Road Trip 2015 Colorado-Home

We left Steamboat Springs this morning. We will go to Craig, Colorado; Baggs, Wyoming; take I 80 East to Rawlins, Wyoming; then go north to Muddy Gap, and northwest to Riverton. We will spend the next several days with Shirley's brother Terry and wife Donna. This will complete the loop as we started from Riverton on our extended Road Trip.

From Steamboat Springs to Craig, we followed the Yampa River. The mountains changed to low hills and flat farm and ranch land.

The closer we got to Craig, the more arid the landscape.

Craig, Colorado is a community with a population or about 9,500. In the 1970's and early 80's the largest power generation plant in Colorado and several coal mines were constructed in the area.

Colorado highway 13 is the major highway from Craig to Baggs, Wyoming. Notice the lack of mountains (some little ones in the distance about 7,800 feet in elevation are almost in Utah).

This part of Colorado looks just like southern Wyoming.

Heading for Wyoming on CR 13

Almost to Baggs.

Not much to look at in this part of Wyoming between Baggs and Sweetwater Station. There are a lot of oil and natural gas wells.

Shirley and I have been in this part of Wyoming before, so we kinda blew like the Wyoming wind through this area. On an earlier road trip, we went to Independence Rock, Devil's Gate, the Sun Ranch which is near Martin's Cove, Martin's Cove, the Sixth Crossing of the Sweetwater, Split Rock and Rock Creek. My Grandmother's Grandfather (as a young man) was a member of the Willie Handcart Company which was stranded here. Several of my ancestors are buried in this area.

At Sweetwater Station, we headed for Sand Draw and on to Lander and Riverton.

Beaver Rim and the Wind River Range in the distance.

Entering Riverton, Wyoming.

We arrived in Riverton on Wednesday and left for home on Friday. This is a backtrack of the first part of our 2015 Road Trip from Riverton to Mackay.

Our Arco desert is a pretty sight.

Heading up the Big Lost River Valley. We will be home in Mackay in about 20 minutes. This has been a great adventure. We were gone for a month, traveled 6,665 miles; were in 21 states (22 if you count Idaho) and Washington D.C.

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