August 7-9, 2017 Red Feather Lakes, Colorado to Laramie, Wyoming

We headed up to the Red Feather lakes to see the buddhist stupa that I have been wanting to see for sometime. It is pretty close to our campsite, not so close to town.

It is a 2/3 of a mile walk from the parking lot to the stupa at Shambhala mountain center. Flowers seen in the meadow. Some offerings left for the buddha on the way.

Cool bridge on the path. The stupa is beautiful. It took 14 years to be built by volunteers. It is built out of cement meant to last 1,000 years. There is a lot of really nice art outside and inside of it. 

The inside of the stupa. We also went on to Red Feather Lakes Village to buy some produce. Another rainy day. 

We are now camped at the Albany County Fairgrounds in Laramie, Wyo. Pretty rainy and chilly. We have been having problems with the fridge not lighting and  the propane alarm going off and shutting off propane to the bus. John had this mobile mechanic come to the bus and adjust the ignition gap. The fridge now lights, but the alarm keeps going off, John read the manual for it and it is actually going off because the alarm is malfunctioning. He ordered a new one to replace it with.

I am almost finished with the basket I made to go behind the sink in the bathroom. It looks great. That area needed some color. We started our tour of Laramie by going to the Lincoln monument. The first coast to coast road was owned by the Lincoln highway assoc. Later the railroad and I-80 were built on it. So the Lincoln monument. We also went to the Ames monument. It was built by the railroad to honor the Ames brothers whose company constructed the railroad in this area. It was the highest point of the coast to coast line and the Lincoln monument is the highest spot on the highway.

Yes we are in Wyoming. We stopped at forest information sign and were surrounded by mules. My husband the mule whisperer.

Then we went to Vedauwoo a recreation area with big rock formations, campgrounds and picnic areas. It is a popular area for rock climbers. It was also very green with lots of flowers and raining. 

Pentstamens, a balanced rock and tree between the rocks view from Vedauwoo. After that we went to the Wyoming Territorial Prison museum. It was built in 1872. There were lots of really good exhibits.

A view of one of the cell blocks from the guard cage and John in a cell. Below are photos from the exhibit on Butch Cassidy who was incarcerated there. All those western stories about him are true. Excellent exhibit.

Also at the museum was an old homestead and church. The church window had the church in the middle. The prisoners worked in the broom factory which still has the same old equipment in it and a convict making brooms. 

Part of the old wooden wall around the prison.  For dinner we went to the Altitude chophouse and brewery for a brew and fine dinner. John is standing by their hydroponic garden on the wall outside. 

Historic downtown is like walking back 100 years ago to the old west. Some signs, Palatium hair studio-must be for people like me with Platinum hair, the welcome to Wyoming sign, Spend time with us at the Territorial museum, Finck's overalls, Wear like a pigs nose, a mural in downtown, the sign for the Science on the Range exhibit which tells the history of the ag school in Laramie that was in the old prison buildings after it was decommissioned and one of the professors at the time was a professor of wool.