Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Trip West (Day 2)

   Day two.  Cold and cloudy in the morning.  39 degrees. Wind continued as we traveled west on
 I-80.   Sprinkles and showers until we crossed the pass between Cheyenne and Larame. 

    Spotted in Gothenburg, NE for gas.  Visited the Pony Express Museum.  Also found out that Frito Lay has a large plant in town.  Any corn chip west of the Mississippi has flavoring from Gothenburg.

We passed through Sidney, NE and noticed a building stating,  "World Headquarters of Cabelas"

    Traveling west on I-80 from Omaha to Sidney you are traveling from the Midwest to the West;  From farm land to ranch land;  From metropolitan to rural to nearly desserted. From Central Time to Mountain Time .

    I-80 in Wyoming involves long stretches of open road up and down.  Semi trucks are visible in the distance like clipper ships moving in lines across the landscape.

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