♪♪♪ "Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be Cowboys!" ♪♪♪ ~ Willie Nelson

Wednesday, June 27, 2012   (Day 21)
Owl Creek Kampground, Riverton, WY
Miles:  87  MPH:  14  Max:  31  Total:  1210

Our Dubois Cottage - We loved it!

I Love my Bike!

After our good-bye to John, we had a beautiful ride along the Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway.  Spectacular rock walls rose thousands of vertical feet on either side of the road.   These rocks are over 2.9 billion years old. Black and pink cliffs protruded to the heavens.  Deep blue reservoirs and lakes rippled in contrast.  The ride was hillier than expected - was told we were in the Owl creek mountains.

Deer were everywhere....crossing the road, on the sides of the road, running along side as we biked.  There was a group of 11 horses that ran along the open field as we biked...so very beautiful.

The sky stretched on forever!  Looking straight up it was nearly purple and then turned lighter shades of blue as it extended toward the horizon...beautiful and not a cloud in sight.

Wind River - So far the wind is always against us :-)

In Riverton, we headed for the grocery store to stock up before getting to our campground.  Once inside, Jack started sweating terribly and collapsed to the ground.  I got him a cold drink and some ice and a cold towel.  A shopper saw what was happening and got management and the pharmacist to come over.  We created a bit of a scene!  Jack didn't feel well yesterday, and I think the sun did him in today.

The sky and sun were red and orange from wild fire smoke!

At the campground, we cooled down in the game room with the "swamp" cooler!!  Looked like an air conditioner but they called it a "swamp" cooler here in the West!

Everyone truly has a story, but the stories just seem so good at campgrounds.  We met Tod who is a student but can't find housing, so he has to camp every night!!  Another young girl told me they were living there just until they could find a better place to live.  The owner of the place was a "Jersey Girl" and worked for Marriott in NYC and California and retreated for a quieter life.  As night fell,  the talk was about the wild fires out west.  Several RVs had driven up from Colorado to escape the smoke and fires.  At the campground, the smoke was pretty dramatic and we learned the fires were to the South, West and North of us!!  Good thing we are headed East!

Looking forward to tomorrow's unknowns!