Laramie & Medicine Bow

Since we had about a week before the Cheyenne Frontier Days Festival & Rodeo, we decided to do some exploring. We wanted to go to Laramie and Medicine Bow, so we loaded up in the Jeep and took off. We were not disappointed as you will see in the pictures. To the left is a picture of Medicine Bow peak with the clear mountain lake in the forefront. This picture was supposed to be later in this post but for some reason it is not loading where it was supposed to load. Oh well!

We went to Laramie but didn't really see anything we were that crazy about, outside of the old Wyoming Territorial Prison and Fort. We may or may not go back to see it closer. We decided to go ahead and ride up to Medicine Bow Forrest and mountain range instead since we didn't know how long the ride would be. On the way we saw this marker which is a memorial to the Overland Trail, the route taken by the cattlemen driving their herds up from Texas, from 1862-1868.

Just after passing the Trail marker, we were able to see this distant view of Medicine Bow peak. We continued driving toward it and the scenery is absolutely beautiful.

We came into a little town called Centennial which is a town of 100 people. At the entrance to the town was an old Railroad Depot with a Caboose sitting off to the side. Pretty neat site and well kept up.

Here is a slightly closer look at the peak. We were getting into the mountains at this time.

Of course driving a Jeep we had to try some of the off-road paths. We went for a ways on this road before we ran into these snowdrifts. Thought it was pretty cool going through a snow drift in the middle of July.

Yes, I did have to use the 4-wheel drive to get through the drifts. Actually the second one was too deep and long to get through because my tires were not the best in the world.

Here is some more georgeous views from up on the mountain. These were taken from the same road as the snowdrifts.

We had a great time and I am sure you will enjoy the pictures. Tomorrow's post will have another great road trip as we went to Colorado and did a marathon 13 hours in the Jeep. It will take me till tomorrow to pick the right pictures for the next post. So until then, Adios.