Our destination choice today was Casper, Wy..a comfortable 120 miles. I gotta say that the landscape is awesome and over every hilltop, and there were a lot of them, was a continuous series of oooh's & ahhhhs ! Heather took a LOT of pictures. She even managed to shoot a strange creature on a hill! :)
The suprising fact is it's a long ways between any services. Some of the grades (inclines ) were making the powerful 454 engine do some work but the old gal still had some pickup and we passed a lot of trucks that were struggling. (I think I can, I know I can!!) The engine runs a lot better since I set the timing with a vaccuum guage last week. I noticed our gas mileage is much better too!
We got to Casper by 1400 and since we haven't seen a Wal*mart in weeks we pulled into one to get a fix!! LOL. About $150 later we had the shelves & fridge full again. Saw that the gas prices in town were tolerable @ $3.59/g mid-grade. So, we filled up. GRRRRR! Back on I-25 W and 2 more exits to get to the Ft Casper CG. It's a Passport America affiliate so we get 50% off and only pay $15/nite. It's located within & behind the Ft Casper museum so we'll tour that tomorrow and stay here for 2 days.
We're really trying to stay near our goal of 2-2-2. Drive 200 miles or less, or 2 hrs and stay 2 days. Rather pleasant travel ! Keeps this old man happy! :)
Right after hooking up to the FHU's it sprinkled for 1/2 hr. Washed the windows for me! We can look to our SW and see the majestic peaks, some with snow, of the Rocky Mountains. WOW, what a view.
I checked the 10 day weather forecast and it looks like it's gonna get hot. Must be time to move further North in 2 days. Gotta keep chasing 75F as long as we can!
REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY! Charlie & Heather.
interesting post
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