Ok On To Jackson, WY

Alrighty then, where were we? Oh yeah, we were in southern Wyoming.

   

When we got to Rock Springs, we took Hwy 191 north to Pinedale.  Here we saw some more landscape changes!  From rocky slopes to thick forests.  Very much of the landscape is left wild.  There were the occasional hay fields/pastures, but even the yards were small areas which looked somewhat unkept.

This beautiful little river ran all through and around this area.  It was so clear you could see every little rock and pebble!  Even at 60 mph!

Sorry about the bug guts there, but there was no slowing the man down! We were getting close!

 
 
 
 
These antelope were grazing in this pasture as the guy was trying to bale it!  They didn't seem too concerned about the equipment!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
These were the only fences they used to keep cattle and horses in.  It sure wouldn't be enough around here.  We did see signs from time to time that said "Free Range Watch for loose livestock."  I think anyone with livestock had large parcels of land.  Livestock was always in large, wide open areas.
 
 
 
 

Here is another shot of the river.  I just couldn't get enough of it!  Every bend was more beautiful than the last!

Then we spotted this fire.  When we got to the camp ground, they said that it was fairly small and was under control so the park was letting it burn.  Trying to let nature take it's course.  I guess it was started by lightning the night before. 
We were near Hoback Junction where "Margaret" (our GPS) messed us up, so that was the end of the picture taking until we found our way to the KOA.  About 4 or 5 miles.
 
I was a little disappointed in the KOA.  The sites were "postage stamp" size.  And they had planted a tree in the middle of our site so we were unable to open our awning.  But what the heck!  We didn't spend that much time at camp anyway!
Wayne and Nancy weren't too far behind us.  They flew into Salt Lake, UT, rented a car and drove 6 hours to Jackson!  We got to camp about 4 CST and they got there around 6:30 CST.  Wayne had the grill going with pork chops and I opened a can of baked beans and fixed some mashed potatos!  First night - GREAT!  Off to the Grand Tetons in the morning!

Woooooo Hooooo! What a ride!

That was some trip!  I had wanted to blog every day about all that I saw, but each day started around 8 a.m and didn't stop until 10 - 12 pm!  So I'll go back and fill you in!

I did post the first day 7-28-10 Mexia to Amarillo.  Wonderful day!  My level of excitement was VERY high!  Slept like a baby!

7-29-10:  Amarillo, TX to Laramie, WY

The Texas and Oklahoma panhandles were full of these Wind Farms!  They were everywhere!  We could defiantly understand why too!  There were times that the wind about blew us off the road! 
Colorado had a few too but not like Texas and Oklahoma.






Wayne was rather nervous pulling the car, so we chose to stay on 287 all the way to Limon, CO, took I70 to Bennett then secondary roads around Denver.  All that would have been just fine if we had gotten on I25 north of Denver, but we went on west to catch 287 again . .. . . . and well . . . . first it started to rain . . . . . . then it was one town after another . . . . . . one stop light after another . . . . . Lafayette, Longmont, Loveland.  All lovely towns, mind you, but very busy and scary in a motor home, pulling a car!
But we arrived at the KOA in Laramie all in one piece.  Got the motor home plugged in; took Teddy for a walk and ordered a pizza!  LOL  It was very good and delivered right to our door!

You may have to zoom in on this one to see that there are 4 antelope on the feeder road!  They are just strolling along, without a care in the world!  I love nature!  Most of it.

Here is another shot from somewhere in Co.  Can't remember where now - but I was very happy to see some mountain-ouse-ness (not a word?  Oh well) LOL

Ok!  On to Jackson Hole!

7-30-10:  Laramie, WY to Jackson, WY

Now this is where things got interesting!  This looks like a post card!  I just couldn't believe that I was seeing it with my own eyes!  Excitement level increased a little more!

I think we were between Rawlings and Rock Springs here.  Not sure.  How 'bout somewhere in Wyoming!  That works!

Here is something interesting -

That is a snow fence to help keep the snow drifts back off the road.  The trees have been planted there as a "living snow fence".  Not all places were like this.  There were many that were putting up new fencing.  Miles and miles of it!

In other places were signs with flashing lights that said:  "Road closed when flashing".  On the interstate!  You better have your snow shoes packed!

The following pictures were a little eerie!  Were they really there or was it some kind of hallucination?

Yeah!  They were there!

Here's a little place where I thought I might like to live!  During the summer!

I would even consider this one if the price was right!  LOL

Ok, I'll quite playing around and get you to Jackson, but I just can't do it tonight.  I'm off to the shower and on to bed.  Pleasant dreams all!  More to come tomorrow.

And We're Off!

Wayne and Randy took the motor home and car for a test run yesterday evening and filled them up:

Here we are ready to hit the road at 8:00 am this morning!

How on earth I got everything loaded into this thing without blowing out the tires - I'll never know!

About 50 miles from Amarillo these great looking clouds showed up but only dropped a few little sprinkles on us.  It was a pretty smooth journey to Amarillo.  But for some reason "Margret" (our GPS) told us our camp ground was on the right instead of the left so we had to make a LARGE U-turn!  But all is well, we made it safely.

The Overnite RV Park in Amarillo is home for tonight.  Quiet, lots of trees and landscape to help cover the sound of the highways.  Even Teddy likes it!

Now for some chow!  Oh, Darling!  Call the limo please!

The Limo is here!

Here we go!  Off to the Big Texan for a delicious steak!  And maybe a drink or two.

 

 Oh yeah!  A much needed drink!  As we watch a guy eat a 72 oz. steak, a baked potato, salad, roll and a glass of iced tea.

He wasn't that big of a guy, but he ate every bit of his food in 37 minutes, therefore it was free!  THEN he had desert!  A huge bowl of ice cream!  Unbelievable!

Dang!  That's a lot of meat!  We shared a steak dinner and still brought half of it back to the camper!  Mighty good!

Pretty cool place!  What a rocking chair!  Does this remind you of our friend EdithAnn?  That's the truththththththththth!

Now it's night-night time! 

We are headed for brand new territory tomorrow!  I am so looking forward to a landscape change and of course a change in temperaturs!!!!!!!

Packing!

It's been pretty hectic around here the past couple of weeks!  We finally traded off the ol' Expedition on this 07' Jeep Liberty so that we would have something we could pull behind the motor home.



Saturday, Wayne and Lloyd took the front bumper off and put the brackets for towing on and she is ready to haul!
Now for the loading of the motor home!  Crap!  What to take!  Weather forcast for Jackson, WY is for highes in the upper 60s and lows in the upper 30s!  WooooooHooooo this is great for me!  BUT that means I have to have both cool cloths and warm clothes!

Just tip your head a little to the right . . . . there ya go - I was trying to show you all my crap without showing that the bed was not made - oh well.  Anyway, that's pretty much everything I own!  LOL

This here is Teddy's ride.  Isn't it cute!?  Shoot - he may not even let me put him in it. Hopefully once he sees that it means he gets to go with us, he will settle down and enjoy the ride.  That pile of stuff behind it is more stuff to go in the motor home!  Sheets, towels, at least 3 quilts!  Wayne is afraid he is going to freeze!  If it were up to me we wouldn't even bother with a heater - just blankets and quilts and kick the doors and windows open during the day! 

 I'm so excited!  Can you tell?

Working My Way Back

My husband and I have been planning a trip/vacation to Wyoming!  I'm so excited!  We have talked about wanting to go to all the National Parks for years now!  This country has so many wonderful things to see and do, we want to do and see it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's finally going to happen!  We will be leaving Texas on 7/28/10 in the motor home, hopefully pulling our "new to us" 07' Jeep Liberty.  (That is, if he can get the parts he needs to put on the car in time to have them put on!)  The first night Wayne wants to stay in Amarillo and have supper at the Big Tex Steak House.  The second day will get us to Cheyenne or Laramie.  (This will depend on which route we take - I guess he will surprise me!  Not sure I like surprises.)  Friday afternoon we should be pulling into and setting up camp at the Snake River Park KOA just south of Jackson, WY.

Wayne and Nancy Hughes are going to fly into Salt Lake, UT and drive to Jackson, WY were we will be camping.  They have a cabin reserved.

Sunday we have reservations in Cody, Wy for the night, so we can tour some of the cool stuff there.

This is just a preview and something for me to get a grip on!  It's so unbelievable that we are really going!  I want to post every day as to what I have seen and experienced during our travels.  So check back often!  You can go vacationing with us!

Oh me! Ol' Kath has not been very creative lately! Actually I have been pretty busy - just havn't been talking about it! So sorry my Wacky sisters! You have inspired me to get to it! No promises here - just going to try!

Hang in there - I will be trying to get up to date!

Final Count - 12 Inches!

Well, the final count is 12 inches of snow from 5am to 4pm! Wheeeewww! I had forgotten what it was like! I'm glad I don't have to deal with it every day all season! Having to go to work would really stink!

Are you getting sick of looking at snow? Too bad - there's more coming!