7/2/17 Sunday Lander, Wyoming

We got up this morning and packed up our tents into the back of the truck and got on the road.  We decided that it would save time to not cook breakfast and wash dishes at camp so we went into Custer and found a bakery/cafe.  The food was wonderful!  The girls each had sour dough pancakes, Dave had scrambled eggs and bacon and I had an egg and cheese sandwich.  The girls thought the slogan was hysterical for some reason: "You'll love our buns!"  We then drove to Lander.  At one point, we went through a town, Lost Springs, with a population of 4.  If we had moved in we would have doubled the population!  We drove past a lot of land with nothing on it and explained to the kids that this is why Charlie calls Wyoming the Big Empty.  Wyoming would contain about 18 Connecticuts and the population of Wyoming is only 550, 000!  We also passed a train with coal cars.  We counted 138 cars, which included 3 engines.  We stopped in Riverton for a quick lunch and then headed to Lander to Charlie and Barb's house.  Charlie's daughter, Heidi, son-in-law, Chris, and grandson, Jason are here this weekend also as it is Heidi's 30th class reunion.  We went with Charlie, Barb, and Jason to Sink's Canyon.  The water was really rushing down from the mountains!  We took the kids to a place where the water comes out after traveling underwater.  The trout hang out in one spot and you can buy fish food for a quarter and the girls loved feeding the fish.  The trout were very large and after seeing how much food they eat from the tourists, I can understand why.  Back at the house we sat around and talked for a while and then got ready for dinner.  We had pulled pork sandwiches, salad, and potato puffs.  Barb had made a chocolate bundt cake for dessert and everything was delicious.  The girls have written in their journals and we will do our reading soon so the girls can hit the sack.  I will put pictures up tomorrow.