From pronghorns to rolling stones

 June 30, 2025

Crossroads RV Park site 8

Shoshoni, Wyoming

It is truly amazing to see all the changes in the landscape all within a two hundred mile distance.  Travel day from Kemmerer to Shoshoni Wyoming was scenic and enticed Momma to load up on more pictures.

If you zoom in and take a closer look in the pic above, you can spot one of the many pronghorn we saw grazing.

 If Momma hadn't fumbled the camera, she would have had a picture of the pronghorn standing right next to the highway rather than these far away shots.

The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in North America reaching speeds of 60 mph.  The one that zipped between us and Pam was moving fast and avoided a collision with Pam's vehicle.

The scenery began with grazing areas for pronghorns and their wildlife friends with numerous signs posted.

It was also open range grazing for cattle.

Now this was some nice green feed that the pronghorn were feasting on thanks to the irrigation system.

The roads we traveled were, for the most part, comfortable riding.  We came upon a long, monotonous stretch that could easily put one to sleep...and then we saw it.  The flashing yellow light that was stationary up head of us on the left side of the highway, stopped next to a dual tanker truck that had flipped the second tank it was towing on its side.  We have noticed many double tanker trucks on the roads this summer and they always seem to travel in pairs.  Sure enough, there was a second truck hauling two tanks parked on the right side of the road.  Now the unanswered question is, did the driver fall asleep on this monotonous section of highway or was wildlife the cause of the mishap?

And then the scenery changed once again as we approached Red Canyon and the drive took on some curves along with ups and downs.

Another scenery change as we passed by farmland with lots of hayfields....square bales of hay piled high.

with horse and cattle farms.

And another changing view along the way.

When we reached our final destination, Shoshoni, with a population of 495, Momma remembered why this is just a one night stay on the way to Cody.  

I LOVE the grass here

but Momma HATES the rock moat.

The gravel she can handle, but the larger rocks are tricky to walk on and they are surrounding our rig.

And then there are the two HUGE stones by the hook ups that make parking a strategic, planned event.

It's a park designed with side by side hook ups.

At least our steps reach over the stones, unlike our neighbors in the class A who have to step onto the stones from their steps.

If the stones were level, it wouldn't be such an issue.  All I have to say is, if I can put up with laying on the gravel at some of our stops, surely Momma can put up with the stone moat for a one night stay!  

Come on Dad, let's go play ball on this lush green ball field!

I'm Chloe