July 17, 2012 – Cheyenne KOA, Cheyenne, WY

We did about another 362 miles again today.  Looking at the map, we were expecting a drive through the mountains, but I guess we were in what they call the “high desert” since the elevation of Cheyenne is over 6,000 ft. and Laramie’s elevation was over 7,000 ft.   There were a couple of larger hills in the distance, noted as mountains on the map, reaching over 11,000 ft.  There were hills, but they were mostly rolling hills, really nothing very steep or rocky.  For the most part, the whole drive seemed fairly level with lots of sagebrush, row after row of large snow fences, several oil wells, a few oil refineries and an occasional antelope.

Rock piles and snow fence.