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I See Fire!
Guernsey State Park, WY, May 2025 Well, not really. It looks like a volcano erupted and a lava flow is coming for you or maybe a raging forest fire in the distance. This was the sunset on the day before we left Guernsey State Park. The sky was overcast with low clouds, so the sunset…
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That is not a Dessert Beetle
Guernsey State Park, WY, May 2025 Get that beetle out of your mouth this instant. We ran across this walking back from looking at the train bridge. It was at least one inch long, possibly longer, with a slight iridescence on the back. From google searching, our best guess is that this is a pinacate…
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Brimmers Point
Guernsey State Park, Wyoming, April 2025 The above panorama picture was taken by John at the very top of the bluff. The placard below the steps to the top talked about annually driving a car off and into the reservoir. It’s no longer done but wow what a fall. I wonder how much area had…
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Million Dollar Toilet
Guernsey State Park, Wyoming, April 2025 Guernsey State Park was a CCC park. One of the structures created was a stone toilet that soon became known as the “Million Dollar Biffy” because of the amount of time it took to finish the project. These are pit toilets, still functional and now maintained by the Wyoming…
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Oregon Trail Ruts
Guersney, WY, April 2025 Guernsey has some of the best trail ruts I have seen so far. The wheels created about 3-foot-high ridges in the rock. I feel sorry for the animals that had to pull the wagons. The area had many signs about what was like and history of traveling west. I thought you…
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Sometimes, Your Neighbors are a Bunch of Turkeys
Guernsey State Park, WY, April 2025 It all started in the morning. John pushed the cat food bowls aside, and they made a “Gobble Gobble” sound. He poked the bowls a few more times, and they did not continue to “Gobble Gobble”. He told Kate that he thought we might have turkeys in our campsite.…
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Animals at St. Vrain State Park
Longmont, CO, April 2025 St. Vrain State Park is about 50 feet from highway 25, a major north/south route in the area. You can hear the traffic on the highway 24/7. The only exception might be when they close the road in the winter. For being as urban as it is, the park has a…
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park, CO, April 2025 Rocky Mountain National Park is about 35 miles west of Longmont, CO. (Longmont is about 40 miles north of Denver.) Due to the winding roads, the drive to the park takes about an hour from Longmont. Some of the views on the drive were stunning. To get to the eastern…
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Cancel Stamp Frenzy – Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, April 2025 One of my best purchases has been the Collector’s Edition Passport to the National Parks book. I collect cancel stamps from each National Park, National Forest, National Monument, etc that we visit. Each stamp has the date and park visited. John has to deal with my dragging him…
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Acting like kids again!
Salina Campground, KS Everyone who knows me has experienced my uncontrollable urge to goof around on playground equipment and just being silly. The campground had a large number entertainment from workout equipment to photo stand in boards, swing set and large chairs. I hope you enjoy seeing our antics. Since we are in Kansas, there…