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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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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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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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Acting like kids again!
Salina Campground, KS, April 2025 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…
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Yesteryear Museum or Tractor Cemetary
Salina, KS, April 2025 Driving into the park, the first thing we saw was a sign stating “Museum” and a lot of rusty old farm equipment. I was wonderful if it was a tractor museum or cemetery. Turns out it was a “Yesteryear Museum”. I believe the building in the far back also had antique…
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Day 1 – Lake Thunderbird State Park, OK Sunset
Lake Thunderbird State Park, OK, March 2025 We have a great view of the lake from our trailer dining room take. Though these pictures were taken as we were talking around the park.
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Highway 66 Museum, Clinton Oklahoma
Clinton, OK, March 2025 I had to drag John to another place with cancel stamp. This was the Clinton, Oklahoma (same place the Highway 66 cafe) Highway 66 Museum. We started off with seeing the cement mixer that was used to make the road. I discovered I’m just as tall as the Coca Cola Safety…
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Wind, Sand and Sunsets. Oh My..
Foss State Park, OK, March 2025 Foss State Park is currently under a drought warning, always has winds and has beautiful red soil. The area has been known as the dust bowl and hit hard in the 1930s where the dust storm devastated the Great Plains. We got to experience 3 alerts all at the…