Oct 11

This picture is between Meeker, CO and Rifle, CO. Beautiful scenery that I took while Bob was driving.

We left Craig Colo this morning headed to Moab. We ran into a lot of construction so it took longer than expected to get here. We got to Moab about 3:30pm, another long driving day...The weather is a far cry from the 20 degree weather we were used to having in Wyoming. It was 88 degrees when we pulled into town. Finally didn't have to crank the heater up after 6pm.

I got some pictures of a chess set and checker set that is at the RV park where we are staying. Anyone will get a kick out of these.

The RV park is on the north edge of Moab and a beautiful park. Almost every space is filled for the night.

We'll head out tomorrow for Navajo Dam, NM. Since we spent a month there leaving Quartzsite, we are going back. We just love the place.

Oct 10

We are on the road again! We left Woods Landing yesterday going thru Laramie, Medicine Bow and Rawlins. Took the road southwest of Rawlins to Baggs, WY. Since we got a late start pulling out (staying to long saying goodbyes) we went as far as Craig Colo. We were tired after driving a little over 5 hours and just pulled into a KOA. It is a nice campground but pricey. Later on we won't pay that much down the road. We got to Craig and discovered it was 72 degrees at 6:30pm. When we got up yesterday morning in Wyo, it was 20 degrees with a cooler wind chill. This weather is nice to have again.

We are planning on leaving Craig about 10am and spending the night in Moab, UT.

We checked the gas mileage and after getting 20 MPG all summer without the trailer, reality hit us. We're now getting 11 MPG pulling the 5er.

We had a great summer and are invited back next year to workcamp at Woods Landing, SW of Laramie.

Our camp set up in Craig, Colo with Bob at the picnic table working on the GPS.

The 2nd picture is Karen and Dennis Green. I worked with Karen at Woods Landing and they have become great friends. Also Tootsie, the owners dog.

Oct 4

Hello all,


We are packing up and getting ready to leave Wyoming on Monday Oct. 8th. The summer has gone fast probably only because I worked most every day.


Bob had some good times fishing and hunting with Karl and Justin (his kids).
This is Karl with a 20" cutthroat caught in the North Platte river.















We've had snow and a lot of rain since I last posted. Lots of hunters have been staying in the cabins and RV spots. There have been a lot of antelope, deer and a few elk harvested. Also one moose was taken the other day.

A pic of a moose I saw up at the boy scout camp. Her calf was hiding in the bushes to the right. We actually saw 4 moose this day. The 2nd picture is of the Laramie River with the color changing of the fall leaves. It is really beautiful around here right now.

Snow forcasted for this weekend so we hope we can get out of here by Monday. Almost everything is packed away, just need to put the slides in, hook up and GO!

Aug 19th

Bob and I took a ride up to the Snowy Range the other day. Our friend, Tom Craig, from Quartzsite is the campground host at Lincoln Park campground off the Snowy Range Road. As we were driving up there, we noticed closer to the top of the range, the beetle kill was playing havoc with the pine trees. Instead of the beautiful green trees, you will notice the brown infested trees.

Also, as we took off toward the campground we spotted this sign. There are a lot of moose in the area.

Further down the road, someone had decorated a pine tree with Christmas decorations. I thought it was a bright spot in the road for August.

Snowy range pictures!!!

Ron and Terry (hitchitch.com) came from Iowa and landed at Woods Landing on Friday night. We had them for supper last night, along with my folks from Cody. This morning, my folks and my sister and family from Laramie met me at the cafe here and we had a nice breakfast.

My family, left to right--Jim, Dave, Donna(sis), John, Shirley (mom)

We have been getting afternoon thundershowers almost every afternoon. Sure does cool it down nice after being in the 80's in the morning.

Aug 9th

Bob and I headed to Sidney, NE to shop at Cabela's last week. Bob got some fly fishing equipment (rotary vice, mag light, fly fishing vest), plus a few clothes. I got a couple of outfits too. We ran into a friend and took him to lunch. It was nice to see him. On the way home that afternoon, we encountered heavy rain. There was about 4" of standing water when we got back home.

A Wild West Relay happened over the weekend. 1320 runner ran from Ft. Collins, CO up over the mountain to hwy 230 and back down to Steamboat Springs thru Walden, CO. Our store at Woods Landing stayed open till 2:30am. The cafe and bar stayed open till a little after midnight. People flew in from Nevada, Michigan, Calif. and several other states.

Bob went with Justin, Karl and Charlie to a sporting clay shoot at a beautiful ranch on the North Platte River just north of Encampment. He won some wonderful door prizes. Best of all out of 100 shooters, Bob's group placed 1st!!! He was very happy. The night before they had a BBQ along with a calcutta.

My nephew, Barry, his wife Kerri and 2 children, Landon and Avery visited from Orlando, FL last week. They headed over to Yellowstone park to spend time with my other nephew Rob and his family, my sister, Donna, brother in law, Jim and nephew Dave. Barry and Kerri are expecting their 3rd child in November!

After heading back to Florida, Donna, Jim and Dave went onto Jackson Hole WY. They spend a few days hiking in the Tetons. After 10 days of enjoyment they are back in Laramie. They saw all the animals you could see in the parks, grizzly bear, black bear, elk, deer, buffalo, coyote and wolf. Quite an adventure for them.

George Eppler and his son Harley were guests at the campground. They have a business in Glendo WY. On this business trip, they headed up to Jelm Mountain and closed some abandoned copper and gold mines. They will be back later on this month to do more work. Here's a picture of George!

We are anxious to see Ron and Terry. We talked to them yesterday and they will be leaving Iowa next week to head west. They will spend a few days around our area.

If you ever go on the hwy 287 from Colo to Wyo (Ft Collins to Laramie) make sure you use the bathroom facilities before you stop at Tie Siding WY. We stopped there yesterday on our way back from Red Feather Lakes, CO and found out they charge 50 cents to use the restroom. What a ripoff!

July 28th

Goodness, the month of July is almost gone...I've been working so much at the place we're staying, I haven't done anything else except fish a couple of times.

Bob on the other hand.....well, lets say he has been fishing as much as I have been working. A couple weeks back he went to a private pond with his sons, Justin and Karl and a fishing guide. Bob and Justin and the guide went fishing out in a boat and Karl used the float tube to fish from. They were catching fish about 14" long. About lunch time, they pulled the boat in and were going to have lunch. All of a sudden Bob thought he heard someone throwing rocks into the pond. Come to find out, it had started to hail. They barely got the boat out of the water in time and got to the truck before the clouds just opened up and let it go. There were golf ball sized hail stones...The guides truck is full of dents and also a broken windshield wiper. Since the fishing poles were left in the boat, Bob also had one of his rods break. He did send it in and is now borrowing one from Karl. What a day they had...

Here's a picture of the hailstorm.

We had a very nice couple stay in the RV site next to us. Jack and Karen are from Tuscon. They will be coming back in about a month to stay longer and do some hunting with some of his buddies that are coming up.

We have been having some wet weather. Check out laramieboomerang.com and see all the flooding that is happening in Laramie (a town 25 miles from here).

We had visitors that stayed in one of the cabins for a couple nights. I used to take care of Dorothy when I worked in Home Health. It was nice of them to come up. A picture of Dorothy and Leon Hanson.

Bob is trying to get a park ranger job in Quartzsite for the winter and if he does get it, we might have to head for Arizona in about a month. If not, we probably won't go till Oct.

July 5

We are into July already, the summer seems to be flying by.


At the place we are staying and working, Woods Landing just outside Laramie Wyo., the owners have decided to put the place up for sale. They listed with a realtor out of Texas and he drove his motorhome up to take pictures to list on his own TV show. It's on the outdoor channel (604 ) out here. It might be listed this Sunday at 10:00 am. Here's a pic of his motorhome. Quite impressive too! ! !










We had some wonderful people, Ron and Natalie Riddick, stay beside us for a couple of weeks in their 5th wheel. They had a toy hauler but it was used for an artist studio instead. They have large studio in Tuscon, AZ and invited us to come and visit them.

This next picture is quite unusual! A man from the cafe was driving along and found this dog and lamb just walking along the highway. He brought them up to Woods Landing and we eventually found the owners. We see some strange things in Wyoming!

Bob and I had our 3 year anniversary yesterday... We went on a picnic and then took a drive on a mountain road we hadn't been on. We were rattled and bounced around quite a bit. It was a road that would be good for ATV's and not big trucks. But it only took about 2 1/2 hours to get off of it.

Bob is enjoying fishing and tying tons of flies. Every time he goes to town, he heads to the fly store. He even catches fish from the flies he ties.

I'll probably write again in a week or so. It's not too busy during the summer so I don't have as much to write about.