Jennifer: First Day Reflections

 So...here's a funny story...

We left Fort Collins and drove all the way to Pinedale, Wyoming - only to end up camped next to a couple from Fort Collins whose last name is Brooks!  Small world, as they say.

Some highlights of the first day:

  • The feeling when we turned north on Hwy 191 and I was suddenly on a road I had never been on - for the first time in many years.
  • Getting stopped for a major road construction project for almost 30 minutes. Sounds terrible, right?  But when you have all day to get where you're going it becomes a chance to get out of your car and talk to all the other people stretching their legs and walking their dogs
  • Good music!  My highlight of the day was "Sweet Talkin' Woman" by Electric Light Orchestra.  I forgot how much I like that song!
  • Seeing Wyoming start to turn from brown shrub to tinges of green with beautiful mountains as a backdrop.  
  • Walking for an hour seeing Pinedale - a mix of old West and new recreation - to a grocery store with old hardwood floors (when was the last time you pushed a shopping cart on well-worn wood?) and great local meet.  We came back having had some long-overdue exercise (moving does NOT lend itself to biking and hiking to say the least!) and had some amazing Wyoming steaks.
  • A shower!  Wooo - showering always feels good when camping but I've forgotten that feeling.

Tomorrow off to the Tetons and Jackson, Wyoming.  I imagine it will live up to the rave reviews I've heard so far.

Bye for now.

 

 
Ready to hit the road for real!


Is it a dog or a cow??  It's Titan the ginormous dog who was too busy eating grass to say hello.


Pine River

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  1. BabaSeptember 13, 2021 at 9:55 PM

    There was an old small store and deli on Long Island that I remember the hard wood floors, Now at best, vinyl or polished concrete. I like the juxtaposition of old and new. Wyoming has that beauty that only wide open spaces and few people can offer. Much love.

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