Monday, July 28, 2014

Day 5 - "it is not as it appears"

Awoke with the sun this morning with Earl laying on the ground....the air had gone out of his thermorest during the night and the ground was rather chilly :-(

Getting ourselves packed and fed we trundled out of the campground  with Merlin's advice still ringing in our ears....the price goes up eXponentially as you approach Yellowstone and then multiplied by a factor of importance tempered by need....needless to say, we found all our provisions for the next few days with the exception of Butane for our camp stove...thought we had enough to be comfortable, but need (2) more to get us back....even ventured into a walmart (shudder) where they sold a similar stove to ours but they did not sell the fuel....now that's big box store planning...jeesh.

We would like to let anyone who may venture through Riverton WY on their way somewhere and are in need of a cuppa joe, they have no fewer than 6 coffee joints including (2) strictly drive thru...damn they are serious about their java!

Not too many twists and turns today as we started on 26 and the evening campsite was just 3 hours down the same highway.  Lovely scenery especially west of Burris, lots of great sights and pictures....campground....not so great...infact on cusp of intolerable except we get to listen to cranes again in the evening....maybe they go hand in hand with Mosquitos because they are numerous and do not get repelled by Deep Woods Off.


Dinner tonight consisted of pasta and homemade fresh baked bread done in the Dutch oven....yum.
Time to prop my feet up and read until the sun goes down.