Photogenic Lander

We spent a couple of relaxing days in Lander as we traveled south through Wyoming.  This small town, where we have been before, is very photogenic and has a very nice Safeway for shopping.

The old downtown buildings are well preserved.

I loved the name of this restaurant.

Look at the leaded windows in this restaurant.

All small towns had a movie theater, back in the day.  This one is still showing movies.

A creative sculptor made this bike and rider outside the local bike shop.

In a park at one end of town they have a series of bronze statues of a cowboy driving some cattle.

Here is a close-up of the cowboy, followed by a look at the colorful hat band he is wearing. I wonder who added that?

I am sure we will stay in Lander again, if we drive this route. Since this is at least the second time I have included these sculptures in a blog, I will skip them if we came here again.

Traveling South

Since Cody, Wyoming, the location of my last post, we have traveled over 700 miles south to Bayfield, Colorado. The trip took us 10 days, with stops in 4 campgrounds in Lander and Rawlins, Wyoming, and Meeker and Ridgway, Colorado. We have been pretty busy and haven't had great internet part of that journey, so I have a lot to catch up on.

We saw some beautiful western landscapes between Cody and Ridgway.

This is the Wind River Canyon north of Lander.

These electric lines along the road from Meeker to Ridgway create an interesting pattern.

This was the view just a little south of those electric lines.

In Lander we saw this creative statue.

I captured the full moon while in Meeker.

This is the White River, which ran around three sides of our campground in Meeker.