Where the deer and the antelope play…

On Sunday, S and I decided to try and catch a glimpse of some of the famed Wyoming Antelope.

So we took a 15 mile cruise along Happy Jack Road…a two-lane, wide open highway running approximately 37 miles east/west between Laramie and Cheyenne (and parallel to the more traveled I-80).

Happy Jack meanders through high plains timberland

and an open plateau

with lots of fanciful looking rock formations

all under Wyoming’s bright blue…Big Sky.

They say Antelope poise high on the hills, which we weren’t lucky enough to see, but we have plenty of time and who can complain with such beautiful and unspoiled vistas…except for this.

We passed a dozen or so cars going and coming and an equal number of hikers and campers coming down from the hills, which we’ve heard offer great hiking, picnicking, boating and fishing.

I’m continually awed by the beauty that is Wyoming. To be sure, there are so many many more breathtaking and awesome places on earth…but with snow-capped mountains in the distance and (places like) Vedauwoo and Happy Jack a mere 10-15 minutes from our front door, it makes for a pretty awesome place to land.

And oh yeah…Sunday was a “peak” day...