One discovery that my wife and I made in Wyoming is the
Ayres Natural Bridge. Located about fifteen minutes west of Douglas and a short
distance from the Oregon Trail, the Ayres Natural Bridge is a stone arch that
spans LaPrele Creek. It’s a wonderful meditative spot where it is possible to
be bewitched by the rush of water passing underneath and by the reflections from
the water on the rock arch. The native tribes in the area believed that
something evil lived beneath the bridge and avoided the area for that reason. This place then became a kind of sanctuary for
those travelers on the Oregon trail.
