April 4 2024 Las Vegas
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Mon March 11 Day 1 Toronto to Fort Wayne
Tue Mar 12 Day 2 Fort Wayne to St. Louis
Mar 13 Day 3 St. Louis
Mar 14 Day 4 St. Louis MO to Tulsa OK
Mar 15 Day 5 Tulsa OK to Amarillo TX
Mar 16 Day 6 Amarillo TX to Gallup NM
Mar 17 Day 7 Gallup NM to Las Vegas NV
Mar 18 Day 8 Las Vegas
Mar 19-20 Day 9 - 10 Las Vegas
Mar 21 Day 11 Las Vegas
Mar 21 Day 11 Las Vegas Bellagio
Mar 22 Day 12 Las Vegas
Sat Mar 23 Day 13 Las Vegas Hockey
Mon Tue Mar 25 - 28 Day 15-18 Las Vegas see Weekly Recap Route 66 Coffee
Sat Mar 30 Day 20 Las Vegas see Weekly Recap Brioche
Wed Apr 3 Day 24 SLC UT to Cheyenne WY
Thu Apr 4 Day 25 Cheyenne WY to Grand Island NE
We were up around 8 and had the complimentary breakfast which actually included gluten free Udis muffins!
We drove into Cheyenne for some photos.
Lots of murals!
Monday Mural May 12
Monday Mural June 16
The three story red-painted brick building dominates a corner of Capitol Avenue by the train tracks. Home to some sort of retail outlet since its erection in 1892, the main building was joined with an adjacent former hotel sometime in the 1960s. (The upper floors of the main building itself were also formerly a hotel.) Together the two buildings give you about 13,000 square feet of ranchwear and Western clothing, hats, boots and accessories to choose from or just marvel at. How about a diamond-studded Stetson? Or Cruel Girl jeans? Carhartts? A leather jacket from Arello? Or maybe all you need is a good, old pair of Wranglers?
The sky-lit hat room has a selection of nearly 500 ranging in price from $12.99 to that $1,200 diamond-studded Stetson. The boot department has something for everyone too.
Lovely little sculptures dotted the corners.
The eight-foot-tall cowboy boots have been carefully painted by local artists to show the history of Cheyenne and Wyoming. These are at the rail depot.
Kwik break for us in Kimball.
Another "stretch our legs" on a gorgeous day in Ogallala NE.
Ogallala first gained fame as a terminus for cattle drives that traveled from Texas to the Union Pacific railhead located there. These trails are known as the Western or Great Western trails. The Union Pacific Railroad reached Ogallala on May 24, 1867. The city itself was not laid out until 1875 and not incorporated until 1884. The town's name comes from the Oglala Sioux tribe.
Ogallala first gained fame as a terminus for cattle drives that traveled from Texas to the Union Pacific railhead located there. These trails are known as the Western or Great Western trails. The Union Pacific Railroad reached Ogallala on May 24, 1867. The city itself was not laid out until 1875 and not incorporated until 1884. The town's name comes from the Oglala Sioux tribe.
The water tower looms over it all, painted in the same forest green, heralding what once was: “Cabela’s World Headquarters, City of Sidney.”
For 54 years, Cabela's made its home here, the economic juggernaut that kept the town growing while others shrunk. But in 2017, the sporting goods store sold for $5 billion to Bass Pro Shops – a takeover that at the time meant the staggering loss of about 2,000 jobs in this town of roughly 6,600 residents.
Our destination tonight, Grand Island NE.
The city’s name comes from an island in the nearby Platte River called La Grande Île (French: “Big Island”) by 18th-century French fur traders. Pawnee peoples were living in the area when the first Europeans arrived in the late 1700s. The island was a landmark for westward travelers on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails in the mid-1800s. A German settlement was established near the river in 1857, but it was moved to the present site, a few miles north, in 1866, in order to be on the Union Pacific Railroad, which was subsequently crossed by what is now the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line.
The city of Grand Island has developed as a trade, transportation, commercial, and health care centre for an agricultural area producing corn (maize), soybeans, alfalfa (lucerne), sorghum, cattle, and hogs. One of the first beet-sugar plants in the country was located there (1890–1964). Food processing, especially meatpacking, is a primary industry.
The city’s name comes from an island in the nearby Platte River called La Grande Île (French: “Big Island”) by 18th-century French fur traders. Pawnee peoples were living in the area when the first Europeans arrived in the late 1700s. The island was a landmark for westward travelers on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails in the mid-1800s. A German settlement was established near the river in 1857, but it was moved to the present site, a few miles north, in 1866, in order to be on the Union Pacific Railroad, which was subsequently crossed by what is now the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line.
The city of Grand Island has developed as a trade, transportation, commercial, and health care centre for an agricultural area producing corn (maize), soybeans, alfalfa (lucerne), sorghum, cattle, and hogs. One of the first beet-sugar plants in the country was located there (1890–1964). Food processing, especially meatpacking, is a primary industry.
We stayed in the Ramada.
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