Camping at Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area
We had an outstanding stay at Sibley Lake, now it's time to move on.
It appears Larry has fixed our refrigerator. We have been running it via propane for many days, including four days at an elevation of 8000 feet and it has not failed once.
We had also been without cell / internet service for the past four days.
A rain storm came in late last night about 11:00 and stayed until early morning 6:30. Larry was already up when it stopped. I crawled out of bed about 7:00. I got dressed and made waffles for breakfast. After breakfast we put things away and secured. The campground road was a little soft but we still decided to leave. We were on the road at 8:00.
Our first destination was Sheridan Wyoming, which was 41 miles from Sibley Lake. After getting out of the campground we got on the two lane curvy mountain road. Larry said it didn't seem as bad as it was coming up. He drove down the 20 miles of mountain road. It was a gorgeous ride with outstanding vistas of the Bighorn Mountain. Once on the bottom we were on a two lane highway. As we drove we saw a lot of cattle ranches. We saw cattle and horses. The ranchers were irrigating their fields. We drove through a few small towns. Larry got on an interstate about 15 miles before Sheridan.
When we got to Sheridan we stopped at the local Community YMCA to take a shower. It was very nice and bright. Diane took care of us. They had a new system and it wasn't cooperating with her so she took our information to put in the system when it got up. She said because the system wasn't working our showers were free. They were suppose to be $2.00 a piece. She said we could either use the family showers or the ladies and gentlemen showers. We decided on the family shower. It was a big room with a shower, sink, bench to sit on, toilet and hooks to hang your stuff on. In the shower they had soap for you to use. The shower allowed you to adjust the water temperature. We had a great shower.
Next stop was at Wash Yer Wooleys to do laundry. We have been on the road for three weeks so it was time to do laundry. It was located in a strip mall and had a big parking lot. The laundry had a lot of machines, some were top loaders, some were front loaders and big load machines. The ladies who worked there were very helpful. I forgot to put the laundry detergent in one of the machines, one of the ladies tried to stop the machine. When she couldn't she got some liquid detergent and put it in the machine. We thanked her. I was disappointed in the dyers because they didn't get our clothes completely dry in 35 minutes. Overall I had a great experience.
Last stop was Walmart to do a little grocery shopping. The store had wide aisles and was setup very well. It had a lot of self checkout stations.
After putting the groceries away we went to a Wyoming rest area that had a free dump. While Larry dumped the tanks I went in the welcome center and got a Wyoming map. When the tanks were done we were back on the road. Our final destination was Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area, 31 miles from Sheridan.
Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area County Park is a beautiful park with a big reservoir (Lake DeSmet). It has 8 electrical sites for $20 a night and over 60 non-electric sites for $15 a night. It has 2 boat ramps, volleyball court, Horseshoe pits, picnic area by the beach, 4 vault toilet restrooms and a playground. The sites have a picnic table and a fire ring. Some of the sites picnic tables are covered. It's an honor system to pay.
We got to Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area at 3:00 and had no problem finding a site. All the electric sites were taken. Our site was very level and it looked over Lake DeSmet. After setting the Minnie up we relaxed. Larry looked out the window and told me to look. We saw four Pronghorns right behind the Minnie. They didn't stay long.
A riverboat
The playground
The campground from on top of a hill
A front came through about 3:30 and didn't last long. It had heavy wind and a steady rain, it lasted about a half hour. The wind was out of the north so it cooled things off and made the lake rough with whitecaps.
We had internet so Larry did some research to see where we're going next. He got caught up on his e-mail and Facebook. While Larry did this I walked around the campground for an hour. Then I stepped in place to get my 17,000 steps. This put me in 1st place in my group.
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