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Cottonwood Campground, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY

Cottonwood Creek Park from Dinosaur Trail, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY, May 2, 2011
Cottonwood Creek Park from Dinosaur Trail, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY, May 2, 2011

Cottonwood Campground is a Natrona County park with some shelters, a boat launch ramp, and some campsites with no services. There is a dramatic view of the reservoir from most sites.

Cottonwood Campground, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY

Nights I've camped here

Words Get in the Way

Research shows that language suppresses visual memory, This is called verbal overshadowing and is a well-established phenomenon .... For example, in one study people watched a short videotape of a bank robbery, then spent twenty minutes doing something unrelated. Then one group spent five minutes writing down everything they could remember about the bank robber's face, while the other group did an unrelated task.

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