Independence Rock,

Alcova, WY

Sept. 13, 2010

On our way home from SLC we stopped

at Independence Rock. About 1/2 million Emigrants

from the East traveling on the Oregon Trial

passed this rock by foot or wagon in

the early to mid 1800's. By the time most

of the travelers reached this rock during their

journey it was around the 4th of July. This was

when the rest of the country was celebrating their

independence, so they thought it was very appropriate

to name it Independence Rock. A lot of the Emigrants

inscribed their name on the rock and they date they

arrived there.

At this point of our trip home we'd been in the car

for 4 hours straight. We only had 1 more hour until

we would be home, but we all needed a little break

from the car. Addie and Trey were so happy to

be out of their seats and able to run!

We walked about 1/2 way around the rock then
decided to hike all the way to up the top. We had a
great view from the top.


Our view from the top
Clockwise:
North view, East view, South view, West view


Some of Wyoming's wildlife and landscape.
We saw A LOT of cottontails and Pronghorn
while visiting Independence Rock.