Heading north through an accident scene

We said our goodbyes to our Boondockers Welcome host and headed out around 9:00am. First stop was the town of Douglas, about 65 miles (104 kms) north.

We actually wanted to stay in Douglas... I had read about a city park where they allow three nights free camping and have a water and dump station. We stopped in to have a look. One other rig there, but a nice park. If we didn't need to put some more miles on, we would have stayed and visited the town. Another time.

I forgot to get a photo, but the park is located at GPS 42.762912, -105.39176

We stayed and did some computer stuff, had an early lunch, and continued north towards Gillette, Wyoming.

As we exited Douglas heading north on the 59, there was an electronic highway information sign warning of a "crash 27 miles ahead, expect delays". Well, we're in no rush and so we kept going.

On the way to Douglas, we were on the I-25 with a little bit of construction.

After that, the road was in great shape! 

Scenery along the way.

Wyoming.

Wyoming.

Now past Douglas, and on highway 59. Not much in the way of scenery. Lots of oil and gas work going on.

Eventually, we came to that accident scene.

 We were behind this dump truck, and brought to a stop.

I guess we had just missed the window of opportunity for traffic heading north. The dump truck ahead of us was brought to a stop and we couldn't see the accident scene very well, except for that pickup truck off to the right side. It seemed they were routing traffic on a dirt road around a lagoon of some kind off to the right.

We sat for about 15 minutes before the truck ahead began to move. But now, they had removed the orange cones and were letting us squeeze by without taking the detour.

Yikes.

Ouch!

While we sat there, we were thinking about how accidents like this happen on a perfectly straight stretch of road. Did one of the vehicles have a tire blowout and lost control? Did someone simply do something stupid? Talking on cell phone, checking for text messages? Did someone have a heart attack or pass out at the wheel? Who knows. One wrong move and many people's lives change.

We entered Gillette, Wyoming and stopped at the big Walmart Super Center to do some grocery shopping. 

There are no easy overnight spots in Gillette other than the busy Walmart on a busy street. No thanks. But, I did see from Google Streetview that the Gillette Airport has a decent sized parking lot, and so that's where we headed. It was along our route heading north, so it was an easy choice.

The parking lot was busier than expected, but it must be with mostly long term stays because we saw very few actual people. 

Managed to hook into an unsecured wifi coming from an auto body shop on the opposite side of the highway about a half a mile away using our new Winegard RV Internet Antenna

And it was totally quiet overnight with the exception of one small plane that took off in the early morning hours.

Yesterday's drive, 190 miles (304 kms).

Today, we're headed into Montana!

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