One of those days you remember

So we took off full of pent up energy after being waylaid in Newcastle. We were ready to get back into the woods after our time in the hotel.

We headed up in the Wyoming Black Hills to find a dispersed place to camp. While Heading up the fire road we checked the weather…hmmm….severe thunderstorms and a slight chance of a tornado! No ridgetop with a view for us. We needed a secure place to set up before the storms hit in a few hours.

Looking, looking, looking, hmm there’s a spot just down that little slot canyon. It looks like a 4 wheeler may have left a trail just our size. Dropped the rover into 4 wheel low range and down we went into the little canyon. No problems dropping down to the site, but it wasn’t as flat as it looked from above. Surprise, surprise!

So, it’s hot down in this little canyon and when we went to jockey the Rover around the vapor lock reared it’s head for the first time since installing the famous Peach Can Vapor Lock Reduction Device (PCCVLRD) and the rover quit (PCCVLRD 2.0 is in the research and design phase, production to start shortly).

At least we were in a place safe from the approaching storm, but we wanted a secure place to set up and camp, not just ride out the storm.

Out comes the winch and 45 minutes later we had winched ourselves back out of the little canyon into a semi secure spot in a glade of ponderosa pines.
While using the winch to shift around bit I tried the starter and the Rover sprang to life

We jumped in and made a beeline down to the security of the little national park outside Sundance, WY.

Where we met some wonderful people.

We were given a pile of dry wood for out little woodstove.

Given a ride into town for groceries.

Given a nice lunch at the community center.

Lesson learned!

Free dispersed camping is great, but not when you are in a rush and racing a storm.

We would have missed out on a nice spot and great people!

Sorry, no pictures🤨