2012 New York Road Trip: 5 July (Day 3)

2012 New York Road Trip: 5 July (Day 3)

4:00AM Up and loaded the car and checked out

4:55AM Finished gassing up, bought a cinnamon crumb thingy from a sumptuous breakfast and hit the road.

6:20AM Crossed into Colorado.  I forgot just how many mountains there are in Colorado.  I ‘peaked’ at just over 12,000 feet.  It was interesting to see how small the Colorado River gets here – I could almost have walked across it in places.

10:53AM Crossed over into Wyoming.

12:09AM Went to the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne.  It was free – and actually pretty interesting.

12:49PM Went to the Frontier Days Old West Museum.  This is right next to where the big rodeo is held.  They charged $6.00.  Very poorly organized.  No map handed out.  All they did was point to a crude map that only had about 75% of the exhibits on it.  The lady pointed to blank spots on the table to indicate where the missing exhibits were.  The one thing I really enjoyed was all of the carriages and stage coaches.

I had a heck of a time getting back to the freeway.  I kept hitting streets that were barricaded off – the GPS would re-direct me. . .  to another closed street.  Finally found the freeway.

4:41PM I decided to dine at a Perkins.  I made three passes at where the GPS thought it was located.  I accidently found it – on the other side of the freeway – after giving up.  Big disappointment.  First they were out of turkey, then they were out of pot roast.  I settled for Chicken Fried Steak – very forgettable.

5:40PM It suddenly hit me that I left 7 or 8 shirts on hangers in Moab.  Argh!!!!  I pulled over a called – the person who answered did not seem to be over-burdened with intelligence.  She actually asked if I checked out on Thursday (today!) and what color the shirts were.  Finally told me I would have to call back in the morning.  After I checked in I called again and talked to someone else – she had the shirts and someone is sending them to Jenny via UPS on Friday.

Miles and miles and miles of fields in Nebraska.  I passed corn fields that were miles in width.  I would love to calculate how many corn stalks in just one of these fields. The scope of these farms is staggering.

7:00PM checked into the Holdrege Super 8.

Miles driven today: 779