Waterton Lakes Lodge Cheyenne

... sean updating she is busy. were fine though.

Update by Marcy: Ugh snow, who would have thought....since we are stuck, checked out the local sights, froze our butts off, hit a low of 10 degress, beat the record low of 19 degrees set in 1917...wow.

Well we crossed into Wyoming...welcome to Cheynne.

The snow is coming down, 18 degrees, already have 2 inches and more coming down. We are stranded argh!

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.

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 ...

We Just arrived at the KOA in Cheyenne, WY. It's a bit further north than we were planning on going, but the KOA that we were going to stay in, in Wellington CO, smelled super bad! We decided then and there that we would rather drive an extra 40 miles to stay somewhere that didn't smell like Horse/cow manure ...

... rental car and drive to Krakow, Poland, through Slovakia.
Oct. 9th-11th - Krakow, Poland with a trip to Auschwitz.
Oct. 12- Leave Krakow, drive through the Czech Republic to a small village outside Dresden, Germany. (Frankenstein, Germany- no kidding!)
Oct. 13 - Day trip by train to Prague, Czech.
Oct. 14- Drive to Bavaria, going through my family's stomping grounds of Arzberg, Germany.
Oct. 15- Day trips to where we want ...

It's hot and breezy here on the prairie and the thunder storms blow in and out with regularity - some accompanied by gigantic hailstones. Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) is in full swing. The riders all chant the mantra Git R' Done as the chutes open and they start the rides of their lives - competing for the top scores that win them the buckles that signify the best in their category.

Karen's husband Joe says ...

... known rodeos in the world. The town was preparing for Frontier Days to begin on Saturday, July 24, with pre-rodeo events going on around town well before then.

One end of the historic train depot at the southern edge of downtown is a railroad museum and the other end is a brew pub restaurant. We stopped in front of the museum long enough to snap some pictures of the giant artwork boots outside and the marble floor map of ...

... 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 ...

... on the web from other campers told us that local sheriffs patrolled but had simply nodded and left everyone alone. We decided to check out the truck stop just in case, having spent most of the day on almost deserted roads the cacophony that met us was rather a shock. This spot is at the crossroads of I-25 going N to S and the I-80 W to E so quite a crossroad. Every truck in America seemed to be there, the parking area was chock a block ...

... his heart!! I got up with him to see him off then I went back to bed. When I got up later that day I headed back to Wal-Mart, stocked up on things we needed to make the house a home instead of a bachelor pad and took some pictures around town. Since then all has been peaceful. Will has caught up on his sleep. Flash is back to his old, goofy self. As for me, I'm unpacking, setting up the house and cooking...yes, believe it, I'm cooking!! As they say, all's well that ends well don't ya know!!