Monday, August 12 Laramie, Tim & Buca

 Monday, August 12

The coffee maker acts strange this morning, spraying water about.  We are hoping it is just the altitude! Cereal and fruit for a quick breakfast.

We do a short walk this beautiful morning and then continue driving up #100 for a while - it is called Sand Lake Rd on the map, but we don't find a lake.   A few deer along the way and pretty Rock Creek.

We turn around at Deep Creek campground which is empty - apparently where to go to get away from everything! It is heavily wooded and a tad muddy from the recent rains.   A few sites do have reservation signs for later in the week...

Back through Centennial again and spy some shy pronghorns before reaching Laramie, where we stop to buy a ball for Buca and a bottle of wine for Tim.  Tim helped us out big time when our transmission went out in the old Trek.  He is a friend of Tom and Sue and has a downstairs apartment where he let us stay for a few days during repairs.  Terrific guy and we love his dog, Buca too! 

Tim is still working, but graciously left the apartment door open, so we are able to take showers and relax a bit before he arrives home.

We catch up a bit, play with Buca and Tim gives us some ideas for places to visit in Wyoming.  He cooks some killer burgers while I make guacamole and we catch up.  His grandkids are really getting big!  Nice, relaxing evening with a fun call from Tom and Sue too. 

 He lives just across the street from the University of Wyoming and they are building two huge new dormitories catty-corner from his house.

We will head out tomorrow, having changed our plans a bit after talking with Tim....they are nothing if not fluid!  Our friend in Montana reports that Glacier is a bit hazy from the fires west of there in Idaho and Oregon so we will save that for another trip.