Oct 9, 2012 - Fort Caspar Museum

This is part 2 of our fun day in Casper with Jerry & Jared. We visited the Fort Caspar Museum. I noticed the spelling was different for the city and the museum. I googled it to find out why. The reason the town is named Casper, instead of Caspar honoring the memory of Fort Caspar and Lt. Caspar Collins, is due to a typo that occurred when the town's name was officially registered. :-) Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil...

Oct 7, 2012 - Home

When we woke up on Wednesday morning in Billings it was snowing. We had heard a storm was coming in so we did a little bit of shopping and then headed home. We got in around 4:30 and since it was still dry on the mountain and we didn't know what the weather was going to do we decided to go ahead and empty out the camper. So we virtually dumped the contents of the camper into the house. And as you can imagine, it was a whole lot of stuff! Most of you know me pretty well, so you know that this kind of disorganization and chaos doesn't sit...

Oct 6, 2012 - Casper, Wyoming

We were up early this morning preparing for our drive to Casper. We had everything packed and ready to go until I started to bring in the slide, it would come in part way and stop. Yikes! Jerry had to get on top of the RV and clean the ice from the slide covers, it was keeping the slide from coming in. It took him a while to get all the ice off and finally close, all is well now. :-) We had a very beautiful drive to Casper, Wyoming. The mountains were all covered with snow. Wyoming is the "cowboy" state. They have a special store downtown...

Aug 14, 2012 - Saying Goodbye, not as easy done as it is to type

Monday was a do nothing day except get ready to leave Tuesday morning and do laundry. We did have dinner with the kids and I did real well not to cry. I made some oatmeal cookies and served them with ice cream. It couldn't have been five minutes and Alex was bouncing off the walls. It was an amazing sight to see especially since I have never believed in the sugar/hyperness in kids. Tuesday, today was rough. Paul, Jeanetta and Alex came over to see us off. We took some pictures and then had so say our goodbyes. Let's just say that I cried...

Aug 11, 2012 - Exploring Casper

Ugh! I had this all written and then lost everything. So I will give it another try. Saturday, we went exploring Casper. We saw the Platte River that runs everywhere. From Wikipedia, "The Platte is one of the most significant tributary systems in the watershed of the Missouri, draining a large portion of the central Great Plains in Nebraska and the eastern Rocky Mountains in Colorado and Wyoming. The river valley played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States, providing the route for several major emigrant trails,...

Aug 10, 2012 - We love Paul, Jeanetta and Alex

We arrive in Casper from the back way. We came up through the mountains and High Plains. Some of the pics are from the south looking north. We parked at the local Walmart and just stayed for the four days that we were there. No one said anything so we camped and watched the motorhomes come and go.

Jul 19, 2012 - Down to Casper, WY

Today we traveled southeast from Cody to Casper, WY. The western terrain is so unique. It’s amazing to gaze out across the land in all directions, and as far as the eye can see there are barren miles of straw-colored rolling hills covered with spotty sage brush….nothing else, absolutely nothing! (correction: a few herds of pronghorns here and there) Then we came up to the section of highway that cuts across the Owl Mountain range. The high ridges of jagged rocks are so magnificently beautiful with the river flowing below and the railroad...

Jul 12, 2012 - More Puppies :)

Well! Today I woke up and went down to the house and had breakfast, then we decided to go see the puppies. And they've gotten so much bigger! Definitely cuter as well. I took millions of pictures, and I wheelbarreled them about 20 feet up the hill back home but Aunt Mich had to take over because hauling 5 rambunctious puppies up the mountain, not to mention heavy, is a hardship. Aunt Mich finally got them up the mountain, and I unloaded them on the deck. They were very hyper at first, wanting to explore, but then one by one they started...

Jul 11, 2012 - Cleaning Day :)

Not much to say for today, I woke up and had breakfast and then I got my bags all packed to move into the garage this evening. I then dusted the whole house, Aunt Mich scrubbed, and Uncle Bill was vaccummer. I just finished and Aunt Mich said I could get on the computer, so might as well get on here :P Tomorrow I'll see if I can get on, although I don't really know the schedule. That's a first! Miss you all, only 6 more days. They will be very eventful for me though haha. xoxoxoxoxox P.S. Going to wash my hair today and see what...

Jul 10, 2012 - Devil's Tower and travel day

traveling day toward the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone - Wyoming detour to Devil's Tower, the 1st National Monument AND another stamp! This rock formation is 867 ft high from the Visitor's Center - 1267 ft above the river bed - 5,112 ft above sea level. The Indians originally called it Bear Tepee. Colonel Dodge's surveyors (I don't know anything about him - nor do I care to) misunderstood and thought the Indians said 'bad god tower'. It's only a short leap from there to Devil's Tower. Several Indian nations of the Great Plains share...

Jul 10, 2012 - Well. I dyed the tips of my hair.

All righty...looks like from my title that I have a little explaining to do. First of all, Kool Aid washes out Mom. And I only did the tips of my hair in case you absolutely hate it, but Aunt Mich and Uncle Bill really like it, as do I. It's kind of a blue-ish green color, and it looks really cute. I really don't see how you won't like it, but of course, I only did the tips. Today I slept until 12, and then Aunt Mich came in and said we had errands to do and I had one hour to get ready. So I showered and hurried out and we went down the...

Jul 9, 2012 - Making Our Way Home

Well, I got about 11 hours of sleep last night, and Aunt Mich woke me up around 10 this morning. We got ourselves all packed and had a little toothbrush issue that was quickly resolved. Uncle Bill took our bags out and Aunt Mich and I went and got seats for breakfast. I had quite the hefty breakfast : 2 slices of bread, 1 egg, 2 slices of bacon, and a lot of those little brown potatoes that are simply delectable. Since their last visit to this hotel wasn't great, and they gave it a bad review, we got a free night and a $25 gift certificate...