NORTH TO ALASKA! Trip Home – Wyoming

TRIP DAY – 94, 95, 96

DAILY MILES – 241, 37, 11

TOTAL MILES – 11,951

Change of Plans Note:  Our trip to Alaska and National Parks tour of Washington, Oregon and California is finished.  We had always planned to travel Interstate 40 east back across the US to Land Between the Lakes (LBL) in Tennessee for a Rally with friends before returning to KY.   Well, when we left the California mountains and found temperatures in the valleys over 100 degrees, we decided we’re too far South for this early in the autumn.  Therefore, we’re headed north via I-15 through Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.  Then it’s across the US on I-80 through Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.  Coincidentally, this puts us back in Northern Indiana where we can visit with our grand-kids which we have been missing for the last three and a half months.  : )  Then we’ll head south to LBL in TN before returning to Kentucky.

9/16- This morning we continued east on I-80 from Rock Springs toward Laramie, WY.  At Laramie we detoured from I-80 to WY 210 through the Medicine Bow National Forest which is in the Laramie Mountains.  Here we located the Curt Gowdy WY State Park campground, which is beside a lovely lake surrounded by range grasslands with strange rock formations appearing at random with the mountain range appearing in the background.  

Curt Gowdy Wyoming State Park

Old West Museum - Cheyenne Wyoming

 
9/17- Today we visited the Cheyenne Old West Museum in Frontier Park which was very enjoyable.  They have a huge selection of old horse-drawn vehicles – buggies, stage coaches, wagons, etc. and a nice rodeo display and art gallery.  Next we checked in the A B Camping RV Park and had dinner at their BBQ Restaurant which was delicious.  Wayne says it was the best pulled pork he has ever eaten. 

A B Camping RV Park BBQ Restaurant

9/18- We headed to the Terry Bison Ranch Resort, a 27,500 acre bison ranch with restaurant, saloon, train tours and trail rides where we plan to live the Old West legend.  This is a working ranch and not “Disneyland”.  The ranch hands look exactly like we had envisioned “cowboys”.  We took the train ride through the ranch and into the bison heard which we really enjoyed.  Also lunch at their Senator’s Steakhouse restaurant gave Wayne a half pound bison burger that he really enjoyed.  We’re camping here tonight and then tomorrow head into Nebraska.