Douglas, Wyoming

     We left our quiet, green campground and drove south and west into Wyoming.  I was amazed to see that even Wyoming is still pretty green so late in July.   Many of the larger streams and ponds were still full of water.  Maybe Texas should send some of their poor, starving cattle here for summer vacation.  However, Rick read that South Dakota lost a lot of cattle in the last heat wave so perhaps green grass and water isn't enough.
 We have driven this road before in the winter when we were young, poor, and loved to ski.  We would start very early in the morning from MInnesota and end up driving through Lusk, Wyoming after dark.  Today as we drove through in the day time we saw the rolling prairies, antelope and cattle farms.  I was surprised to find several nice rest areas along the way - an unexpected bonus.
    Our drive was relatively short - under 200 miles.  We had planned to stay in Cheyenne but it is rodeo week and all the campgrounds are full.  The campground here in Douglas is really full too - probably overflow since there just aren't that many campgrounds that have an amenities in this area.
   We took advantage of the nice pool and were entertained by a couple German families.  I told Rick that we had seen so many Germans on the road we should go to Germany and try camping there.  There MUST be a lot of campgrounds since there are so many Germans who love to come to the U.S. and camp. We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting under our awning - alternately getting rained on and escaping the hot sun.
    This is the first campground that I have ever been to which includes a horse pen and horse stalls.  I suppose that folks in this area are frequently traveling with horses and need a place to keep them overnight.  We have quite an eclectic variety of neighbors - foreign travelers in rental RVs, rundown semi-permanent campers, very fancy 40+ foot Class A's, tent trailers and us.  Makes for a great time of watching everyone move around the campground - about the only entertainment.
   Tomorrow we head into the dead zone - a national park.  No phones, no Wi-Fi, just us and our portable house.  I will catch up with my blog when we come down out of the mountains.  We will be busy tomorrow filling our water tank, dumping our sewer tanks, filling up our gas tanks (gas is always really expensive if it is available at all in national parks) and filling our pantry.