed the last gate out would be open. It was. From there we traveled to the Carissa Mine and Mill closed to tours. On to Atlantic City to see the old western town. Historical buildings, just drove thru. On to South Pass City where we got tickets to walk thru the old town. State Historic Site. It's a cool place to visit, homes, jail, dance hall. saloons. Then on to Miners Delight, a ghost town. The biuldings here are not being restored, but are being supported with cables and poles. Different way to preserve. On the way past the first cabin we heard weird noises, may have been ghosts after all!
Afterwards back to town for dinner. After we had the birthday dinner we had birthday cake. After that we had to walk it off except we spent more time talking to neighbor campers than we we did walking. We didn't get very far before dark.
Thursday we got up and headed Southwest through Wyoming. We had lunch at a rest stop, supplies in Rawlins and hunting campsite in Laramie. We camped off 210 on BLM land with the cows. We went back to Laramie to tour before dinner.
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