Re: Wyoming Trip Report (May-Jun 2025)

On 6/19/2025 3:58 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:49:57 -0000 (UTC),
 

  Day 1 was driving west...

  Day 2 we swung up into Iowa and drove across it to Nebraska

  Day 3 we headed across Nebraska.

 Day 4 we drove into Casper, WY.  It was a lovely (to me) drive,
following the North Platte most of the way.  I kept thinking back
to Niehardt’s book, The Splendid Wayfaring about the men
(especially Jedediah Smith) who were the first of European
ancestry to explore the region between the upper Missouri and the
South Platte.  They found the South Pass as a key part of the
Oregon and Mormon Trails.
 The campground was River’s Edge RV Park, and indeed we were at the
bank of the North Platte.  It was lovely, and carrying a boatload
of water to boot!  In a tradition from hiking with my three boys
(when they were young), I threw sticks into the water.  :)
 https://panix.com/~theise/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250525_195041.jpg
 I liked this spot a lot.

Very nice.  I could see sitting there along the banks with a fishing pole in one hand, and a beer in another.
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