We pulled off onto a roadside rest to see if we could figure out what the problem was and to take pictures of the beautiful fall colors we were seeing. While I was snapping pictures, Deane was checking for our thump-thump sound. He found it..... the fender liner that sits under the fender, above the tire had ripped/broken and was partially hanging down. Deane got underneath the rig and started pulling and was finally able to maneuver a piece about 5' long, 3' across out around the back of the tire. No more thump-thump. We will have it replaced sometime down the road. 
We crossed into Wyoming and onto Interstate 80, and headed for Laramie. Thought we would stop there for the night and then spend another day relaxing and seeing what Laramie was all about.
Traveling through Wyoming on I-80 is interesting. Even though you are climbing up to about 7,000ft, it does not feel like it. These are wide open plains, and we saw buffalo and lots of antelope playing, but no deer.
Laramie was one of the towns on the Overland Trail that brought many immigrants from the east to the west. It received its named after the first white man to arrive in this area, a French Canadian mountain man, Jacques LaRamee. Laramie also lays claim to Thomas Edison being inspired while fly fishing in the area, to having come up with the idea of the filament lightbulb. Laramie was home to the first electrical plant in the Rocky Mountains and earned it the nickname of Gem City of the Plains.
This town is also known for is the Wyoming Territorial Prison, built in 1879 and claims as its most famous 'resident' Butch Cassidy. The prison was most noted for the brooms it made. All hand made by the prisoners. |
| Butch Cassidy |
