Many Miles

This day started in Debouis, Wy. The Stage Coach Inn did not serve breakfast so we did Fathers day breakfast/cereal in the room. Last night we found the grave marker that is pictured here. It was next to the creek behind the motel. Look closely and you will see Jim Dandy was all dressed up and had no place to go. We drove south west through the Shoshone National Forest to a Indian reservation called Fort Washakie and after about an hour of searching we found the burial place of Sacajawea ( some say she is not really buried here). We then drove to the town of South Pass which is located of a dirt road off US 28. South Pass was the Gold Rush town that was created because of the Carrissa gold mine. Many of the old buildings form the late 1800's are still standing. The towns current population is 4. Yes, 04. In the winter time it is very hard to even get to this town because US 28 is closed due to snow. The wagon pic of Sarah and Christopher was taken near a mine shaft there. The Pcture of Brandon, Sarah and Christopher is in the town at the small river that runs through, you can see the wagon ruts in front of them. We then drove to Winter Park Colorado where we will stay the night. On the way here we drove through the Arapaho National Forrest. The pic of the skinny tall rock or Hoodoo was taken there. The total drive today was about 425 miles. We have drove over 6000 total miles so far. Hope that van really has unlimited mileage! Total times we think we have crossed the Continental divide is 12. Tomorrow Rocky Mtn National Park.

Here is a question we learned the answer to while in South Pass. What weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? Answer tomorrow.....