Our Next Trip: Wyoming Roaming

Guernsey, WY has register cliff where thousands of pioneers carved their names or initial still visible, and wagon wheel ruts in the sandstone from thousands of wagons. Very unique.

magnusfide wrote:
Definitely had Snowy Range Pass on the list with Medicine Bow Peak on the list. Will check into the campground recommendation too.

One of the reasons we planned this trip was also to hit the prime rib buffet at the Irma Hotel in Cody. Herself wants to stay the night in the hotel too but it might bust the budget.

Great suggestions guys. Keep 'em coming! I'll go polish my western boots and dust off my Bozeman cowboy hat.

BTW. In Cody there is a rodeo I believe is held once or twice a week or maybe even daily. Wife likes the barrel racers. We always go when there.

lenr wrote:
Guernsey, WY has register cliff where thousands of pioneers carved their names or initial still visible, and wagon wheel ruts in the sandstone from thousands of wagons. Very unique.

I have heard there is a really nice State Park near there with good camping on a lake, we plan to check it out on our next trip. Called GUERNSEY STATE PARK.

Wyoming Roaming...love that!! Have a blast!!

Devils Tower in NE WY

Might also consider the area around Lander, near the Windriver Mountains. Sinks Canyon, about 6 miles out of town is a beautiful place with the Sinks, where the river disappears into a cavern and then reappears about 1/4 mile downstream into a pond that has many large fish in it that you can feed, just not fish for them. Then up the switchbacks over the loop road to South Pass and over to Atlantic City, Wyoming not New Jersey, and South Pass City, which was once considered for the Capital of the State. Then you can go out to the Red Desert, the largest un-fenced area in the country along with wonderful vistas and wild horses galore. Then full circle to the Sweetwater. While in the Red Desert you can see the remnants of the Morman, Pony Express, Oregon and other trails that brought thousands of folks from the east out west. Then, once back in Lander, you can take the highway north to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks and drop down to Cody for more wonderful sightseeing. Hope you have a great trip.

Ramp Digger wrote:

lenr wrote:
Guernsey, WY has register cliff where thousands of pioneers carved their names or initial still visible, and wagon wheel ruts in the sandstone from thousands of wagons. Very unique.

I have heard there is a really nice State Park near there with good camping on a lake, we plan to check it out on our next trip. Called GUERNSEY STATE PARK.

X2. Guernsey State Park is a wonderful place to stay. There are a dozen or so campgrounds around the lake, though the bigger ones will be on the west side of the lake. Others are only like 3-6 sites. Still, it's a great place. Was there last summer, it's surprisingly hilly there, thought it would be flatter than it actually is. There's sites available with W/E, and a dump station at the entrance. At the big CGs the best sites are indeed along the lake in the trees, for shade. These are no hookups. The W/E sites are further in from the lake and are in the open; it will be warm/hot during the summer, but does cool down nicely in the evening.

Register Cliffs is very impressive, all the names and dates from generations of visitors there. On the south end of the town of Gurensey. Also worth a visit is Fort Laramie Historical Park. Very well preserved and also worth spending several hours there.

jalichty wrote:
Might also consider the area around Lander, near the Windriver Mountains. Sinks Canyon, about 6 miles out of town is a beautiful place with the Sinks, where the river disappears into a cavern and then reappears about 1/4 mile downstream into a pond that has many large fish in it that you can feed, just not fish for them. Then up the switchbacks over the loop road to South Pass and over to Atlantic City, Wyoming not New Jersey, and South Pass City, which was once considered for the Capital of the State. Then you can go out to the Red Desert, the largest un-fenced area in the country along with wonderful vistas and wild horses galore. Then full circle to the Sweetwater. While in the Red Desert you can see the remnants of the Morman, Pony Express, Oregon and other trails that brought thousands of folks from the east out west. Then, once back in Lander, you can take the highway north to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks and drop down to Cody for more wonderful sightseeing. Hope you have a great trip.

Great plan: we've included it in our itinerary :C

Glad to hear that, really love our little town and it does have some interesting stuff around it.

If you need free dump stations, there's one at the visitor's center right at the WY/CO border south of Cheyenne off I-25, and there's also one ran by the town of Rock Springs a bit off I-80. I'm sure there's others, but we've used both of those :)