Wyoming

Wyoming has been a quiet state! There are less than 500,000 people in the WHOLE state! We stayed in Casper for a few days. We had some strong winds while we were there and the RV was a rockin!

Pronghorn are everywhere!

In Casper, we visited the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, yes I know it is a long name, but it was so interesting! Casper was a major stop on the move to the west in the 1800s.  People traveling to the west for gold and fur trading; the Mormons traveling to Salt Lake City; the Pony Express all came through here! The interpretive center really was fascinating and they have some really great interactive exhibits that the kids really enjoyed too! If you ever make it to Casper, WY, this place is well worth your visit! We learned so many things about our history…things that I am sure I should already have known, but…

This wagon moved around like you were really riding through a river

We are now in Laramie, WY, just south of Casper. Even though we moved south, we are at a higher elevation and it got cold!  Bill is in heaven!

Yesterday, we went to the Wyoming Territorial Prison.  Does that sound familiar?  When I saw the name, I just had to go to it after living in Yuma and visiting the Yuma Territorial Prison!  This one was a lot nicer and the prisoners definitely didn’t have it as bad as in Yuma, except for the cold in winter.  No cells built into rock like Yuma…this looked like a real prison!  Butch Cassidy was the most famous prisoner to be incarcerated here.

   

Today, we planned on visiting a children’s museum and nature center in Laramie that everyone told us was great…but of course, as soon as we drove up to it we found out that it was now closed down…bummer!  So we took the kids to a park here and then they got haircuts… woohoo fun day!

We’ve enjoyed Wyoming, but tomorrow we move on…Estes Park, Colorado here we come!