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Travel Blogs from Laramie

Cowboys and Cowgirls.

A travel blog entry by alvrez

Another blue sky morning in Colorado. We were smart last night and set our alarms for 7am, so we managed to get up on time. Breakfast was pretty much the same as the last two
hotels, but it's free so who can complain? Went to the front desk to ask about the road over the Rocky Mountain National Park to Estes Park, whether it would be open …

The drive from Cheyenne to Laramie...

A travel blog entry by ecks-adventures

... semi off the side of the road - the trailer had split in half and the payload was everywhere in the snow.)

To top off our day, it started snowing again as we were going over Elk Mountain Pass, so we decided to stop in Rawlins and call it a day. Good move again - it's freezing cold out again and snowing west of Rawlins. Hope tomorrow brings more sun and a little warming.

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Rains on the US plains and MAN does the wind blows

A travel blog entry by sheridanbowman

... know the entire life of the Pony Express was only 18 months total? That's when the telegram took over ... the "help wanted" poster is included in my photos. A very cool place to stop and learn about the Oregon Trail, the Mormon emigration to Utah and life of the settlers. We made it all the way to Laramie, WY and had a great Chinese dinner before settling in ourselves! ...

Wyoming

A travel blog entry by tim_and_donna

... of 24 degrees and they told us today that tomorrow morning is supposed to be even colder. We did not get any pictures of the antelope, but we have a couple from the Wyoming Territorial prison here in Laramie. We walked the cold, cold mile from our campsite to this historic site which is most famous for one of its prisoners, Butch Cassidy. Very interesting tour of the prison and grounds.

Donna
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The little engine that could... and other stories

A travel blog entry by wheelerlj

... is very nicey-nicey, but probably unneccessary. In fact, ww thinks the additions speak more of 'tourist trap' than of honoring those portrayed... and notes that they're so sited as to block the view of the sculpture. Faagh!

Next we drove to Hill City to ride the steam train there. The adjacent SD railway museum is very interesting with quite a range of hardware and a lot of well-researched interpretive material. The train was a treat. The steam locomotive ...