Lakota Path Day 7 -8
Day 7
Forrt Laramie NHS - "The Crossroads of a Nation Moving West" - an Army post, a stop on the Oregon Trail and a Pony Exrpress waystation all in one. This is the Guard House which housed unruly soldiers with jail cells and solitary confinement 5 x 5 rooms in the basement for 3 x repeat offenders. ..and yes they were only fed bread and water.
The campers on the front porch of "Old Bedlum" the oldest standing building at Ft. Laramie and in the state of Wyoming. This building was used for many things the fort s headquarters and bachelor officer's quarters to name a few.
A western view of Guernsey Reservoir from our campground beach where we took a refreshing dip in the cool water.
An AW RollingCabin at Black Canyon Point one of our best campgrounds ever!.
A beautiful view of the sunset from our campground.
Day 8
Register Cliff a days travel via wagon from Ft. Laramie. This is where many of those who passed by wrote their names on the sandstone cliffs. Their names share a part of history with us today.
We walked in the Oregon Trail Ruts which are 4 feet deep in many places along the route. It is very hard to imagine how an ox-drawn wagon could get through and travel 12 miles a day in this rugged terrain.
We were stopped in our tracks when we went to visit Sunrise a local "ghost town" which was a bustling company owned mining town abandoned when the mine shut down in 1980.
Sunrise had it's own store, hospital, YMCA, church and schools...the ruins of a building.
A view of our campground from across the lake from Brimmer Point on top of Powell Mountain.
While enjoying a campfire and sharing our journal entries along came...
The "Real" Ranger Rick!
Forrt Laramie NHS - "The Crossroads of a Nation Moving West" - an Army post, a stop on the Oregon Trail and a Pony Exrpress waystation all in one. This is the Guard House which housed unruly soldiers with jail cells and solitary confinement 5 x 5 rooms in the basement for 3 x repeat offenders. ..and yes they were only fed bread and water.
The campers on the front porch of "Old Bedlum" the oldest standing building at Ft. Laramie and in the state of Wyoming. This building was used for many things the fort s headquarters and bachelor officer's quarters to name a few.
A western view of Guernsey Reservoir from our campground beach where we took a refreshing dip in the cool water.
An AW RollingCabin at Black Canyon Point one of our best campgrounds ever!.
A beautiful view of the sunset from our campground.
Day 8
Register Cliff a days travel via wagon from Ft. Laramie. This is where many of those who passed by wrote their names on the sandstone cliffs. Their names share a part of history with us today.
We walked in the Oregon Trail Ruts which are 4 feet deep in many places along the route. It is very hard to imagine how an ox-drawn wagon could get through and travel 12 miles a day in this rugged terrain.
We were stopped in our tracks when we went to visit Sunrise a local "ghost town" which was a bustling company owned mining town abandoned when the mine shut down in 1980.
Sunrise had it's own store, hospital, YMCA, church and schools...the ruins of a building.
A view of our campground from across the lake from Brimmer Point on top of Powell Mountain.
While enjoying a campfire and sharing our journal entries along came...
The "Real" Ranger Rick!
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