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Laramie and Cheyenne, WY

September 26th, 2020 by Chris Taulborg (SoSimple Support)

After our second stay in Grand Junction, we headed East on I-70 towards Rifle. Our first stop was a quick lunch break at a fuel station off the interstate - but I have to admit, it was pretty (unexpectedly) great!

At Rifle, we took Highway 13 north to Craig, where we made a one night stop. This KOA was super nice, and the owner was extremely friendly as well! The best part was the weather - we had been experiencing nothing but heat and smoke for the previous 3 weeks and it was so great to finally get some milder temperatures that we could sit outside and enjoy.

After Craig we continued North and East until we reached out next destination - Laramie, Wyoming. We stayed at the KOA on the west side of town. The temperatures were dropping significantly as we arrived, and right after I finished setting everything up on our rig, it started snowing! Luckily it was not enough to accumulate, and the temperatures were much better after that first night.

In fact, it was so nice we spent the majority of our time outdoors - at least when we could. As luck would have it... we escaped the Colorado / California wildfire smoke only to arrive just in time for the Mullen Fire, which was shaping up to be one of the biggest wildfires in state history. We were fortunate that, although mornings started off extremely smoky, it completely cleared out each day by around noon.

While we were in Laramie, we spent a lot of time in the nearby national forest, as well as Curt Gowdy State Park.

One of my favorite hikes we did as a family was in Curt Gowdy State Park, ending at a "waterfall". I think in the spring time, there is likely to be a lot more waterflow, as this time of year it was little more than a puddle - but a cold one at that! Macala decided to give it a test run (literally) to see if she could find a waterfall further in.

I'm pretty sure the higher you swing your arms, the warmer you'll get.

As mentioned above, we also spent a good amount of time hiking and biking in the nearby national forest, which made for excellent evenings.

Isla brought her bear with us too, can't let him miss out!

This area used to be an old military base - fun fact brought to you by Brom :)

And not-so-relaxing ride with Brom

After a week in Laramie, we heading to Cheyenne for a week. Unfortunately, it was smoked out the entire time, so we spend most of our days hunkering down in the RV Park. Luckily for us, the owners at the Cheyenne KOA were amazing folks with kids the same ages as ours and we spent a good amount of our time with new friends :).