Ten Sleep sign on gas station.
We left town without getting gas as 1) we still had half of a tank and 2) gas there is higher than in Buffalo. Somewhere just South of the Renner Wildlife Area, We saw a recently burned area. This is normal around here so we paid it no mind and kept going. Well, around the next bend we saw a fire crew and a Forrest Ranger. No big deal. We thought. We were wrong. As we passed him, he stared us down, trotted to his pickup, tossed his paperwork in, dropped it in gear and, headed our way. Somehow, I just knew we were about to have an "interaction".
I was right! Apparently, An older Suburban or Tahoe was last seen in the area before the fire started. Just to add to suspicion, I don't yet have tags on it. Just the paper in the windshield from the previous owner. After a brief Q & A session, he decided we weren't the culprits. At this point , the wife inquired about camping is the wildlife area and gas at Hyattville. He told us that better camping was at Medicine Lodge. and no gas at Hyattville. We told him we have just about 1/2 tank so we were not worried. Less than a mile after letting us go, I see that the fuel gauge is between 1/4 and E!!! So we were left to ponder, is it accurate now or closer to 1/2 tank? When out in Wyoming, you don't take that chance. We headed back to town to get expensive gas. I'm sure he was wondering what we were up to when we passed back by. As we headed back to town, the fuel gauge kept climbing back up to its rightful position. We took 17 gal of gas and headed back on our trip.
