Forest Park Campground, Greys River District
Layne Turner was raised in nearby Bedford, Wyoming and has camped and explored the Greys River area his entire life. His grandfather was the first person to man the Cabin Creek Fire Lookout and the Elk Mountain Fire Lookout and also helped build the original Greys River Road. Since he and Rosie married in 1977, they have camped up the Greys River Road for two weeks every summer, first with their three sons and now also sometimes with grand kids. The couple came on as Ambassadors for the 14-site Forest Park Campground in 2025 and return this summer.
“With my family history, the area is special to me,” Layne says. “I also like to fish the Greys River. It just feels like home to me.”
The friendships Rosie and Layne have made with campers make it feel even more like home. Last summer, a group from California invited the couple to their camp for cobbler the night before they started their trip back to California. “They gave us a thank you card,” Rosie says. “They’re supposed to come back this year.”
Other memorable people they met last summer include a woman running in the Wyoming Range 100 endurance run and a woman from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The latter didn’t stay in the campground but at a nearby dispersed camp site and was traveling from the Arizona-Mexico border to Canada with a pack train of four horses. “Meeting all these people makes it pretty neat,” Layne says.