Holy crap, the last two and a half hours have been busy ones. My buddy and neighbor had been planning a trip to Wyoming to go ATVing for a few months now. He originally invited me to go but I thought we were going to go to Canada instead. Given gas prices and other limiting factors we decided to not go to Canada and make a fishing trip closer to home, maybe two. At the time I declined the Wyoming trip.
But about 7:30 my neighbor got a call that his uncle, an older feller, had been having heart flutters. The doc said nothing serious but as the days drew closer for the trip he became more nervous and didn’t feel well. The decision was made for him not to go. I happened to be drinking beer in the neighbors garage and he hung up and asked me to go again knowing we’d canceled Canada. It took me about 15 minutes to get things situated to make sense and it was done. I just finished tearing the house apart looking for things. The ATV is in his garage on the charger greased and ready to go. Still hasn’t sunk in completely that I’m going yet. We’ll leave tomorrow night about 6pm and be back late on Tuesday. It’ll be a blast I’m sure but I do hate leaving the family behind that long.
So I think where we are headed is a place called Ten Sleep, maybe near abouts Buffalo. Camp is around 4000 feet and we’ll ride up to 8-9000′. I’m sure wishing I’d have reclutched my wheeler after sticking those huge [censored] Big Hornies on, but it should be fine. Anyone familiar with this area? What to expect for weather? Any tips? I’ll be packing in my Ruger Mark I for close range rodents and plinking as well as a short rod and reel for trout in some high country lakes.
Whew, I better try and sleep. It’s supposed to be about 17 hours to drive!