Monthly Archives: June 2010
Casper WY…
We left Gillette about 9:45 heading for Casper, WY about 185 miles away. All of the 3 other remaining coaches were leaving also.
The trip was smooth and pretty uneventful, which is good. We did see a lot of pronghorn antelope along the way, along with a lot of great scenery.
We arrived at Fort Caspar (Yes, that’s the way it was originally spelled) Campground and got set up.
Although it’s pretty plain, it is a Passport America park so it’s cheap. It’s also level, with good power and water pressure. All things considered, you can’t really ask for much more when you’re only staying one night.
The funny thing is that there are 3 other American coaches here from the rally we just left, including the one right next to us.
About 3 pm we headed out for a late lunch at Sanford’s Grub and Pub, just like Humphrey’s that we ate at the the other day in Gillette. They’re a small chain of about 9 restaurants here in WY, ND, and CO.
And they are really good. There’s another one in Rawlins, WY where we’ll be about lunchtime tomorrow, but it’s downtown, so we’ll have to see if we can find a parking space.
Tomorrow we’ll head out for Rock Springs, WY about 230 miles away where we’ll stay for one night at the Rock Springs KOA.
More tomorrow…
Last Day in Gillette…
Today is our last full day in Gillette, WY. Tomorrow we head south toward Draper, UT about 600 miles away. But as usual we’ll take 3 days to do it.
Tomorrow night we’ll stay in Casper WY, and the next night we’ll be in Rock Springs, WY. Then on Friday we’ll be in Draper, UT for a couple of days, visiting our friends, Pat & Judy Benson.
We met Pat & Benson in Fairbanks, AK two years ago when we were workcamping up there. They were working for Holland America at the time, and were parked right next to us.
About noon we drove into beautiful downtown Gillette to try out the China King Buffet. Every now and then it’s nice to be really surprised. Although the online reviews for the place were really good, you never know.
But in this case, the reviews were dead on. The food was great, the selection was awesome, and the price was fantastic. If I come up with a few more superlatives, I’ll let you know.
First, the food. Every dish we tried was delicious. One of the ways we rate a Chinese restaurant is the Hot & Sour Soup. And the soup here was as good as any I’ve had. I actually had a second bowl of it for dessert.
Second, the selection. They had sushi, Mongolian Grill, Hibachi Grill, boiled shrimp, crab legs, probably a dozen different types of chicken, eight flavors of scoop-it-your self hard ice cream, and much, much more. I think they have the largest selection of any Chinese buffet I’ve seen.
Third, the price. Back a week or so ago, after we left Westport, WA, we stopped at a Chinese buffet in Dupont, WA, about 15 miles outside Tacoma. It WAS good, although not as good as here. And it was $14.98 each for the buffet for a total of $35.20 with tax.
Our total today was $14.72. That’s $7.36 each, including drink and tax. You can’t beat that. I don’t know how they do it.
After lunch I stopped off at Walmart for a couple of things after dropping Jan at Fashion Bug. She was looking for a dress for Brandi’s upcoming wedding. The ACA Rally had given all the women a gift certificate for Fashion Bug and she wanted to take advantage of it. And luckily she found just what she wanted.
Speaking of weddings, here’s a couple of photos from Brandi’s bridal shower this past Sunday.
The first one is Brandi on the right and on the left, her BFF, Shawna, who threw the shower for her.
And here is Brandi and her niece/our granddaughter, Piper. It’s easy to see how they’ve been mistaken for sisters.
And here they are last July in New York City at Lombardi’s Pizza in SoHo, one of two places in NYC that claim to have originated pizza. Actually we liked the other one better, Grimaldi’s, down under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn.
Two real beauties!
Anyway, after we got back from lunch and errands, I went ahead and hitched up the truck for tomorrow since we didn’t plan on going out again.
As I said we’ll head out for Casper, WY tomorrow, about 185 miles away, on our way to Draper UT, just south of Salt Lake.
More then…
