Wyoming Update

We've been here now for two weeks.  During that time we've experienced quite a range of weather, mostly cold, rainy, windy and snowy.  Last weekend the sun was out, so we had six campers come out and join us.  At least we weren't alone.  The lake is quite beautiful when the sun is shining.

Hopefully I won't repeat myself but thought it time to update this with our actives over the past week or so.

Last week we drove over to Gillette to check it out.  It’s a city of about 30,000 people, having the typical chain stores, one local health food store, one theatre and several grocery stores.  So far we haven’t had anyone recommend any particular place in Gillette for dining.   We went over yesterday to buy groceries and get a haircut.  While there we visited the one and only Starbucks and I rewarded myself with a sugary Cinnamon Dolce’ Frab.  Though it was delicious, I haven’t had any sugar to speak of in over a month and I could not drink it all.  How sad.

The weather was snowy and raining, high was 36 with a wind chill of 28. 

Spearfish, SDOn my birthday drove over to Spearfish, about an hour away.  The weather was the nicest it had been since we arrived.  

“Spearfish is situated in the scenic valley of Spearfish Creek and at the mouth of Spearfish Canyon.  The town dates back to the 1870’s.” 

It is primarily a tourist town with a few small eclectic shops, many antique shops, a coffee shop and a couple of restaurants and of course outside of town there is a Wal Mart, hardware store and a Kmart. The area is beautiful and I know when it warms up people will be out hiking the surrounding mountains.

Bay Leaf Cafe

We dined at the Bay Leaf Cafe.  The cafe was originally the Queen City Hotel. I chose it because it had a great menu selection and many vegetarian items on the menu.  Our experience did not live up to the hype.  We may try it again just to see if some of the other items on the menu are any good.









We drove into Moorcroft on Tuesday and decided to take in the local museum, West Texas Trail Museum in Moorcroft.  It is basically the town’s local historical society.  I learned a bit about the history of Moorcroft.  

“It got its start from the cowboys herding cattle up the Texas Trail in 1866.  Eventually the Chicago Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad laid tracks  and Moorcroft became the largest cattle shipping station in the country.”

There was a lot of information about local families through the years and old photos of the town.

Main Street Moorcroft 1920

Though the picture above was taken in the 1920’s, Main Street hasn’t changed much. There are a few more buildings and the street is paved, but otherwise it looks much the same today.