Guernsey State Park

 Today we had intended to do some tubing on the North Platte River in Guernsey, Wyoming. We mad ethe drive west and arrived at the river to find it flowing swift and high. Probably not safe for a family tubing day. Instead, we opted to head over to Guernsey State Park to check it out and maybe float the tubes in the reservoir there. We paid our day entrance fee and decided to go check out the famous "Castle". It's a fancy picnic shelter that was built by the CCC in the 1930s. Along the way, we saw a sign for the Brimmer Point overlook and decided to check that out first. What a cool spot.

After our time at Brimmer Point we headed over the Castle. It was as interesting as advertised. I can only imagine all the hard work that went into building it.

We enjoyed the view from the Castle area for a bit, 

then decided to move on to the swimming beach. The swim beach was a pleasant place to go for a dip and relax in the tubes.

Maybe the most interesting thing about the beach though, was the large military cargo planes that practiced flying over us multiple times.

After a few hours at the beach, we packed up to head out. On the way out I spotted this old structure from the road and had to check it out.

Then we drove over to the museum. Unfortunately, it was closed. Still we enjoyed the outside. 

Finally, we checked out the dam spillway 

before heading out for our drive back home.