Nebraska and Wyoming

We realize that this is a bad photo, but it was taken in the half light traveling 70 mph! We crossed the border into Wyoming at about 5:30 AM. There was sure a change in the country side once we left the Platte River valley. Things went from looking like fertile farm land to the windswept prairie of Wyoming. We also started seeing antelope everywhere, and of course there were far more ups and downs, which didn't help our gas mileage.

We made a stop at the Sierra Trading Post retail store in Cheyenne, but they would not have opened for a couple of hours (we experienced a time change in western Nebraska that I hadn't counted on). We had to settle for this photo. We have been buying from this catalog operation for almost 20 years now, so we needed to visit the shrine, there home office, in order to complete this trip. We similarly flew by Cabela's home base operation in Sidney, NE, because it was closed in the early morning hours.

We arrived at the Little America in the early afternoon and it is quite an oasis on the southwestern prairies of Wyoming. This is the original operation, and it shows some wear, but it is far better than anything else we encountered along our way.

Bubby was lured into their convenience store by the 50¢ soft-serve ice cream cones Little America started advertising at the Wyoming border. They were so good, she had to have two. She says they remind her of Wendy's frostie product.

Our room was very old school, but luxurious in a comfortable, well worn way. We had to rearrange some furnishings to play a little Five Crowns, and we realized that the lamps were all solid brass, and the furnishings, though covered on their flat surfaces in formica, were solid wood. They don't make this stuff like they used to.

Little America's major concession to modern times was this 31" flat panel, which Bubby thought was pretty cool. Great picture and it takes up very little space. Of course when you are at this oasis, there is nothing else around Little America has captured you and your dollar. We ate dinner in the dining room, and it was pretty good, Bubb had a California BLT (with avocado) and I had a really nice club sandwich with hand-carved turkey. We finished the evening with cards, phone calls to all y'all and a little TV.
Tomorrow we are expected in Provo at 9:00 AM.
Buboppy