Flaming Gorge

Flaming Gorge, WY

06/19/19 – Traveled north to Flaming Gorge Nat Recreation Area to spend the night. We read on freecampsites.net that there was quite a bit of free dispersed camping along the shores of the Flaming Gorge reservoir. We turned off and headed across a rather barren landscape through a maze of numerous dirt roads that all lead down to various points along the shore, some passable and some not so much. We really did not know which of these roads to take and even if we could turn around but we took our chances and were momentarily stymied when we found ourselves on a high mesa overlooking the lake. There was a very steep incline that would have taken us down to the shore from there but I couldn’t see driving our little RV or Bobs trailer down it to the shoreline. We back tracked and started down another of the maze of dirt roads on one that looked more promising albeit very bumpy, when we fortunately met a gentleman out walking who directed us to a safer, flat, graded road that we were able to take down to the shoreline without incident. Whew! After some jockeying of rigs and making sure we would not sink in the soft soil we settled in. The scenery along the shore had a desolate beauty. The sun was hot but the wind was fierce and so we were not able to put up our awnings. We slathered on the sunscreen and spent the afternoon, taking walks and throwing the ball and/or stick for Sierra who’s main passion, besides food, is fetch. As night descended we were visited by more that a dozen ghostly apparitions gliding across the lake in front of our camp. It was almost too dark to make them out but they turned out to be a flock of white Pelicans. What a lovely way to end the evening. Thanks for stopping by!