We left Buffalo Wyoming on Oct. 4 at 9am driving south on I-25 towards Casper. At Casper we veered west on Hwy 220.  We stopped at Independence Rock which has been a local landmark for decades.  Early travelers would leave messages for others carved in the stone.  This rock is huge measuring a mile at its base.

Continuing west on WY 220 we connected with WY 789 and turned south towards Colorado staying the course all the way to Craig CO. Just before the Wyoming/Colorado border we encountered a big surprise.  20 cowboys were herding about 300 cattle along the side of the road. What do you do in the middle of no where next to a cattle drive?  Stop in the road and take pictures!  As you can see they used the entire road.

We said goodbye to Wyoming and hello to Colorado.

My brother Bruce had recommended this route to us and we’re sure glad we took it.  The road was great, no traffic, lots of great scenery and plenty of wildlife.  We spent the evening in Craig Colorado at the local Wal-Mart. We don’t do that often but when just passing through it makes for an easy safe place to stop over night.  We did notice a museum while driving through Craig and decided to check it out.  This was a great museum focusing on cowboys, gunfighters and weapons.  The museum was full of old west memorabilia from the surrounding area. What a treat and admission was free!

cowboy statue outside the Craig CO museum

Gloves worn by Buffalo Bill Cody

Small sample of the weapons on display

We left Craig the next morning with Moab Utah as the destination. In between Craig CO and Meeker CO we saw a mountain lion cross the road!  This is the second big cat I have seen in the wild.  The first one was in Michigan in Between Cadillac and Meesick.

About 1PM we pulled into Spanish Trails RV park in Moab Utah.  We quickly set up camp and went exploring.