Moved to Casper, Wyoming

Got too busy and forgot to post that we moved yesterday, August 29th, from Buffalo to Casper, Wyoming.  Was not a fun morning to get going.  Seems when we sit longer than normal we tend to forget what to do, or second guess our selves as to what was accomplished to close down to move.

I tend to get a little nervous about our move that morning, don't sleep well the night before, and therefore I am jumpy, edgy.  As we hooked up the car to the RV and went through our check lists, the car and RV were not talking to each other.  Second checked everything and the electrical plug was not seated in all the way, so had to redo what I do in the car to get it in sync.  Okay, done.  The night before our 'night shade' in the front window stopped working so we had to rig up something so people would not see in at night.  One more thing to get fixed at the dealer if we can't figure it out.

Got our last look at the Big Horn Mountains - at least the wild fire smoke was not as bad as the day before - we could not see the mountains at all.  Then when we were ready to go, the entrance ramp to Interstate 25 is being recoated and therefore we took a detour through town to get on the interstate, not a problem, but when we jumped on eventually, had to high tail it  to get into one-way, shared lanes.  Little unnerving.

Goodbye Big Horn Mountains

On our way.  Boring, desolate drive south on I 25.  Not much to see since the smoke made it hazy.  Long distance vista views gone.  Never have seen so much road kill than on this particular trek.  Yuck. Deer, rabbits, skunk, small something, just very messy at times.  The interstate had very little traffic, and if the smoke was not there, I imagine the vista views would have been impressive.

80 - we can't go that fast!  65 if we push it.

Smoke

Desolate road

The roadway and scenery was just like Montana's prairie 

Our jaunt was only 119 miles, but we were shook most of the time due to the high plains winds.  Easy rolling hills, very little vegetation, only saw cows out grazing.  No antelope.  Again, if your dog got loose and ran off, you could have seen it for miles - that desolate.  Got into the camp sight by noon and set up in 95 degree temperature.  Don't like the heat.  Casper is nestled up against the Laramie Mountains, could not really see them yesterday but today is pretty clear.

How dry the Powder River is - high alert for wildfires

First glimpse of the Laramie Mountains

Buddy was not good.  He now gets motion sickness and at one point during the drive he yelled at me from the bathroom and when I spun around to see him - he had drool down to the floor.  He jumped into the poop box and was howling, so I petted him while he did his business.  He wanted to follow me back up front - would not let him and had to scold him to get back.  Poor Grace had to calm him down.  When we finally got settled and I was able to get them both out and walking around, Buddy had pooped himself and was a mess - had to clean him up.  Just like a baby.  High maintenance cat.  Within an hour he was fine.  Will have to check our vet this fall to see what we can do for him - if there is a dramamine for him.  Hate to drug him but I don't see what else to do.  We figure we have 7 more stops before getting back to Picacho.

Grace relaxing after one hour - see her feet out the door?

Buddy under the window, Grace telling him to Buck Up!

There is a number of places we want to visit, things we did not see when we visited Casper 4 years ago.  All of it is outside/nature stuff.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate while we are here.

We have met a couple folks who own an FR3 (our motor home) and have had a chance to share what each has done to make improvements or tweeked the interior/exterior.  We get excited when we see one on the road.