Late May, 2021

After a visit with Linda’s son Derek in Park City, Utah, we are headed slowly East, back to Maine by the end of June.

Good meals and lots of catching up with Derek- we hadn’t seen him for two years when we met up at Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone. (just one more thing Covid has interfered with). We went shooting, wild west style, out on BLM land where folks just spread out over several miles and shoot towards the sage brush/gravely cliffs. Ammo is in very short supply these days, however we all had saved up a supply to have a good time out there and tried each other’s firearms, learning some new tips from each other. It was a fun day, for sure!

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The weather had turned from 90’s in Moab to cold, windy, and….snowy! in this corner of Utah and followed us to our first stop at Green River, Wyoming where our cliff top spot was- cold, windy and snowy! Weather improved as we headed east and an overnight along the North Platte River was quiet and peaceful.

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Windy, but quiet days at Twin Buttes Resevoir near Laramie. Our last of 33 days boondocking this spring.
Memorial Day Weekend- we knew we needed reservations somewhere for a long weekend, so Cheyenne was the place. And it turned out to an interesting place. Terry Bison Ranch- a hand-made standard guage railroad took us out for an up close and personal visit with a few of the 2500 Bison on the ranch.

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Big Boy Locomotive- made in 1941 to haul big loads up steep inclines over the Wyoming Rockies to Ogden, Utah.

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Cheyenne Botanical Gardens and Conservatory- a lovely respite of green grass, flowers, trees and a tropical atrium.

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Lunch at the Bunkhouse Saloon -Beef, of course! This place was a line stop for cattle drivers in 1898 and is still serving food today! The RV park we are in also does BBQ- voted best Ribs in Wyoming! Just had to try them, too.

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