Casper, WY

Travelled to Casper, WY today staying at Ft. Casper Campground, along side the Platte River. Ft. Casper Campground is an old campground with narrow sites, not easy access and we damaged the truck box getting parked. We had to turn tight and found out the bottom of the fifth wheel hitch scratched the top of the truck box, oh well it is fixable, just another one of those learning experiences. The weather was nice when we arrived but the next day was cool with some rain. There was a group in tents, appeared to be maybe Boy Scouts or a church group, felt sorry for them trying to cook over the fire and accomplish other tasks in the cool wet weather, I remember the days of tenting, not as much fun in the inclement weather! Woody drove into Casper to do some shopping and fuel up the truck. We planned to do some sightseeing around Casper but the weather was not co-operative, there are hiking trails on Casper Mountain and historic sites to see, oh well maybe another trip could not even see Casper Mountain and we were very close to it. In between rain showers, we walked the dogs and mostly watched TV. The museum, which is in Ft. Casper, was not open, guess it is a little early for tourists here. This a pretty area, with the River and mountains close, vegetation is turning green and much prettier that when we travelled through this are in the fall. We have not taken many pictures along the way as the weather has not been favourable, from Pueblo to here, but at least we have not had to set up or take down in rain. We have seen lots of snow in the ditches, in the valleys and on the hills and mountains left over from the 2-5’ dump they had a couple of weeks ago. We are sure happy we decided to extend our stay in AZ The dogs are doing great, handling travelling like the troopers they are, happy to be “home” whenever and wherever we park and very excited to explore the area with all the new scents that surround them.