2010 - July 28 (Day 43) Rawlins, WY to Ogallala, NE

We left Rawlins in search of a "resort" type campground in which to spent a couple of nights. Stayed on I-80 all day except for a 40 mile cruise on Wyoming route 210. We stopped at a rest area/information center and, as it turned out, it included a monument to Abe Lincoln for his idea to build a trans american highway. It was originally called the Lincoln Highway, but numbered U.S. 30. As you can tell, the monument is pretty impressive. At the rest stop, the attendant suggested we take route 210 and stop at Curt Goudy State Park. We did. See picture.

We jumped back on I-80 a couple of miles west of Cheyenne and found a rest stop just across the Nebraska border where we ate lunch. One of the POI records I had downloaded into the GPS said there was a Corps. of Engineers campground on Lake McConaughy, so we set the course and arrived at the lake at about 4:00. It took us until about 4:40 to figure out that Lucy (our GPS) was lost! A stop at the visitor center revealed that there is no Corps. of Engineers campground here. So we bought a day pass for $4.00 and found an electric site at Little Thunder, one of the many campgrounds around the lake. Nice site but it ain't no resort!

When we bought groceries in Rexburg, we bought a couple of Flat Iron steaks at the recommendation of one of the meat cutters. He said it was probably the best steak for the money. We grilled the steaks and had potatoes and salad for dinner. The meat cutter was right. Flat Iron steaks will be on our shopping list from now on!

We took a short walk along the lake shore after dinner. The water is pretty high, as you can see in the pictures. The guy at the visitor center said most of the water in the lake is snow melt from Wyoming.
No Internet here, so I'll post this when I can.

Later.