Day 20- National Park Tour: Travel

Sunday July 24, 2016


We were able to eat the continental breakfast, pack up, and be on the road; with another adult in the car! It was super exciting to have someone else manage the map, and the kids, and the pictures out the car window. We drove north on 25 to 287 into Laramie. After stopping for lunch and another Walmart stop, we hopped onto 287 again from 80 and drove straight through to Dubois. As we neared the city, my cousin and I noticed the sky getting an odd color and foggy. It took a number of miles and noses sticking out the window to realize that it was a fire. Clearly a large one. It was right in front of us, between us and Grand Teton, our first destination. On the way, we were tracking all the points of interest as we drove by. In Dubois, we realized how smoky it had gotten so instead of going through Dubois and camping in the Shoshone National Forest, we backtracked a few miles and set up our tents at The Longhorn Ranch.


We got a campsite on the edge of the campground and we enjoyed pasta and wine for dinner. We had a nonverbal race where I set up our tent the fastest :) The smoke was intense all night!


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