Camping in Vedauwoo and the Ames Monument
With the weather turning colder, Anna and I wanted to take advantage of the waning camping season by fitting in one last trip to Vedauwoo.
Regular readers may recognize that we make the occasional trip (see this post or this one) into this beautiful area of Wyoming for camping or hiking. Vedauwoo has beautiful unique terrain and is rarely overcrowded (as far as the primitive camping goes). It also feels like there are endless trails and places to explore.
On this trip, we brought the dogs (of course!) and found a secluded campsite among Vedauwoo’s Sherman Granite boulders. The wind was cold, but the dogs kept us warm at night. The next morning made for good leaf-peeping hike around the aspen.
While spending time in Vedauwoo is always a good time, part of the adventure of this trip was the drive back home! For some weird reason, we chose a different route than usual and ended up finding the Ames Monument, a weird pyramid-like structure in the middle of the plains that commemorates the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Remember kids: history is all around us! Take the time to find it.
