We Saw An Antelope Today!

Yes, you read that title right!  An antelope.  One.  Uno.  This despite the signs along the highway that clearly warned you about antelope.  In past trips through Wyoming we have always seen herds of pronghorns along the highway, so we are surprised and curious about why we aren't seeing any.  Oh, well. One is better than none.

We started late today as we had a short distance of 110 miles to go and couldn't get there before noon.  It was a short, but long boring drive up and down through central Wyoming grasslands with only the mountains to see which were in the distance and some mesas with some funky shaped stone outcroppings closer to the highway. The sage greens and browns became monochromatic as the trip progressed, but along the highway shoulder Black-eyed Susans abounded giving the only color to the landscape. They were very welcome!  We traveled under cloudy skies and the wind kept changing from a tail wind to a side wind and, then as we approached Casper, a head wind. There was little to no traffic on I-25 which was nice.  No truck traffic which is not normal and I imagine we will pick it up once we hit Cheyenne on Monday because it connects to I-80.  So, I have no photos today, which I always like to include in case the prose is boring maybe the photos won't be :-) 

Casper, WY.  As far as I can tell there isn't a whole lot to do here but historically it is important.  It sits on the Platte River and is on what was the California-Oregon Trail as well as the Pony Express route and the Mormon migration route.  If you are a hunter, fisher person, or major outdoors person (hiking, mountain climbing, etc.) Montana and Wyoming are the place to be.  For us old folk that don't do any of that it leaves only historical sites to visit and most have to do with exploration and the battles with the Native Americans (notably the Crow, Cheyenne and Blackfeet nations.) 

We are in another KOA (not many choices) tonight and it is on an open, flat plain north of Casper.  Sparse trees and gravel sites and near hurricane force winds which are, apparently, fairly common in this area.  OK, we can take this place off our list of places to live!! 

Tomorrow is restock day for the fridge with produce and rest for Roger.  Then we continue south to Cheyenne where we will spend two nights.  Maybe we will find something fun to do there.