We have had a great time here, but we plan on leaving tomorrow. Here are the highlights.
Monday we had our son, his wife, and their three kids out for dinner. They are camped in Circle Park campground a few miles down the road. I made green chili enchiladas in the Dutch oven, and I made a peach dump cobbler in the convection oven. Pretty tasty if I say so myself. There was a classic mountain “maybe gonna rain, maybe not” view with virga not making it to the ground. But my oh my the rainbows! Here are the best of the ones I got.
On Tuesday we took a RZR trip. Our first goal was the Sheep Mountain Lookout. We trailed to a nearby trail head, unloaded the RZR, and headed up a moderate gravel road suitable for SUVs or pickups. Most of the traffic was various side by sides and ATVs though. It was the most traffic we had encountered on this trip by far.
Some of the interesting things along this road were the numerous small springs and seeps. They seemingly occurred every few hundred yards. Some were big enough to really show flowing water, but some just kind of trickled their water out.
The Road goes through an old burn scar for quite a bit of the way. I am guessing it was 20-40 years ago, assuming the trees here grow slowly in this climate.
Once we got to the top, it was incredible views, even with a bit of haze.
The cabin has bunk beds that I could see, and the toilet was just down the hill a bit to the right of this picture.
After wandering around some and breathing the 10,000+’ air, we headed back down the hill for lunch. Pretty nice spot!
We then took some alternate roads to our trailhead, meeting up with two other small RZRs that we had encountered at the lookout, and they kindly let us join their group. Good thing too! We eventually got to a rock ledge we didn’t feel comfortable doing on our own, but it was fine with someone else around. We are VERY conservative when on our own! Yes, we have an InReach for emergency communication, but my goal is never to have to use it. Here’s a video one of the rigs took.
Hey, it was bigger than it looked for our little rig! See the wheel grabbing air?
On the way back we decided to drive to the Powder River. I was expecting a bigger river, but I guess we are close to the headwaters. Along the way we saw one of the only large animals – a mule deer. One of the disadvantages of a UTV is the noise; makes it hard to see many animals.
Wednesday we stayed at the campsite much of the day, but we did have a fabulous lunch at the South Fork Outfitters restaurant – green chili hamburger for me and green chili cheeseburger for Kevin. It was fabulous!
We had a real mess with the rig on Tuesday too. The slide topper over our bedroom slide broke, and one end was banging loose. Kevin spent some time stabilizing it and firming how to get it off. We dropped by to see the kids at their campsite, and they planned on helping us get it down today. It got so windy today that Kevin and I finally figured out a way to get it off before the fabric ripped up. Now we have yet another thing to get fixed when we get to Alabama in September. Sigh. Motorhomes really are a money out, but we still love the lifestyle.
We had planned on taking a RZR ride today too, but pretty strong winds blew up along with a bit of rain. We decided to wait until tomorrow. Gives us time for a nice meal tonight!