Camping in Medicine Bow National Forest

Wow, after sitting at the computer for 2 hours working with photobucket I finally figured out how to put a slide show on my blog. YOU had better enjoy and say all sorts of wonderful things about me! Ok, the normal person would have figured it out in 5 min. Well now that I am all stressed out from the computer, let me tell you about our vacation. We headed to Wyoming on Wed afternoon. We planned to camp in the Medicine Bow National Park. We called ahead to find the best camp ground and to make sure that we didn't need extra protection from bears. We got to the first camp sight in plenty of time to set up before dark. Unfortunately there were not a lot of sights available, and those that were had no trees around them. (Pine beetles have hit this area hard, and the forest service has had to cut a lot of trees down so they don't fall on campers) So we head to the next camp sight, Sugar Loaf. There are more openings here, but surly there is a better one down the road! Story of my life. To make a long story short, after visiting another sight, and turning around 4 miles into a 14 mile trip to another camp ground, we ended up back at Sugar Loaf, setting up in the dark. No fire, No enjoying the evening, just off to bed. The next morning, Mark and I were up bright and early. I headed to the bathroom, and on my way back I heard someone walking behind me. I turn and look, and there is a big bull Moose. I whisper Yell at Mark, as the dog is coming out to greet me and the Moose. Mark grabs the dog, hands him to me and heads for the camera. My Hero! Luckily the Moose just wanted to get out of camp, and was not in a fighting mood. After the girls got up, we went for a hike, and played in the snow, on August 1st! We ended up moving camp sights that morning, as we were in one that was reserved for Aug. 2nd. We were able to do the red neck moving of the camper which involved sliding one bed in, keeping the camper raised and driving really slow to the next camp sight. Unfortunately then next camp sight was on the other side of the camp ground, so everybody got to see the move. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of that. That afternoon, the rain clouds came up, and dumped on us. The parents of the group decided that this was a good time for a nap. We ended up eating in the camper, but the rain did stop long enough to get a camp fire going so we could sit and enjoy. The weather temps were great if you were an Eskimo! That night at 8:00 pm the temp was already 48. The next day we headed to Saratoga WY. There is a hot spring there, and more importantly Hot Showers! We were starting to smell each other! After doing some work on the computer I brought just in case, we headed back to the camp sight. Saturday, we headed home, but stopped in Laramie at the Wyoming Territory Prison. We had a good time, but did not stay as long as I would have liked, as we had a dog in the car that was getting hot as his shade moved. We are home now, working on the laundry and getting ready to go back to work. Next week, the girls and I will head back to Cheyenne to shop for school clothes, while Mark stays and works, and the dog guards the house. Hope this isn't the last blog for a while. Will try to do better now that I know how to get the pictures on!