On to Cheyenne Wyoming

Leaving Chicago on a full plane we flew west to Denver. While I knew that the prairie was flat I had never seen it from the air.  I attempted to capture it from my window seat but the picture does not do it justice.  It seems that it is endless. I was amused to see the layout of the farms and fields change from squares and rectangles to circles as we neared Denver. From the sky it looked like some aliens had had their way with the land. We were also surprised that the mile high city did not seem to be any higher than Chicago.  we surmised that the prairie gradually rises up till it meets the Rocky mountains but we have not confirmed this fact.  Once in Denver we made our way to the modern day corral.  The Denver airport is huge and every care rental car in America must be represented.  We were fortunate enough to be helped by a airport official who saved us countless steps and sent us to the correct shuttle.  Our horses were ready, Homer fired up Gertie, his GPS, and we headed north to Cheyenne.

Cheyenne, is the capital of Wyoming and sits just a few miles past the border with Colorado.  The drive was easy.  The roads are all superhighways and the lowest speed limit was 55 in a construction zone! Despite being super highways were were able to see the country side.  Trees as we know them do not exist.  They have some pines that seem to grow in bunches and a few aspens that are not very tall. And even as we approach Cheyenne and start to see the mountains in the distance we could still see for miles in all directions.  We came across a heard of Buffalo and decided to explore further.   I asked Homer to run over and excite them a bit as most were laying down.  No but for a few drops it did not rain but a Wyoming state trooper staying in out hotel did tell me that tornado warnings had been issued. We explored Cheyenne and found the Capital to be very quaint and quiet. Just Like Albany!  The statute in front of the captial building is of the woman who obtained the right to vote for women in the Wyoming