Douglas,Wyoming---an Unscheduled Stop

Like I said, Mother Nature has played a big part in our travel plans. First, we changed plans in Kansas due to severe weather heading that way. Now, we are changing plans again due to weather. From Ft. Laramie we went to Douglas, Wyoming. We hadn't planned to stop, but it started snowing! Not just a light snow, a heavy, wet snow. This was my view of the interstate out the front of the RV.

 

  I quickly found a park that would let us overnight in Douglas. We pulled in and hunkered down for a cold afternoon. It seems Canada Geese don't mind the snow.

 The next day we made a quick stop at the visitor center to get travel information for Wyoming. It seems our chosen route was going to receive about 10 inches of snow. Time to make a new plan! Before we left the visitor center, Bob did get my picture by one of Jennifer's favorite animals---the jackelope!

Once back at the RV, we pulled it over to the dump station, once again we both forgot to take a picture of the site, but imagine us parked on the other side of the area with the end of the RV even with where the front is now. Yes, most of the snow in Douglas had melted, but more was expected that afternoon.

While Bob emptied our tanks, I got a picture of the park entrance. It was a nice place to spend a night or two.

Then it was time to get on the road again. We found out from the visitor center and weather reports that it would be warmer north of Douglas! Our new plan was to drive north on WY59 to Gillette and then on into Montana where the temperatures were in the upper 60s! The drive was not bad and the scenery was beautiful--at least the snow was in the distance!

That night we stopped at a Wyoming Historical Site near Buffalo, Wyoming. There was room for one RV to park at the monument and overnight parking was allowed.

 Our spot overlooked DeSmet Lake. Down the hill was a fishing area, but no camping was allowed there.

 We did walk down to the lake to check things out. This was our view of the RV from the lake shore.

 The next morning, we found this visitor at our campsite. I think he was enjoying the warm air blowing from our furnace vent.

As we drove to the highway, this pronghorn stopped to pose for a picture before running off to join his herd.

Yes, our plans changed and as we left the historic site, we had no idea where we would stop for the night.