While We Can, Part 1

Well, Charlotte and I are on spring break, and so we've been out on a couple occasions for some exploring.  On one of our trips earlier this week, we headed to Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge.  We were looking at a Google Map of Laramie, realized it was only about 15 minutes away, and so off we went!  As you can see, 15 minutes outside of Laramie is quite different from 15 minutes outside of our hometowns back East!

Anyway, a bit further down the dusty road, we arrived.

At first, it looked like we were going to be alone in some rugged, beautiful, and incredibly frigid terrain!

Happily, though, there was a lot going on out there on the high plains.  Charlotte spied this giant tumbleweed passing by (how much more Western can it get?!?)...

...I was in heaven as I found myself surrounded by literally thousands of cacti (a precarious heaven, though-those thorns are brutal!)...

...and tons of beautiful horned larks swooped around.

Best of all, though, we had noticed lots and lots of burrows throughout the refuge.  Pretty soon, the inhabitants started to pop out to survey the intruders!

All in all, Hutton Lake NWR is a pretty neat spot, and just goes to show us that we've got a lot of exploring left ahead!