Motel 8 Laramie

... floor. After going out to the truck and grabbing our big bag of washing, he lugged it around the second floor looking for it. Giving up after a while he went back to the receptionist who was very apologetic and said that it was in fact down the hallway,
pointing back towards where our room was. Guess where the laundry was located? Right opposite our room! After much hilarity, Fred and I with our $8 of quarter dollars took our laundry over, only to discover ...

so we finally got out of the city of cheyenne and we headed out this morning and this is a time we have wifi. anywho we went to larimie wyoming and we were like 8k feet up above sea level and there was LOT of snow but were back on the road agin, ENJOY

We ended up staying the night in Laramie, Wyoming at a hotel instead of camping. This was very last minute and happened because of how confusing / frustrating / ****** the roads of Wyoming are. After getting alot of needed sleep, we toured the University of Wyoming. After about 20 minutes of walking around, we decided we had seen enough. The only thing worth seeing there was a student either going to or from class on a four wheeler and doing a wheelie to impress us. Only in Wyoming...

... rainy and overcast but we still had to check out Strawberry Park Hot Springs which we had heard about from several people we had met during out trip. The springs were very nice but would have been even better following a long cold winter day of skiing.

We then drove back to the cabin in Switzerland Park near Nederland, Colorado to attend the annual camp picnic. We had a nice time eating great food and hanging out with neighbors from the park.

... Home of 56 Nationalities," which led us to wonder, what happens if a nationality comes or leaves? Must the sign be changed? Or perhaps they have capped the number of different nationalities to 56. By the time we left Rock Springs, it was late afternoon and we decided to continue heading east a bit and wait to camp the next day in Medicine Bow National Forest, between Laramie and Cheyenne.

Sunday evening we made it into Rawlins in time to have some dinner at ...

... BFF!

During our trip, we’d so much more than survived…even thrived…as a family…and we didn’t damage the Beast. We have so many fantastically beautiful and funny memories to call upon, and even more laughs that we’ve shared.

Andy at GossRV had told us that this wasn’t the trip for a family that couldn’t roll with the punches…I feel so proud (and lucky) that ...

... such as "sale", "one of a kind" or "collect the whole set" are present. Only markings such as "closed", "out of business" or "hardware" seem to ward off this most fearsome creature.

Unfortunately, Greg was too courageous for his own good. He thought he could protect the rest of us from delay and further financial drain by blocking the entrance to the Buford ...

... to fly from Laramie to Denver to Los Angeles to Bankok, Thailand (The Land of Smiles)and then onto Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand toward the notorius Golden Triangle. Chiang Mai, founded in 1296 as the first independent Thai state, Lanna Thai (1262 - 1556, "Kingdom of One Million Rice Fields". I will tell what it all looks like when I see it. Until then ......

... the fur seals and penguins for at least 5 days. We'll visit the Armstrongs at some point however they'll be in the peak of haying, so we'll see. The exciting thing is that we are going from winter to summer to fall to spring all within a span of 4 months! So here is a nice winter picture to compare with the summer ones I'll be posting in a few weeks: 

We woke up to the same rain we went to sleep with last night. I was hoping to visit the Squirrel cage jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa today, but luck wasn't on our side. They happened to be closed on Tuesdays. I guess will have to wait for another trip. It rained all morning and that kind-of put a damper on scenic detours for me. Hubby just wanted to get home without anymore detours, so he was happy I didn't ask him to any side trips ...