Sunday, September 18, 2022 we left the Stillwater Campground in the Arapaho National Recreation Area just outside of Granby, Colorado and drove to Pueblo, Colorado for a one night stay. On the drive down past Denver/Colorado Springs we found out we had just missed Cindy’s cousin Darla and her family, which was a shame. Next […]
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Friday, September 16th was Cindy’s birthday and I did my best to make it a day she would remember. First, and this is big because I am NOT a morning person, I got up and made her a breakfast of fried eggs, sausage, (maybe) cinnamon rolls (I wasn’t quite awake), and hot tea. Afterward, we
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Sunday morning September 11, 2022 we left Yampa River State Park Campground in Hayden, Colorado and drove a relatively short 115 miles to spend a week at the Stillwater Campground in the Arapaho National Recreation Area between Granby and Grand Lake Colorado. We were also near the entrance to the Rocky Mountain National Park. Our
On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 we left Firehole Campground in Ashley National Forest outside Rock Springs, Wyoming and drove 168 miles to the Yampa River State Park Campground in Hayden, Colorado. As we entered Colorado we saw several large above-ground tanks, some with various kinds of hardware near them and some with none, spread out
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After our two short nights at the Alpine North Campground in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Wyoming we packed up on Tuesday morning, August 30, 2022 and drove 217 miles to spend a week at the Firehole Campground in Ashley National Forest. Firehole is located about 29 miles outside of Rock Springs, Wyoming in the Flaming Gorge
Sunday, August 28, 2022 we left Rainbow Point Campground outside of West Yellowstone, Montana to drive 162 miles to Alpine North Campground in the Wyoming portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. It was a scenic drive with so much beautiful landscape to observe as we drove along. We were only going to be here for
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The remainder of our time at Rainbow Point Campground just outside of West Yellowstone, Montana was spent relaxing, walking Bella around Lake Hebgen, reading and writing. I also took the opportunity to use an axe for the first time that my step-son Jeremy gave me while we were in Redmond in June to chop some
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 we returned to Yellowstone National Park, but not until around 3:30 pm in the afternoon. We wanted to drive over to the Lamar Valley area where we were advised that wildlife such as wolves, bears, bison and antelope might be seen around dusk. We entered through the West Entrance again and
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Tuesday morning, August 23, 2022 Cindy and I were up and out the door at 6 am to get an early start on our first visit together to Yellowstone National Park. Cindy was here once when she was 6 or 7. I was here several years ago when I was working in the area. We
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