Today was one of the longest drives we have taken in one day since June 2014. About 300 miles separates Sundance from Cheyenne, WY, and we were fortunate to get an early start for us – about 8:30 AM we pulled out of our site and took off south down WY-585. After about 30 miles, we connected with US-85 southbound to a town called Lusk. This road goes up to about 5600′ and drops to about 3300′ along the way.
Lusk is a nice little place with cute houses, good roads and one of the finest rest areas we have encountered. They had a playground for kiddies, picnic shelters with shade structures and really clean restrooms that we utilized fully. From Lusk, we headed west on US-20 to Douglas where we purchased inexpensive fuel and turned south on I-25. The weather started looking iffy as we continued south on I-25 but the terrain was gorgeous with bizarre rock formations strewn along the way.
The good driving weather went south and it started to rain, sometimes with considerable vigor, as we approached Cheyenne. We drove through Cheyenne and about 7 miles later came to our camping spot for the next two days at Terry Bison Ranch. We are about two miles north of the Colorado border.
According to our Good Sam Campground Directory this place is supposed to be an RV resort and the prices for camping here are relatively high ($40+ w/ the Good Sam discount). At first glance, it looks like the description might be highly optimistic because the place does not look too good; bad roads, tight camping spots and not too clean. Vegetation, except some trees, is nearly dead. Tomorrow I will be able to give a better report.