Sep 17, 2012 - Wyoming

As we drive though Wyoming, we see that this state is beautiful in some areas and other areas look like where they filmed an old Western cowboy movie! We did a lot of talking on our radios, playing games like "Name 5 cities in Wyoming?" and "What do they call people that live in Wyoming?" go ahead Google it, we did! We ended the day at our campground in Estes Colorado.

Sep 6, 2012 - Lander, WY

Day Six: Destination - Lander Soundtrack: 96.5 FM Today we ate so much good food! Nick's grandma made us Elk for lunch. After Nick changed the oil on Pumbaa we were off to explore what central Wyoming has to offer. We went to this cool water sink underground cave system where the water just comes up out of the ground. There are quite a few fish stuck in this small pool of water surrounded by sand. We fed them fish food that was for sale, and they were ravenious. I'm not sure if they don't really have food to find themselves or what, but...

Aug 22, 2012 - Lander, WY

/// Sleeping Bear RV Park Lander, WY August 22, 2012 Low Temperature: 63 degrees High Temperature: 90 degrees A Travel Day: Departed Cody, WY by 9:30 AM - back tracking south through Thermopolis to Shoshoni and then continued southwest to Lander, WY. We traveled a distance of 163 miles today. Road conditions today were good. Traffic at times was being held up with several RV'ers on the road today. Some motorists get impatient with the lack of passing opportunities and take unneccessary risks. We ate our bag lunch at a roadside pull-out...

Jun 15, 2012 - Beautiful Weather in Wyoming

Thursday, June 14, 2012 – Rawlins to Lander, WY 130 miles We departed Rawlins in a timely manner on our way to Lander, WY closer to the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. Cindy and I chose this site so we can go to an Indian Reservation, a ghost town, another gold mine town and stage for the weekend trip into the Yellowstone area. The day was laid back and an off day due to the travel. “Kids can’t keep up with me.” They had a great time playing around the RV Park while Cindy and Beth went into town for a scouting trip and...

Jun 27, 2011 - Wyoming Dinosaurs

Left Buffalo and headed up the mountains, going to Thermopolis, WY to see the Dinosaurs. We toured their museum and then went out to a dig site to see the area and how they were excavating the finds. All in all it was very interesting and they have a lot of fossils and reproductions on display. Some were very, very, BIG. Left Thermopolis heading to Lander. Stopped in Riverton, WY and had a late lunch/dinner, JB's is closed so we ate at the Trailhead Restaurant. After a quick trip to Kmart we headed for Lander. We stayed at the Sleeping Bear...

Aug 9, 2010 - Driving the Oregon Trail

Today is a travel day – leaving Colorado Springs and traveling to Lander, WY. The weather is a little cloudy so the temperature is a little cooler. Rita starts the driving today. The travel gods have smiled on us and we sail through Denver with no traffic. Everything is really pretty with the mountains on our left and the plains to our left. At Fort Collins we leave the interstate heading toward Laramie, WY. As usual I have been sipping my ice tea (this becomes important a little later in this tale). We are making good time, Gertie the GPS...

Jun 5, 2010 - Sinks Canyon

Sinks Canyon is where the Popo Agie river flows out of the Wind River mountains and abruptly flows into a large limestone cavern. The water “sinks” into fissures and cracks at the back of a cave. The river flows underground for ¼ mile until it comes out in a large calm pool called “The Rise”. It then continues into the valley. (Popo Agie is a Crow Indian word meaning “gurgling river” because of the sound it makes as it goes underground at the sinks.) Where the water goes while it is underground is unknown. It takes the water flowing into...

May 30, 2010 - Lander, WY

May 30 Lander, WY Twin Pines Campground Found another hidden dream today at Lander, CO. We arrived and dropped the camper at the campground and went on to Sinks Canyon State Park. Halfway down the canyon the river turns into a large limestone cavern and the water sinks into fissures and cracks at the back of the cave. The river is underground for 1/4 mile until it emerges down the canyon in a pool called “The Rise.” We took a hike up to the Popo Agie Falls and what a site it was. The pictures I took just couldn’t do it justice. Once again...

May 26, 2010 - Lander, WY

Today we started out early. We were on the road by 8AM but not for long. When we got on the highway we encountered really dense fog. We really could barely see the road. Fortunately, there was a truck pull off area where we took refuge along with lots of semis. We had to wait about an hour before the fog started to lift and we were able to go on. We traveled most of the day through Rawlins, WY about 120 miles on the Interstate and then up 287 to Landers. This was about 150 miles of two lane road through really desolate but beautiful areas....

Jul 13, 2009 - Lander, WY - Sinks Canyon State Park

Our first bit of exploring from our base here in Lander, WY was the Sinks Canyon State Park that surprised us as being more interesting than we expected. Let me quote from the brochure so that I don’t get anything wrong: Sinks Canyon is so named because of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie, a rushing mountain river that flows out of the Wind River Mountains and through the canyon. Halfway down the canyon, the river abruptly turns into a large limestone cavern, and the crashing water “sinks” into fissures and cracks at the back of the cave....

Jan 23, 2009 - Andalusia, AL to Landers, WY

Monday, January 19, 2009 The day finally arrived for our trip to the West. We are traveling in our Pickup truck camper and plan to camp on the trip to Jackson, WY. We stopped in Birmingham and had lunch with Anna, Todd, Redmund and Liam. We traveled then to Decatur, AL and camped at Point Mallard Park. We had some snow flurries on our trip to Decatur. Tuesday we traveled to Danville, MO. We had camped there before, but when we stopped, we found that even though they were open in the winter, they did not have showers and bathrooms open. We...

Jul 25, 2008 - Lander, WY - Eagle Bronze Foundry Tour

(Ron Writing) This morning we got up early so we could get back down the mountain road to Lander, WY before they closed it for the day. This road is undergoing major reconstruction in preparation for paving. Each day they close the road to all traffic between 10 AM and 4 PM. We also wanted to get to Lander for the daily 9:30 AM tour of Eagle Bronze Foundry. Eagle Bronze is recognized as one of the top three bronze monument foundries in the US. The tour lasted about 1 1/2 hours, went through all steps of the foundry process from making the...