Holiday Inn Cheyenne-I-80, Wy

so they closed i 80 last night and it was closed for most of today but we decided to stay today.. there is supposed to be more snow tonight. peapod played in the snow some today. he wanted to go skiing but we couldnt find anything to use. this is marcys ...

Well we crossed into Wyoming...welcome to Cheynne.<br><br>The snow is coming down, 18 degrees, already have 2 inches and more coming down. We are stranded argh!<br><br>Total by morning 11 inches, I-80 and I-25 are closed. Finally found a room around 2am. We only moved at abou 25-30 mph on the interstate before we got off the road.

I admit it, today I did not take the scenic route. I stayed on the Interstate the entire day. And ate fast-food too. <br><br>Wyoming is WINDY! Living in Portland most of the year, I frequently take trips out through the Columbia Gorge, one of the most consistently windy places in the country, and considered my ...

... br><br>We had a great day in Boulder and we are SUPPER HAPPY it be back in the van, Home Sweet Home! <br><br>Were going to see a few more places in Wyoming, on the east side of the state, then make it to the Badlands and Mt. Rushmore of South Dakota.<br><br>Till tomorrow,<br>Jess and Nic<br><br><br> <br> <br>

... Vienna... who knows?<br>Oct. 16 - Drive along Danube again, possibly take a riverboat ride before arriving back in Budapest.<br>Oct. 17th - FLY HOME!<br><br>We hope you will watch our trip as it unfolds. This is the easiest way for us to keep you all informed and let you enjoy the excitement and the beauty as we see it! We will have our laptop with us and every apartment we are staying in has wireless! Hope you all enjoy this! Happy Travels everyone!

... showing paniolos at work from then and now, and several photos of the three during there time in Cheyenne and at their return celebrations.<br><br>Unfortunately, we weren't able to stay the extra two weeks to see the rodeo itself. This has been one of Jim's dream destination spots for most of his life, but maybe some year in the last week of July...<br><br>Late in the afternoon we headed south through Ft. Collins, CO toward Denver.<br><br>

... Along the way we see about six antelope in one spot. Papa says it is unusual to see them so close to Rapid City. They are fun to watch. The area we drive through is farmland and beautiful with yellow wild flowers growing all over the hills. We drive through Hot Springs to see the town. (In Hot Springs, warm water gushes from many mineral springs. The warm water flows all year long with a waterfall in the middle of town.) Papa says ...

... some body parts through. As you can see in the picture, I jam my upper body through it (if I didn't fit, you would have seen a boy in this picture!) and I take a screw driver and jimmy the latch until I can pry it open. Once I get that, we can't just let it latch again so I take apart the lock and duct tape the remaining parts to keeping them together. Latest crisis solved...

So I'm still sitting here in Cheyenne, but at least now I can say that I have added hiking in the local ranges to my list of activities here. Unfortunately I still get up every morning and go to work only to be told that we should call back later for a status update! After two weeks that gets really frustrating. Thankfully I can say that I am able to entertain myself here and that ...

... saying my goodbye to Molly as she headed North to Gillette. Grandma pulled together a wonderful breakfast that Leslie barely made it out of bed to enjoy. After cleaning up, Cori showed us all a slide show of her pictures for Japan -camp that were too cool. Her recent trips really get me excited to experience Asia. We then had to pack up and head down to Fort Collins to visit our other Grandma (GB). Where we had a nice drive around town talking about what ...