Atlantic City Campground, Wyoming --> Fountain of Youth RV Park,  Thermopolis, Wyoming

July 09, 2004

	We left Atlantic City area and headed towards Thermopolis.  On the way there we passed a fabulous red canyon.
	As we got closer to Thermopolis it got warmer and warmer (we descended over 2000 feet getting down from the mountains or hills where the Atlantic City was). The ground started getting flatter until the cliffs surrounding Thermopolis appeared on the horizon.
	The way to Thermopolis followed a river but in some places the river valley was too skinny to fit the road so they had blasted tunnels into the rock. The cliffs were hot from the day´s sun (it was maybe around 4pm) and the air did not move in the river valley. It was sweltering hot in the bus.
	When we got to Thermopolis we were surprised to find that you can´t camp in their Hot Spring State Park. We went into the park anyway. It was so hot that it was hard to be. It did not help that we hadn´t showered the day before. We walked around in hopes that one of their mini water parks had a cheap admission and found a little public bathhouse where you could go and soak in the hot spring water for free. Even though it was really hot outside it was still really nice to soak in the natural hot tub. The added benefit was that we could shower both before and after going to the hot pool. The little building below is the public bathhouse with both in- and outdoor pool.
	Above are local red hills in the sunset. It was getting late so we went and found ourselves a campground. This was the first time we stayed in an RV park. It was nice regardless though. They had their own hot spring and a swimming pool and more importantly they had a laundry facility. We washed all our clothes. <-- David carrying our clothes to the laundry room, I follow with towels and detergent. One cool thing they had on this campground was the first camper that had gone around the world. The trailer was really cool!