Why, Oh Wyoming?

TOP: WY state capital dome in Cheyenne

2nd: Who's got the big feet now???

3rd: Welcome to Cheyenne sign

4th: Cheyenne rebuilt train station

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We left our beloved Leadville this morning and headed up to Cheyenne Wyoming. Not really sure why, other than the fact that it was on the way to...OK, it really wasn't on the way to anywhere. I just had it in my head to go there. Heck, anywhere that's good enough for Dick Cheney is good enough for me.

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WY is a split state; the west side has allmost all the cool stuff...Grand Tetons, Jackson, Yellowstone...while the east side has...Cheyenne, boringly flat plains, energy plants, and grass. Man, did they get a bum wrap. But, such is geography.

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Cheyenne was a nice, small town, but nothing to write home about. They had rehab'd the main train station into a brew pub/tourist stop. When we stopped for lunch, we were the only ones there...not a lot of tourists in this area I guess. The state capital dome dominated the main street; since there was no hills, you could see it from miles away.

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But, the one cool thing was definitely "the boots". Now as we've travelled around, many cities had ceramic "things" around their sidewalks...horses, cows, pigs, etc. Cheyenne, in true midwest fashion, choose cowboy boots. There were dozens of them around town, and they were actually quite cool, and a nice diversion from cows and pigs. Brightly colored, they all told a story...some were for schools, some politicians ("the governor's boot"), some significant historical events. Nice touch.

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Although we had planned to overnight here, after about an hour of sightseeing we had done the whole town, so decided to drive on to Gillette. Hereafter known as "Gillette, the town the made Cheyenne look exciting". The only interesting thing there was the tornado that came through town while we were sleeping...just another everyday occurrence to the townfolk however. "Do you want some cream with your coffee...oh, and did you see the twister last night...only a class 3...must be the weather is easing up this spring". That was the diner talk...

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"Why am I here again" Lumpy out