We left Craig just before checkout time with a full fresh water tank and everything else emptied. I had set Rock Springs, WY, as a modest goal. Under 200 miles. We needed groceries so we headed for the Walmart Supercenter on the west side of town. The AllStays app lists it as RV friendly and FreeCampsites.net says that the current policy is one night only. We'll see how it goes.
I had spent a lot of time in this town back in the late '70s at my previous job working in the field. In fact, if you look at the second picture, the hotel we stayed at all the time is right around where the Holiday Inn is. In fact, I used the laundromat in the parking lot and picked up some cotton shirts at the western shop next door. Back then, besides a Church's Chicken fast food place, that was about all there was around here. The four lane I-80 was still under construction and there used to be the best steak place in the country a few miles west of here. It isn't there any more. Now it's a large housing development and strip malls. Times change…
We used to live up the road a bit in Jeffery City it's a ghost town now, when we got there they had a population of 800, we watched it grow to a little over 5,000 three mile island happened and uranium took a big hit. we drove back and visited 5 years ago, changes happen fast in that area. Safe Travels
ReplyDeleteI did some work just south of Thermopolis and there was evidence of a lot of uranium exploration. Tons of drill holes and the clay registered on our Geiger counter.
DeleteYou carry a geiger counter!? Or did you mean, back when you worked south of Thermopolis?
ReplyDeleteBack when we were doing field work there.
DeleteEverything changes...not always for the better.
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