Laramie, Wyoming
I actually backtracked through almost fifty miles of barren desert in order to see said barren desert, in daylight, with my own eyes.
I must be crazy.
Things are getting a little tight. I finally sat down to map out the travels through Nebraska and Iowa and came to the conclusion that I have roughly six weeks worth of touring to complete in ten days.
This ought to be fun.
On the bright side, since I missed autumn and winter on the Plains is now upon us almost everything is closed. Seems this whole section of the nation is only open for business from Memorial Day to Halloween. Kind of a drag if I was still in my lazy tourist mode but since I’m in my “pioneer trek across the plains before the snow comes” mode it’s something of a relief. Today, for instance, I dawdled a bit in Rawlins, then headed east. Got almost everything on my list done before sundown, putting me about half a day ahead of schedule.
Going to need a few more days like that to pull this off.