From Rawlins, Wyoming, we took a drive into the mountains, along the “Snowy Range Loop”. This is a 400+ mile loop which goes through Saratoga, Laramie and Medicine Bow. We only did about 1/3 of it, going only as far as an overlook of the Snowy Range and the Libby Flats. This took us up to 10,800 ft., a height we did not reach while in Alaska. Our highest heights in AK were below the 4000 ft. mark. We could definitely feel it when we exerted ourselves even a little bit to walk from the car to the overlooks. The Snowy Range itself was quite spectacular once the sun decided to come out. Part of our trip was accompanied by rain but, we did have some moments of sun, which we were able to take advantage of and get some nice photos. The Aspen trees in the mountains were quite a bright shade of yellow. We even ran into real cowboys doing a real cattle drive. They were moving the cows from their Summer to Winter pastures and they were moving right along the road.
It was a nice break from the driving to take a day and do a little sight seeing again.
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