Tonight we are on Tornado watch. The weather channel showed a small tornado in a location we traveled through this morning in Wyoming. We didn't even have rain when we came through. We are spending the night in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Leaving Casper/Evansville,WY, we did have on our rain gear as we had a small rain shower as we were leaving at 9:00am with temp in 40's but we drove out of the rain and cloudy weather traveling on Rt 15 South then Rt 26. We stopped in Guernsey and visited the Oregon Trail Ruts site where the wagon train wheels wore ruts over the sandstone ledges, it was amazing how deep the ruts were. We saw our first rattlesnake here.
Then we visited Fort Laramie National Historic Site. Now if you ever go to Fort Laramie you must eat at FLAG (Fort Laramie American Grill). Lunch was great and the owners: Donna and Sandy Jankewicz are originally from South Boston. And Sandy loves to talk to the patrons. Then again it is the only restaurant in Fort Laramie, population 205 and we met 6 of the residents in the restaurant having lunch.
FACTOID: We learned at lunch that Wyoming coal is cleaner as it has no sulfuric acid
because it was never in salt water only fresh water. Hundreds of coal trains go through the area.
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I noticed that you have mentioned meeting any
ReplyDeleteNative American Navaho, Chyenne, Souix or others
in your travels: Maybe these are still to come!
I loved the Covered Wagon Ruts; how the hell did
they ever get through that part of country!! Must
have been real tough dudes and families like you
and Ken! Bye for now this week 80's in NE JLQ
I agree with StormJib09 about the wagon ruts! They are so deep! Do they serve venison and bison in the FLAG restaurant? Is Fort Laramie where Dances with Wolves was supposed to have taken place? Interesting. xo
ReplyDeleteKen thinks Dances with Wolves was in South Dakota.
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