Hail, Snow Beads, Cold, but Laundry is Done

We left for the laundry mat around 10:30, perhaps 11:00 am.  Figured it would get a bit warmer, and was hoping that the laundry mat was going to be slow and empty.  As we left Fort Bridger and headed to Lyman, it started to snow little snow beads.  But not far out of town it started to hail.  As we got to Lyman, it was back to light snow beads again, so I hurried Marcia into the laundry mat…and by the time I got all the laundry stuff in the hail was hurting my uncovered legs.  (yes, I had short pants on, it is May for goodness sakes, and I love shorts!)  Above is the results of the snow/hail.  By the time we got done, it was all melted.

  

After we got back with the laundry, I went for a quick, short ride.  To the left was the weather to the east, on the right was the weather to the west.  There are “large hills” hidden behind those clouds on the right.

With weather like this, and temps in the high thirties, this is all we saw of Fort Bridger.  Perhaps another time.  According to Wikipedia, Fort Bridger was originally a Fur Trading Post, established back in 1842, established by Mountain Man Jim Bridger.  It was a supply point for the Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, and a major Pony Express station, and eventually it was an Army Fort.

There are some authentic buildings, a museum, and they hold the yearly Fort Bridger Rendezvous (since the 1970’s), a celebration of the fur-trade era that existed in the 19th century. 

   

The ominous skies around the RV Park meant we were staying inside for the rest of the day…. unless we decide to go back to the Mexican Restaurant we went to last night…..that sure was good.

Fort Bridger Wyoming

Yes, it is Tuesday…we were in Fayetteville Arkansas on Sunday, now we are in Fort Bridger Wyoming, just 30 miles or so from the Utah boarder.  We left after church on Sunday, on the road by 1 pm.  We got to Fort Bridger around 2:30 pm today.  The route we took was 1,200 miles long.  Yes, I can drive miles and miles….but we are here for two nights so that we can rest, do laundry, and give Bubba an overdue buzz job.

Bubba, you really do have eyes behind all that hair, don’t you?

Ok buddy, stop showing off….now get back to vacuuming up all that hair!  (Actually, I cut him in the back of the HHR…I sit on Marcia’s GoGo, open up the hatch, put down a piece of carpet, and have a garbage bag handy to catch most of the hair…and there was a bunch of hair this time.  He did have a shower in our shower, what a dirty mess he was.)

Did not take very many pictures along the 1,200 mile trek.  In fact, if it wasn’t for seeing nearly 100 Pronghorns along I-80 from Cheyenne to Rawlins, one group of 20 alongside the road on grass, we wouldn’t have picked up the camera.  Of course, after we got the camera, all of the Pronghorn were way off to the side….didn't get a shot of one of them, darn!  But above is a typical view of what we saw today, along with the shots below.

    

One thing about I-80 in Wyoming, you can see the roadway for miles.  We did hit any bad weather, wet weather, nothing along the entire way.  It is going to rain tonight, probably tomorrow, then Thursday and Friday are suppose to be nice all the way to Sacramento.  We did see all the smoke in Oklahoma, which I assume was from that nasty fire there.  I thought our thermometer which is in our rearview mirror was busted Sunday when it was giving reading of high 90’s, but it wasn’t, it was really that hot, but no humidity. 

But as always in Wyoming along I-80, you hit the wind…just look at that flag, and we were headed in the same direction as this picture, so it was blowing from my left to right most of the day…nearly had a truck in our lap once as it passed, but I moved over the right line just to be safe.  

    

Fort Bridger RV Park is nothing special, but it is away from the Interstate, a nice quiet and currently fairly slow park.  We stayed here last year on our way out west too, but only for one night.  For $25 we have electricity, cable, water, sewer and peace and quiet…can’t ask for much more.  It is also right next to Historic Fort Bridger, which if the weather cooperates, we might visit if it is open tomorrow…but getting laundry done is our first concern.  Then Thursday we will go see Stephanie, and that night try to get into Nevada so that Friday will be an easier drive.  Sunday we stayed at a rest area in Kansas, and Monday night we were at AB RV Park in Cheyenne, which cost $40 for the same thing we have tonight for $25....go figure.