Day 10, Friday June 26, 2015
Start Rawlins Wyoming, mile 1619.5
End Rawlins Wyoming, mile 1619.5
When a long distance hiker lingers in town for a day and hikes no trail miles, that is a “zero” day, or taking a “zero”. Don’t judge me.
Downtown Rawlins is vintage and lively.
As zeroing tourist, I took a guided tour of the Wyoming Territorial Prison, now a museum and historic site.
Cell block A.
Cell accommodations.
Guard tower.
Gas chamber, infrequently used.
Tomorrow, , back on the trail, starting a section so arid the Oregon Trail routed around it.
Old prisons always strike me as creepy. Still dealing with lots of snow, eh?
K came up today to help celebrate H’s retirement with a small party. She told us you were making good progress and might be finished before the end of the month.
Do you have a catchy trail name like Giggles or Day-Glo? If not, I’m sure we can think one up for you. Ha!
Happy 4th!