Little America, WY

We are at an I-80 landmark called Little America. It is kind of in the middle of nowhere but has an old school hotel, truck stop, restaurant, and now a brand new RV park.

We were ready to get here after driving much of the day in rain and sometimes hail. We made a quick stop in Jackson to restock on yogurt and a few other things. Then, we stopped for lunch at a pull off by the Snake River. We pulled into a campground to use the bathroom and spent 20 minutes talking to the camp host.

We drove south through Star Valley, then over the Salt River Pass and into what used to be a shallow inland sea area. Great Salt Lake is all that remains of the inland sea. It would have been a beautiful drive to Fossil Butte Visitor's Center, but it was raining and then hailing so hard we could barely see. I grabbed my raincoat and ran in through the rain because I desperately needed to use the restroom.

The Visitor's Center was small but very interesting. One of the technicians was working on a fossil slab and explained how it was done. The sea had a bottom layer of salt, which kept scavengers from eating dead fish, plants, reptiles, and mammals.

After leaving, we drove through an area where the hail.was so deep that they were using a snowplow to remove it. Also, there is a lot of localized flooding.

Tomorrow, we hope to be back in the Laramie area, and I will end the blog. It will be another couple of weeks before we are settled in Gainesville, MO, but mostly that will be filled with doctors and dentist visits, visits with family, and the transition to small town life.Read more