Day 9

October 20 2009 Tuesday

Walked Skyler to school then drove to Fort Laramie in Wyoming. It is way out in the middle of nowhere. We were the only visitor. Saw a sign stating that the town of Fort Laramie has 250 good people and 6 soft heads. The fort was mildly interesting- maybe it would be better on a warmer day. Today was a bit too cold to be wandering around outside looking at old buildings. Most of them were completely in ruins – people carted off the building materials to use on their own homes after the fort was officially shutdown. We watched an interesting video on the history of Fort Laramie. The North Platte river isn’t as big as it was in the past. We walked across an old iron bridge. In the video we saw that it spanned a large river, today it was mostly over dry ground.
We continued on our way. Wyoming is kind of nice if you like rolling prairie wasteland – which apparently I do. I like being able to see for miles and the mixture of wild grasses are pretty in an unconventional way. Lots of bluffs, hills and short prairie grass. Not many trees except near homesteads or in town. We saw lots of tame horses, but no wild mustangs roaming the countryside. On the way to Dubois it started to snow! Snowflakes were mixed in with the rain! Not very much snow, just a light flurry of white powder. It covered the landscape for a bit, turning it grey and silver. Then it stopped and we drove past the snow. (Also some of the roads in Wyoming are red.)We are now in Twin pines lodge in Dubois. Very cute place and they have a whirlpool tub!