Monday 7-7 part 2

On the way to Casper from Cheyenne, we went through an intense hailstorm. We pulled off the highway and watched ice balls up to an inch thundering down, some left dents on the hood!

We went to the Oregon Trail Ruts monument near Guernsey, Wyoming. We were awed to stand by actual ruts from the wagons of emigrants over 150 years ago, and thinking of those people and their experience. 

We also visited the nearby Register Cliff monument. This was about one days travel from Fort Laramie, so emigrants on the Oregon Trail would often make camp there. Many carved their names into the sandstone wall as a message to friends and family on the trail behind them. Unfortunately it's hard to find the old names as so many modern idiots have carved their names in the past 50 years. 

We spent the night at a motel in Casper where we also caught up on laundry. We also found a walmart to buy an air mattress so we can sleep better in the tent.