Thermopolis

Last night we spent again at Vedauwoo. I went on a loop hike around Turtle Rock and Phil went back to the campsite as he had not brought his hiking poles on the walk and felt unsteady. All total, my phone shows I walked 9 miles yesterday.

We checked out of the apartment and the storage room, took a few last minute things to Goodwill, and got the oil changed in the car, yesterday.

Phil saw a mountain bluebird, which flew right up and perched on the picnic table. We had steak and foil-wrapped potatoes with onionsoup mix and butter for supper.

Today we got up and left early. At 6:45, it was chilly and breezy at Vedauwoo. It was in the 30's F. We stopped in Laramie and used a gift card Phil had to get coffee. We each had a pop tart with our coffee and Phil drank a protein shake.

We drove north on highway 30 and stopped outside of Medicine Bow to take pictures of the house made of dinosaur fossil bones. Later outside of Casper, we stopped at Hell's Half-acre. We stopped for a picnic lunch a few miles up the road at a rest area with a covered picnic table. Now we are sitting in our shady campsite at the Lower Wind River Canyon campground. There are wild turkeys nesting nearby and a flock drifting through the campground. I just saw a drift boat with fly fishermen float by, too.

We are here for 2 nights, we are getting ready to head into town for a soak in the healing waters of the Thermopolis Hot Springs State Park. It's a free bath house with showers and a modern soaking pool. There is a 20-minute soak limit, but you can come back several times. We'll get our showers and a soak there today and tomorrow and maybe Monday before we leave.Read more