After a morning in Banner County on the farm we headed to Cheyenne, WY for an oil change. Karin suggested we stop at the Vedauwoo recreation area between Cheyenne and Laramie. "It's kind of neat." A comment she makes when it usually turns out to be spectacular scenery and fun.
This was one of the best campsites I've seen in the west with large round climbable boulders chunked together between forest and sand. The arid, high air at about 7300' is clear and allergy free. It wasn't crowded because it's a rec/camp site that isn't in all the books. I climbed up.
Here are Teddy Roosevelt who used the national lands more than any other president and valued the outdoors and John Muir who brought interest to Yosemite. The US started the first national parks in the world around 1919. This was a rest area with an exhibit. Why don't we do that in the east?
I could have stayed and explored for a lot longer, but we went on to our Quality Lodge in Laramie where we were greeted by several antelope in the pasture next to the motel. We were able to do the wash. The in-room hot tub with TV was a cushy plus we used.
To get a needed paper Atlas for a good overview that Google maps can't provide in detail we stopped at
This guy comes into work each day, sits in the middle of the store at his table, and makes flies for fisherman. "Best kept secret," he said, "is the fishing in Laramie, Wyoming." This was one of those great stores that sold everything!
I love Wyoming. Didn't get enough great pictures. On to Colorado.
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