Glendo WY

Monday (Labour Day)

What, it’s actually raining this morning!  Well that settles that then, we pack up and leave Angostura and head south west back to Wyoming. 

The town of Hot Springs became famous in 1974 when by chance a housing development unearthed 26,000 year old mammoth bones, the largest concentration of bones in the world! To date 61 mammoths have been discovered here and in 1980 the site was added to the list of National Natural Landmarks.

Hot Springs WY

Next a stop at Shopko (there is not a Walmart south of here for over a hundred miles) for some groceries and guess what - they have clothes too!  Kim groans but goes to buy the bread etc. (no fresh veges here) while I have a look around.   My time is not wasted : )

The weather has cleared to sunshine and we are driving a back road across the vast plains, grassland.  There are a number of cattle ranches, they seem to favour black beeves up here but today we see some brown cows!

There is not much to see, just pasture and rolling hills but then we see a rock!  There isn’t even a welcome to sign as we cross from South Dakota to Wyoming!

Grasslands WY

A rock breaks the monotony of the plains

There was also an extremely long train, carting coal, well not actually carting as it was motionless at the time, but it was full of coal - two engines and the front and two and the back.

To keep ourselves amused we start to count the roadkill, the final count is two skunks, one fawn, two deer, one porcupine, one rabbit and three furry unidentifiables. Of course as always there is a dirge of dead tred!

Also of interest is a few mustangs (the cars, nor the horses) which pass us and a couple coming the other way, with numbers on the doors, so our imaginations are piqued and we decide they are doing a Gumball Rally!

We only see one Mini the whole day and I spot it so I win today.

We have sussed out the Glendo State Park, just off where we will join I 25 South, the park has 8 or 9 campgrounds, all with no services except compost toilets, picnic tables and  fire pits.  We pick a spot at Custer Cove Campground right by the lake and pay our $17 for the night.  The sun is out, it’s lovely and warm and there is nobody else here.  Kim washes out the engine compartment and radiator, we do a few chores and spend the rest of the afternoon lazing around in the sun then explore the beach.  The lake level is way down so there is quite a lot of beach area, a mix of fine sand and small shale like rocks.  Don’t find any treasure!

Lake level well down, Glendo Reservoir

The clouds have started to come over, but that’s OK, it’s nearly time to think about some dinner.  We have a huge supply of firewood, big pieces too, so will be cooking outside on the grill tonight.  I wonder if it might even rain a bit later, has that feel to it.  We are treated to the most brilliant sunset ever and there are deer just over the creek.  We sit a while outside around the fire watching the lightning show (funny we heard no thunder) over the lake until it gets well dark.  The lightning continues for most of the night.

Orange sunset, Glendo SP

God has pink pyjamas on tonight at Glendo SP