Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Winter Trip 2023/24 - Idaho to Colorado

 We start our trek to Nebraska to visit Gary's daughter and to see their new house.


First stop is the Hitch-in Post in Snowville, UT.  How did they get that name?



We stop at the Hansen Bridge to eat lunch


Great view of the Snake River and Gorge


And stay at the Hitching Post


Tucson quickly finds a friend, who Gary threatens to dognap.


Lots of space, but had to move twice to get working electricity


We wake up to some frost.


We drive by the Devil's Slide 


And arrive at Fort Bridger, WY



There is an RV Park right next door


On our way to our next stop we stop and see the Wyoming State Penitentiary 



A beautiful building 

But the prison had a poor heating system and temps were at most 20 degrees above the outdoor temperature which could go to below zero in the Winter and there's was no hot water 


The gas chamber



The Barber Shop


They did let Gary out for good behavior! 


A quick layover in Rawlins, WY


and we blow out the next morning.


We still haven't shaken the snow



But we make it to Colorado!


And St. Vrain State Park


A nice site


But not what I had in mind when I said I wanted to see Cranes and Deer on my site



Came to see Gary's grandsons here, but one of them went to Nebraska and will leave before we make it up there, so we will just see Jakoby. 

He works so we won't see him before the weekend but did get a chance to see our good friend Judy




We walked around a couple of the lakes at St. Vrain


They had nice easy trails



And we did get to see lots of birds

Great Blue herons 


Osprey


Even Pelicans



And an Eagle!






Finally got to see Jakoby and took him out for lunch

A very nice stop


We continue on towards Nebraska 



























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