Today we got in the car to drive, but not nearly as far as we have been driving. Not to mention, it was broken up by some site seeing! We woke up and once again packed the car (which I must note that it gets packed differently each time we pack it!) and headed out. It took us longer to get out of the city because we had a "travel bug" that we wanted to plant in Torrington, where there were some caches with large containers. So, the first spot we tried was the Homesteaders museum. We spent about 30 minutes looking, but couldn't find it, and the flies were horrible, so we tried the second spot. This one was supposed to be a harder find, but we found success in only about 10 minutes! So very exciting! We even got to take another travel bug, which we hope to plant somewhere in California.
Next, marked our journey to see some Oregon Trail wagon ruts and Register Cliff. This is one of the neatest places to stop when exploring the Oregon Trail. There are so many different names and dates on Register Cliff that you just feel a part of history! It really comes to life when you are standing on the very same path that early pioneers once took! We even got to stand on the very path that the Oregon Trail wagons cut out of the rock over years of travel, that was cool!
After that, we went to Cheyenne, where we had lunch with my parents, Karissa, Gus, and George. It was a lot of fun! Gus and Karissa took us to the capital, the Governor's Mansion, and a famous tea house! On the way out of town, I even showed Jon where I went to school for kindergarten and first grade. . . and to my surprise. . . the school had been torn down and a new one was being built in its place! All those memories! Sniff Sniff!!!! I also showed him where we spent several summers at my Grandma and Grandpa's. I was kind of sad that we couldn't go and see my footprint in the cement, but he got the idea of the many memories that I have in Cheyenne.
We drove onward to Loveland, Colorado, where we spent the night.
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