Fort Steele Rest Area, Wyoming I80

Fort Steele was a military fort to guard the railroad workers while they built a bridge over the North Platte River.  It also guarded the bridge after it was done as well as the local communities.  I thought the fort was at the rest area but actually it is a couple miles north.  Rest area is again accessed from both directions and is north of the freeway. 

 

Wyoming Point of Interest: Lone Tree or Tree Rock

In the center of the I80 is a place to stop as a point of interest.  It is between the eastbound and westbound lanes and is accessed from both sides of the freeway.  There is no restroom nor amenities, but it is an opportunity to see this tree growing out of a rock.  The original transcontinental railroad passed 50 feet from the tree and conductors would often stop to water the tree.  It is within visusal sight of the Vedauwoo rocks.    

Lyman Wyoming Rest Area, both East and Westbound.

 In Wyoming rest areas are usually accessible from both directions of travel.  This rest area is close to Wyoming.  The rest areas always have some notification regarding the local wildlife.  This rest area also has a memorial to Mormon pioneers.

Bitter Creek Rest Area, Wyoming

 The Bitter Creek Rest Area is on I-80 about 40 miles east of Rock Springs.  Westbound is currently open and east bound closed due to construction.  There is a wildlife bulletin--sage brush, a marker for the Dwight Eisenhower Highway.  There is a pet area, and many rocks.

Fossil Butte National Monument: Trip to Utah

 Fossil Buttes has many fossils, including a horse, lots of fish and birds.  It was the bottom of a lake.  However we didn't get to go into the visitor center becausde of the shutdown.  We did have a picnic and see lots of things around the visitor center

Diorama outside visitor center

The Long Ride: Iowa to Logan

Sunday after church, and then into Monday morning we did the long ride home to Cache Valley.  This was a drive all day kind of experience, with five drivers.  We did give out during the night for a couple hours, and the fog in Wyoming was terrible.  We started in Fairfield, and went through Des Moines, Omaha, and then stayed on the 80 through Nebraska and most of Wyoming, but cut north through Kemmerer and went around Bear Lake and through Logan Canyon.

Iowa State Capitol Building

Lincoln Memorial on I-80

Tranquil Bear Lake