Freemont Lake Campground; Pinedale, WY
Half Moon Lake; Pinedale, WYThu, 8/7/08
Pinedale, WY, to Rock Spring, WY: Hated to leave this pretty campground. Went for a walk this morning and met a nice couple from Casper, WY. Beautiful morning—the lake is as smooth as glass and the vegetation smells so good. There are a lot of old growth pines and aspen in here. Really pretty. But we decided to go ahead and head south. We have a reservation at a KOA there for 4 days. Heading south we left the mountains and the area turned into a vast, flat, arid wasteland of sagebrush. Really desolate. And we followed the historic Oregon Trail for a while. When we got to Rock Spring there were some low buttes and hills, but still arid and dotted with sagebrush. Rock Spring sits at 6200 feet and has a population of 18,000. There is a herd of wild horses in what they call the red desert. There’s a drive you can take through the desert to see them. The KOA here is pretty big and not too bad. No trees, of course. All gravel sites. And we have TV for the first time since June. Didn’t miss much there. And the reason we stopped here was for the Flaming Gorge Recreation Area just south of here. Supposed to be pretty.
Pinedale, WY, to Rock Spring, WY: Hated to leave this pretty campground. Went for a walk this morning and met a nice couple from Casper, WY. Beautiful morning—the lake is as smooth as glass and the vegetation smells so good. There are a lot of old growth pines and aspen in here. Really pretty. But we decided to go ahead and head south. We have a reservation at a KOA there for 4 days. Heading south we left the mountains and the area turned into a vast, flat, arid wasteland of sagebrush. Really desolate. And we followed the historic Oregon Trail for a while. When we got to Rock Spring there were some low buttes and hills, but still arid and dotted with sagebrush. Rock Spring sits at 6200 feet and has a population of 18,000. There is a herd of wild horses in what they call the red desert. There’s a drive you can take through the desert to see them. The KOA here is pretty big and not too bad. No trees, of course. All gravel sites. And we have TV for the first time since June. Didn’t miss much there. And the reason we stopped here was for the Flaming Gorge Recreation Area just south of here. Supposed to be pretty.
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