Martin's Cove Trip

For Labor Day, we decided to take a day trip up to Martin's Cove. (FYI it is not really "day trip" distance. I would suggest planning to spend at least one night up there to get anything out of it.) We also decided to stop at a couple other little historical stops on the way. We all had a lot of fun!

Our first stop was the Lincoln Highway Monument. It was at the Welcome Center as we were driving into Wyoming. Eric read all of the signs (of course). He even read the displays in the Welcome Center. It was a nice little stop (and it had some of the cleanest bathrooms for the whole trip). It was definitely a good place to get out and stretch. 

If you look really close, the kids are in this picture.

We traveled for a ways longer and longer and...well...we took an unintentional 2 hour detour. (Did you know there is more than one HWY 287 in Wyoming?) We did get back on track and stopped at our next stop, Fort Steele. It is just a little place just off of the highway and almost in ruins. The kids liked it, and there were signs that pointed to where things used to be and were the stuff that were still standing were. Again, Eric read every sign and really took in the information.

Then we went on to Martin's Cove. It was great! We pulled and rode in hand carts. Then we went through the visitors center and learned about pioneer life, followed by going through the museum buildings to learn more about the Mormon pioneers as well as the Sun family that owned the ranch the museum was now at. 

The last historical stop was at Fort Casper. We got there 20 minutes after it closed so we couldn't go into the museum, but we did get some pictures from the parking lot and played on the playground before our journey home. 

Does anyone know what this is? We didn't, but Sean took a lot of pictures of it.

We all had a great time. The kids are already talking about what they want to do when we go next year!