Wild camping in Medicine Bow National Forest at 10,400 feet (3170 meters). I must be acclimating as I’m not as headachy as usual at these altitudes.
The track in was a mess made worse by a rain storm the Friday afternoon when we arrived and it rained each day like a bad habit. Lots of cars and motorcycles stopped, looked and turned back.
Luckily we found a spot before we were turned back by puddles ruts and mud.
Our route from Laramie to the Medicine Bow National Forest included an unnecessary section of washboard dirt road that must have looked like a shortcut to the artificial intelligence operating Google Maps.
Most of the road up the mountain was decent pavement through the pine forest.
Bars restaurants and groceries are available in the town of Centennial just below the national forest.
We found our spot about two hundred yards down bumpy Forest Road 318 away from the busy main road.
We are a long way from a cell signal so this post comes to you thanks to Starlink which I stuck out beyond the trees with a nice clear north sky. Those 75 feet of cable come in useful.
We had a rip snorting thunderstorm come through dropping lightning and rain all over the place. Still some all wheel drive SUVs pushed on through the mud for a weekend camping trip at all costs. I was glad not to be in a tent.
Overnight lows around 50 degrees are forecast with no need for heat in our well insulated van. It’s so quiet at night here that your ears ring.
Daytime highs don’t quite reach 80 degrees but the sun is bright enough to push our solar panels to produce lots of juice such is the power of the sun at high altitude.
We have budgeted two nights here with a drive through back roads Nebraska planned by the time these pictures post.
In a week we expect to be in Chicago. Van life: a study in contrasts.
2 comments:
Great pics!
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