The plan is to spend a few relaxing days after our last volunteer work day on Labor Day weekend leisurely preparing to move on. Mother Nature has other plans. She rudely reminds us that summer in Laramie ends a day or two after Labor Day. Snow predictions warn of an eagerly approaching winter. With snow […]
Fun Places to Visit
Pros and Cons of Yellowstone 2020
I have been looking forward all summer to my sisters and brother-in-laws joining me for a trip up to Yellowstone. Though quite a ride from Laramie, it is still closer than I usually am to this glorious national park. Of course on the day of our departure from Laramie, California and Colorado wild fires cloak […]
Rocky Mountain High
A Trip Down Memory Lane The last time I paid a visit to Rocky Mountain National Park just west of Denver, I was riding with my motorcycle friends in the Dawson Gang on our first group Wild West trip. We had already looped through the Black Hills, Yellowstone and all the glorious scenery along that […]
The Hills Are Alive
It is all I can do not to fling my arms open wide and belt out the “Sound of Music” at the top of my lungs when we revisit the Snowy Range Mountains this week. However, concerns that I will be locked away for cruel and unusual harassment of wildlife and offense to local tourists […]
Wyoming Settlers, Colorado Jeeping and an Intergalactic Spaceport
If you can remember back to my last adventure, you know that I almost froze on the Snowy Range at over 10,000 feet. Our next group trip takes in the opposite direction climatically speaking. We head east to Fort Laramie where the temperatures this day top out well over 100 degrees (my Jeep thermometer registers […]
Wyoming – WY Not?
Except for seasons (Winter: mid-Sept through May, Spring: June, Summer:July and Fall: August through the first week in September) there are many things to love about Wyoming. For instance they have great slogans: That’s WY Wyoming – Social Distancing Since 1890 Also they normally have loads of Rodeos and Summer Festivals. This year Laramie celebrated […]
