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| Medicine Bow Peak |
Today we left Cheyenne and headed out to one of our favorite
places…Laramie and the Snowy Mountain Range.
A few years ago on our first trip West…Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Arches, and Grand Tetons National Parks...we noticed a small
sign on I-80 "Snowy Mountain Scenic Highway."
What can we say, it combined our most favorite things…mountains, snow
and scenic. Unfortunately we were
traveling during the first week of May and the road was still closed from the
many feet of snow it gets over the winter.
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| Libbie Lake |
We never forgot and on our retirement trip we headed to Laramie &
the Snowy Range. It is spectacular. We’d say it’s better than any other National
Park and we’ve been to a few. You can get so close to this mountain. The elevation is
over 10,000 feet and the road takes you right to the base of the highest peak in Medicine Bow National Forest. If you hike to
Medicine Bow Peak you find yourself at 12,024 feet. We hiked it on our fall trip and the views are
incredible.
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| Cooper & Mom...Libbie Lake |
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| I'm a happy dog |
Cooper loves what he’s seen of the Snowy’s so far. We found snow and he immediately started
rubbing his face and body through it. He
also discovered the creek behind the tent. We have enjoyed the sounds of running water and
a slightly wet dog. We did get pretty
lucky since most of the campgrounds in the area are closed due to fire
or the dead trees dropping. The
campground host was evacuated from his original assignment due to fire. No camp fires allowed so the evening will be
pretty chilly and bedtime will be early.
Otherwise we’re enjoying the 70 degree day and hopefully the nighttime
air won’t drop too far below the 50’s.
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| Flowers and mountains |
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| Flowers and water |
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| Christening new car |
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| Whew! Made it!! |
The car had it first trial by ford…it passed. It failed though at really big, muddy rocky
holes. Mainly the Male counterpart
didn’t like the forest service road he chose and decided to abandon our
adventure into the back country. The
Female called him chicken…isn’t that why we have an all wheel drive
vehicle?
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