This morning, I called a couple shops in town and found the part that I needed to replace to restore our turn signals and running lights.  Here I am doing auto surgery in the parts store parking lot:

To avoid the high passes of the Rocky Mountains, we decided to head North through Wyoming.  It added 50 miles to our route, but I figured it would be a lot less stressful.

The most amazing part of today’s drive was how quickly we transitioned from the Midwest to the West.  Once we crossed the 9000 foot pass into Wyoming’s high country, it was clear we had left the word of Corn behind.  We queued up the John Denver as we drove into the sunset, marveling at the rugged landscape before us.

Eager to kickoff our entry into the west with a more meaningful overnight location than a Walmart, we use the Allstays app to find a BLM campground on the North Platte river a few miles north of Sinclair, Wyoming.  It only has 5 sites, each 200 yards apart, and it’s free!  We pulled in and there was serious solitude and wonderful dark skies.

It’s nice to be home!

  See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.