Saratoga, WY

09. February 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Travel

While visiting our daughter and her family in Laramie, WY I took the opportunity to drive (about 1 1/2 hours) to Saratoga, WY to visit the hot spring pool there.  Saratoga is a small town of about 1,200 people.  The pool has been named “Hobo Pool”.  I”m not sure why because I haven”t seen any “Hobos” there on any of my visits.  The water temperature varies from about 106 degrees to 110 degrees F depending on how close you are to where the hot spring flows into the larger pool.  I was told that the pool remains free to the public because it was a condition imposed by the local American Indian tribe that donated it to the City.  The pool is about 30” square and is open 24 hours/day.  There is no fee nor life guard.  It”s really nice to sit in the hot water while the local temperature is below freezing.  The hot spring flows into the pool and out into the adjacent river (North Platte River).  I really enjoy visiting this pool – Pat does not like the sulfur smell.

White Winter

02. February 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Family

We are vacationing here in Laramie, Wyoming, visiting our daughter Mandy and family.  Early in January they had a horrific snowfall that hindered getting in and out of their driveway and street.  What you see in this picture is just leftover snow from that storm, (taken from their front porch).  Also in the picture is our grandson Brandon.  I”m sorry he is in the shade because he has the remnants of a black eye.  He said he got it by hitting a chair. (??) We are mainly relaxing and enjoying the grandchildren.  Doug, however, has decided he can”t resist the call of the hot springs in Saratoga , WY.  He even bought a new swimsuit for the trek.  (As you can imagine, it was hard to find a swimsuit in the dead of winter here, but he managed.)

We are watching the weather forecast to time our drive home.  We were thinking of staying until after the Super Bowl, but there may be a storm coming Monday along our route, so we are not sure yet.  One of the things we MUST do is go to Brittany”s gymnastics class to see what she is able to do since we were here in the summer.  We have been given strict orders about that.