Left Cody this morning and stopped at Meetseeke at a quaint cafe called 'Lorraine's'. Walls covered in souvenier plates, the usual bottomless cup of mud and a constant stream of local characters having Sunday breakfast made for a memorable but slower start than usual for the day.
Driving on we passed through the beautiful Wind River Canyon, a seemingly endless descent through steep rocky walls with the railway on the other side of the river. Through several tunnels carved from the rock and finally at a dam and lake as the road heads back into scrubby plains.
Shoshoni looks like a bit of a ghost town as we pass through, but the 'Liars Club' bait and tackle shop gave us a laugh. The highway is long and straight across the prairies until we join the interstate at Casper (not a ghost town!) and eventually arrive in Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming, late on Sunday afternoon.
The place isn't exectly jumping and the storm that we had gone around on the plains soon came into town and dumped a cloud-full of rain, cutting short our exploration of the botanic gardens. We retreat to the western shop (Wrangler jeans for just $40 and every style of cowboy boot, shirt, belt or accessory you can name). After the rain stopped we walked through the historic part of town (did you know that Wyoming was the first state to give equal rights to women in 1869?) Then went to a character-filled bar and grill for a welcome meal before going to the hotel for the night.
Photos are of the storm on the prairie and a rock wall in Wind River Canyon. Tomorrow we are off to explore Rocky Mountain National Park, on the way to Denver ...
(well, just a small diversion :-)
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