From Colorado we went north to Wyoming, a state with wide open spaces and few people. The campgrounds offer very little in the way of amenities but are nice and peaceful and well kept, and many are free.
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| Wyoming |
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| There has been a lot of rain and the wildflowers are just fantastic |
The first place,
Hawk Springs, was on a lake about an hour north of Cheyenne. This place had only longdrops and no water for $25! A bit steep but the stars were beautiful and we had a really quiet night.
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| Hawk Springs |
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| Sunrise at Hawk Springs |
The next day we travelled to
Ayres Natural Bridge Campground which turned out to be so nice we stayed 2 nights. It was free and had longdrop toilets and drinking water but no showers. This park is absolutely beautiful with an amazing natural rock bridge. Great birdlife! As with the other parks, this one was very well maintained. We were amazed at how few people use these campgrounds, on the first night there was only one other campsite occupied and 2 more campers came in the second night.
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| The Natural Bridge |
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| Our Camp |
Our final night in Wyoming was spent at the
Amsden Creek Wildlife Management Area. It was free but had no facilities at all. It was really remote down a narrow winding road and we had the place to ourselves. It is far from any lights so the stars were quite incredible. There were warnings about bears and mountain lions but all we saw was deer, a few of them and they were fairly tame walking by our camp.
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| The road in to our camp site |
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| A dark and beautiful night, Amsden Creek, Wyoming |
Next; Montana and on to Canada....
