We finished our visit to Laramie on Saturday with another great shooting experience and a hike through some beautiful country east of town. On the way, this pronghorn doe crossed the road in front of us with her twin fawns. The volunteer at the visitor center said it has been a very good year for wildlife because of all the rain they have had. This was one of many sets of twins we have seen this year.
The trail system off the Tie City Campground is extensive, beautiful and well-used. We saw other hikers, but on the morning we visited there were also a number of mountain bikers as well.
The trails were well-marked and clearly identified on a map…and it’s a good thing. There are so many of them that it would be easy to get disoriented and wind up going in circles or having to double back. We did just that after taking a wrong turn at the one unmarked trail intersection we found. It added about a mile-and-a-half to our hike, and we logged six miles instead of four. All our “dogs” were tired after that. It’s a beautiful area, though, and we’ll hike it again the next time we’re in the area.
The trails range from level stretches through meadows and sagebrush…
to relatively steep, rocky trails through heavy timber.
There are occasional streams where the dogs can cool off, and plenty of shade for John and me.
And, then there was the apparently easy trail through an aspen grove where the stump of a sapling caught my toe and sent me sprawling. Thankfully, I escaped with only a couple of small scrapes and a kink in my back. I'm grateful that God was watching over me, and He must have caught my camera as well, because it was undamaged.
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