{"id":1984,"date":"2015-10-16T08:10:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T14:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2019-03-16T13:47:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T19:47:59","slug":"kennaday-peak-wyoming-8-13-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=1984","title":{"rendered":"Kennaday Peak, Wyoming (8-13-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 5 of Lupe’s Summer of 2015 Dingo Vacation started out just great.\u00a0 The G6 wouldn’t start.\u00a0 It wouldn’t even try.\u00a0 It just clicked when turning the key.\u00a0 Other than that, it was another glorious morning in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming.\u00a0 It wasn’t long before kind people came along\u00a0willing to give\u00a0the G6 a jump start.\u00a0\u00a0The jump\u00a0fried the tire pressure detection system, but the G6 was running!<\/p>\n

Although the plan had been for Lupe to climb Kennaday Peak<\/a> (10,810 ft.)<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0near Saratoga, suddenly there was a new plan.\u00a0 Lupe was going to get a tour of Laramie, Wyoming!\u00a0 Lupe enjoyed the trip to Laramie on Hwy 130.\u00a0 Once out of the Medicine Bow Range, there were fields with cows to bark at.\u00a0 Lupe hadn’t seen cows for several days.\u00a0 She leaped up and down, back and forth, barking furiously the whole time.\u00a0 By the time Lupe reached Laramie, she needed a big drink of water.\u00a0 She panted happily and seemed quite satisfied with herself.<\/p>\n

SPHP found a Wal-Mart in Laramie on Grand Boulevard.\u00a0 Although they were busy and booked up, the Wal-Mart guys tested the G6’s battery almost right away.\u00a0 SPHP was fully prepared to buy a new one, but surprisingly, it tested just fine.\u00a0 The G6 seemed to start again fine, too.\u00a0 Hmm.\u00a0 Mechanical things just don’t fix themselves very often, but whatever.<\/p>\n

Somehow SPHP had forgotten to bring a can opener on the trip.\u00a0 Wal-Mart was a great place to buy one.\u00a0 It had been a long drive to Laramie just to buy a can opener, but it was all SPHP really accomplished in Laramie.\u00a0 After a picnic at a Kiwanis Park on the way out of town, Lupe headed back up into the Medicine Bow Range.\u00a0 The cows along\u00a0Hwy 130\u00a0were noisily assaulted by the crazed dingo once again.<\/p>\n

Back in the Medicine Bows, at the junction of USFS Roads No. 100 & 215, SPHP parked the G6 at\u00a0a dispersed camping spot.\u00a0 It was already 3:34 PM and 75\u00b0F out by the time Lupe and SPHP were ready to start up USFS Road No. 215, which goes all the way to the summit of Kennaday Peak.\u00a0 A sign warned that the 6 mile long road was narrow and steep.\u00a0 Before leaving the dispersed camping site, Lupe checked out Fish Creek and wetted down her barker again.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe enjoys a quick dip in\u00a0Fish Creek before starting out for Kennaday Peak on USFS Road No. 215.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the way to Kennaday Peak, USFS Road No. 215 wasn’t nearly so steep and narrow as the sign had warned.\u00a0 The G6 could have gone most of the way up with no problem, except that there were virtually no places to park anywhere along the road.\u00a0 The road did deteriorate substantially near the summit, but it still would have been a piece of cake for any high clearance vehicle.<\/p>\n

No. 215\u00a0went through a forest until it got very close to the barren summit area of Kennaday Peak.\u00a0 So there really wasn’t much to see along the way other than trees.\u00a0 There was a horse near Fish Creek at a sharp bend in the road where it crossed the creek fairly early on.\u00a0 Three ATV’s came along, the last one coming down the road with a black lab running in front of it for exercise.\u00a0 Other than that, Lupe and SPHP had the road completely to themselves the whole way up.\u00a0 Lupe ran in and out of the forest looking for squirrels, but there weren’t many.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The summit of Kennaday Peak from USFS Road No. 215.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once the road finally left the forest, things got more interesting.\u00a0 Now the terrific views could be seen.\u00a0 It was still a bit of a trek to the top, but soon Lupe was there.\u00a0 The lookout tower proved to be abandoned.\u00a0 It was all boarded up and had some junk stacked next to it.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The abandoned lookout tower on Kennaday Peak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>There were fabulous mountain views in all directions from Kennaday Peak.\u00a0 To the N was Elk Mountain<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(11,156 ft.)<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 To the E was Medicine Bow Peak<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(12,013 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Far to the NE was Laramie Peak<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(10,272 ft.)<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0On the S horizon were distant mountains that may have included Mt. Zirkel<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (12,180 ft.)<\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0And very far away on the NW horizon was a jagged line of mountains that may have been the Wind River range.\u00a0 The North Platte River valley to the S and SW was huge and impressive too.<\/p>\n

\"Elk<\/a>
Elk Mountain to the N of Kennaday Peak.\u00a0 There were huge views from Kennaday Peak, but lots of the mountains that could be seen were very far away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe had arrived at the summit of Kennaday Peak about an hour before sunset.\u00a0 There had been quite a few clouds around at first, but they started to dissipate as Lupe and SPHP enjoyed the views and waited together for the sun to go down.<\/p>\n

During the wait, SPHP noticed that many of the rocks on Kennaday Peak were quite rounded and there was a lot of sand.\u00a0 It looked like Kennaday Peak may have been a beach or underwater in ancient times.\u00a0 The incredible age of the world before Lupe and SPHP seemed impossible to truly comprehend.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe beautifully lit up by the sinking sun on Kennaday Peak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Day<\/a>
Day 5 of Lupe’s summer of 2015 Dingo Vacation fades from view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the 6 mile trek back down USFS Road No. 215\u00a0to the G6 was in darkness.\u00a0 Except for one ATV and one pickup truck that made brief appearances, Lupe and SPHP were alone.\u00a0 The horse was still near the sharp bend in the road where it crossed Fish Creek.\u00a0 In the darkness, SPHP couldn’t see it, though Lupe probably could.\u00a0 She seems to have excellent night vision.\u00a0 SPHP could hear that the horse was wearing a bell.\u00a0 At 10:37 PM (57\u00b0F), Lupe was back at the G6.\u00a0 Time for dinner and a snooze!<\/p>\n

\"Sunset<\/a>
Sunset from Kennaday Peak 8-13-15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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