Cheyenne and Cheyenne

 I believe we left you walking westward on the Oregon trail. A noble thing to do but not really going where we needed to go.

 It was a short, easy drive down 71 to 80 then west to Cheyenne Wyoming. Yep back to Wyoming for a couple of days. Cheyenne is the capital of Wyoming, you knew that right? i did not but I digress. Cheyenne is home to Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, the "daddy of them all". Frontier days had come and gone but we did tour the museum. Mainly all things rodeo but that was fine for us. The little nightly rodeo in Cody had wet our whistle. Where the nightly rodeo was mainly young people, Cheyenne Frontier days is the major leagues. May try to return during Frontier days, might be fun.

 The "other" Cheyenne. Think of the movies "War Games" or "Stargate". Confused? How about NORAD? Cheyenne mountain is the location referred to in both those movies and and was the headquarters of NORAD. We are camped on the side of the mountain outside Colorado Springs. Just a short distance from where we are is the entrance to the mountain, after you go thru 25 ton nuclear bomb blast proof doors. Inside is a lot of stuff, including 3 story tall buildings. If it is anything like the missile silo we toured everything is supported on massive springs. That makes them impervious to earthquakes or ground tremors from blast.

 We will be here 4 days touring the Air Force academy among other places. We toured the Academy 20 plus years ago. I love the cadet's chapel, a beautiful place set against back drop of the foot hills.


LINK to travel map

 Fairly clear we are south bound. In looking forward I came across one of those oddities for Texas. I believe it was Rapid City I was using as starting point. It was closer Rapid City SD to Amarillo TX than Amarillo Tx to Edinburg TX. That can be discouraging.

 Should have pictures to share tomorrow


sitting at 6419 ft with a beautiful view across the plains to the east.


in Colorado, like Oregon and Washington, have to be careful what type "buds" i collect. You can get high in the high country...