Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming
July 12 - July 19, 2008
- Departed camp around 10 AM and headed north on 14 - very scenic drive up to I-9o.
- Made our way to Devils Tower in northeast Wyoming. It's essentially a giant pillar of a rock, rising about 1200 feet off the ground. Sioux Indian folklore tells of a group of girls chased by bears. The Great Spirit felt sorry for them and raised the ground under them, saving their lives. The bears scratched at the side of the tower, creating the vertical marks on the side.
Ate lunch here, which consisted of leftover chicken shoved into wraps. - Heading back on I-90, Nick got pulled over by the Wyoming state highway patrol going 88 in a 75. Shady cop took the ticket payment in cash, after following us to an ATM up the highway.
- Took highway 50 south but turned the wrong way and ended up back on 59. Drove to Douglas, then on to Casper. We thought it would be a cool western town, but no, not so much. Downtown wasn't so bad, but there weren't any hotels. We found the LAST hotel. room in the city at the Showboat National 9 Motel - the sort of place of you would find a dead hooker - all for just $95 a night.
- Dinner: some brewery/pub downtown Casper. Our waitress was fun and chatty. She told us all about Mormon crickets and prairie dogs.
- BOD: wheat and pale ales from the brewery (they were so-so).
- Mileage: 1250 total/377 today
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