Cheyenne to Casper, WY

It was foggy and 43° with a light misting rain when we got up this morning at 7:30. By the time we left Terry Bison Ranch it was still 43°, foggy and still misting rain. I was able to get a couple more photos of the entrance to Terry Bison Ranch this morning that I couldn't get yesterday.

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We got back on to I-25 and headed north driving through a misting rain. We also saw electronic highway warning signs saying because of wet roads to turn off your cruise control - that was something we hadn't seen before.

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We stopped at the Flying J on the southside of Cheyenne to get gas. I went in to get some coffee and they had chocolate chip cookies 2 for $2, so I got a couple of cookies. When I got back to the RV, Mike said in order to get gas, he had to enter our zip code but the buttons on the gas pump weren't working.  We drove to the Valero station across I-25 to get gas. We got 27.48 gallons for $100.00 ($3.639 gal). The advertised price for regular was $3.539 a gallon, but that is for 85 octane and the RV takes 87 octane.

Once we left Cheyenne we drove through miles of prairie with only the occasional ranch and herd of cattle. We saw a lot of really tall snow fences as we drove along I-25.

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This truck has 2 dog sleds on top and had several sled dogs.

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We stopped at a rest area for lunch at 11:45 about 127 miles north of Cheyenne. Just as we pulled off the interstate, I saw a herd of llamas near the rest area and was able to get a couple of photos while we stopped for lunch.

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We had a light rain all morning and the temperature stayed around 42° until about 12:45 when we reached Douglas, WY. Just before reaching Douglas, we saw this sculpture high above I-25 of a Jackalope.

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The Oregon Trail, California Trail, Pony Express Trail and Mormon Pioneer Trail (Pioneer Trails Route) all passed through this area of Wyoming. There are so many historic sites in this area of Wyoming and we don't have time this trip to stop and visit them.

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Mike decided to stop at the Flying J on the east side of Casper to top off the gas tank before heading to the campground. We followed the sign showing the RV entrance to Flying J, but there weren't any gas lanes we could pull in and out of. We got back on to I-25 and got off on exit 188B & followed the directions to the Fort Caspar Campground.

The campground is located behind the Fort Caspar Museum and I got a some photos of the reconstructed fort.

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We arrived at the Fort Caspar Campground a little before 2:00. Mike went to the office to register (we already had a reservation) and the office was closed. He rang the bell by the door and in a few minutes a young lady came to the office to check us in.

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We are in site F-80 which is a pull-through and with full hook-ups (50 amp). We also have cable TV, but the number of channels is limited. We will be here just for tonight and with our Passport America membership the site is costing us $20.25.

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Not too long after we pulled into our site, a Bounder motorhome towing a trailer pulled into the site next to us. They are here in Casper for the Oil Capitol Auto Club 11th Annual  “Memorial Weekend Cruisin’ With The Oldies” and Mike was able to get some photos of their '32 Ford 3-window Coupe.

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