Day 10 - Big Springs, NE to Rock Springs, WY

Today we will follow mostly interstate, driving 424 miles in 6 hours and 45 minutes, with three planned stops, a state park, a museum and a stagecoach station. (Click on any photo to enlarge)

We left our tiny home AirBnb and went back to Big Springs to take a look around.


Then, took a side trip to Julesburg, CO. Julie's nickname is Jules and it was fun to get a photo of her with the sign. 



Julesburg was a neat little town with an historic train station and the Pony Express used to go through. We found a nice place D & J Cafe to have breakfast.


On the road again, we headed on our next two hour journey to Crystal Lake Reservoir in Curt Gowdy State Park near Granite, WY. We ran in to snow and sleet and there were still plenty of snow drifts around. We canceled the hike and continued on, crossing the Continental Divide and the highest point on I-80 at 8640 feet above sea level. A Lincoln monument was there.


We spent some TIME at the Old Wyoming Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY. It was a really violent and brutal place; we missed the tour, but were able to look at many exhibits.


Then on to Point of Rocks Stagecoach Station on a backroad on the Overland Trail in Rock Springs. I think I made Julie a little nervous on this muddy, slick road. Luckily, it was only a short distance to the historic site. Though we were not far from the interstate, this was a desolate place.


We ended the day at Homewood Suites in Rock Springs, WY

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