We pulled out of Lewis City Park in Wheatland, WY at 7:00am as we had a 7+ hour tow ahead of us to Wapiti, WY (Wapiti is American Indian for Elk) which is a non town about 30 miles west of Cody. We were feeling pretty proud of ourselves for getting everything ready for such an early morning departure until we realized we forgot to dump our holding tanks before we left and we didn't want to be towing with the extra weight because we'd be traveling through a couple of mountain ranges. Lucky for us we remembered that there is a State of Wyoming Information Center at the exit we took the day before to visit Fort Laramie so once we reach this exit we pulled off the highway and took advantage of it's free RV waste station. Did I ever mention that I love Wyoming? It is so RV friendly! We were back on the road within minutes heading to our first destination of the day: Douglas, WY to visit the worlds largest Jackalope statue in the city center. Douglas is a small town that is pretty much in the middle of nowhere so at some point in the past the townsfolk decided to install the Jackalope statue in order to drawn in tourists and of course their tourist dollars. Well, it sorta worked out. The tourists came but for the most part it ended up being a quick detour to snap photos of the bunny and then they headed right back on the highway. That is what we did too (sorry Douglas, WY). After leaving Douglas we traveled for a few hours through rolling ranch land where we saw many pronghorns, cattle and horses. The land slowly changed and became mountainous when we reach the Wind River Scenic Drive where we followed the river through switchbacks as we clim
bed and then decended. This was a beautiful drive, the rocks were deep red, rose and green colored. We were disappointed to find the pull offs were not big enough for us to park our rig in so we could not stop to explore the area with the exception of our lunch stop which was at a state rest area right outside of scenic drive. By mid afternoon we had made it passed Cody and were headed into Wapiti when the scenery changed again as we were entering into the Absoraka mountain range. What strange and
beautiful needles and buttes we saw! And the colors! Deep reds, dark greens, greys and rusts. Really stunning! We also passed through
three very neat tunnels drilled right through a couple of mountains which border Buffalo Bill Dam. Though it was a long day of towing the beauty of the scenery made time seem to fly by and we reached our campsite at Wapiti Campground in Wapiti National Forest around 3:00pm. After we set up camp we enjoyed a walk around the campground and river before making dinner and retiring for the evening.
We pulled out of Lewis City Park in Wheatland, WY at 7:00am as we had a 7+ hour tow ahead of us to Wapiti, WY (Wapiti is American Indian for Elk) which is a non town about 30 miles west of Cody. We were feeling pretty proud of ourselves for getting everything ready for such an early morning departure until we realized we forgot to dump our holding tanks before we left and we didn't want to be towing with the extra weight because we'd be traveling through a couple of mountain ranges. Lucky for us we remembered that there is a State of Wyoming Information Center at the exit we took the day before to visit Fort Laramie so once we reach this exit we pulled off the highway and took advantage of it's free RV waste station. Did I ever mention that I love Wyoming? It is so RV friendly! We were back on the road within minutes heading to our first destination of the day: Douglas, WY to visit the worlds largest Jackalope statue in the city center. Douglas is a small town that is pretty much in the middle of nowhere so at some point in the past the townsfolk decided to install the Jackalope statue in order to drawn in tourists and of course their tourist dollars. Well, it sorta worked out. The tourists came but for the most part it ended up being a quick detour to snap photos of the bunny and then they headed right back on the highway. That is what we did too (sorry Douglas, WY). After leaving Douglas we traveled for a few hours through rolling ranch land where we saw many pronghorns, cattle and horses. The land slowly changed and became mountainous when we reach the Wind River Scenic Drive where we followed the river through switchbacks as we clim
bed and then decended. This was a beautiful drive, the rocks were deep red, rose and green colored. We were disappointed to find the pull offs were not big enough for us to park our rig in so we could not stop to explore the area with the exception of our lunch stop which was at a state rest area right outside of scenic drive. By mid afternoon we had made it passed Cody and were headed into Wapiti when the scenery changed again as we were entering into the Absoraka mountain range. What strange and beautiful needles and buttes we saw! And the colors! Deep reds, dark greens, greys and rusts. Really stunning! We also passed through 
three very neat tunnels drilled right through a couple of mountains which border Buffalo Bill Dam. Though it was a long day of towing the beauty of the scenery made time seem to fly by and we reached our campsite at Wapiti Campground in Wapiti National Forest around 3:00pm. After we set up camp we enjoyed a walk around the campground and river before making dinner and retiring for the evening.
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