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July 23 Sunday Camp II
Camp of yesterday remains unbroken today. After breakfast drove over to the foot hills of the Medicine Bow Range and climbed to the top of one which is probably 8000 feet above the plane.
Here we found snow (about 10,000 ft above the sea) and had a grand view of the Laramie plains with St. James and Cooper Creek Lakes in plain view. Other lakes smaller ones could also be seen and in the far distance Laramie Peak stood up. Distance about 50 miles.
Laramie Plains is by no means a plain but is considerably cut up by gently rolling hills and rivers. It is a tree less tract but towards the mountains Cooper Creek and Red Creek bottoms are very green with small willows and other trees. The mountains are thickly wooded.