Casper, Wyoming Arrival – and Departure

Published September 5, 2019

Hello – and goodbye – from Casper, Wyoming.

Casper, Wyoming arrival. Thanks Melissa for taking my photo

Liong says howdy. I met fellow traveler Liong pedaling his bike up the road. He left New Jersey 30 days ago.

The mules and I arrived in Casper Tuesday evening. We hope to set out toward Muddy Gap today.

Muddy Gap’s sort of a misnomer given that it’s smack in in the middle of Wyoming’s best dusty dry land. The good news is we’re traveling along the Platte River for a good portion of the run there.

The Week in Photos

Here are a few photos of this week’s jaunt from Douglas to Casper.

In to a dry land

Back east, the mules feasted on fescue and alfalfa. In Wyoming they’re getting less picky. Here Cracker eating Russian thistle – aka tumbleweed.

Camping at Bixby river access

Brick slaking her thirst in the Platte River at the end of long day. So far, I’ve been able to water the mules twice a day at spots we can access the river.

Cracker and Brick bickering under a cotton wood tree we camped under. The tree was so big around I had to tie a rope around it like a belt. Then I tied the mules to that rope.

Groves in the bark of that giant cotton wood.

Which future do you want? Here the Dave Johnson coal plant outside Glenrock, In the background a windmill farm. Note the plumes of particulate matter spewing from the white chimneys.

Look closely and even in this dry land, you’ll fine something to eat. Here, wild gooseberries found growing under a cotton wood tree.

Day’s end

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