Roadtrip Day 2: Colorado & Wyoming

Today was a pretty damn boring drive. We covered the entire states of Colorado and Wyoming from south to north.

Today’s route:

25 from Trinidad, Colorado to Buffalo, Wyoming (600 miles)
90 from Buffalo to Sheridan, Wyoming (30 miles)

As we were leaving Trinidad, I noticed that it has a Stargate!

That 600 mile stretch from Trinidad to Buffalo was, nearly without exception, unendingly boring.

Outside of Colorado Springs we drove past Pike’s Peak, but we weren’t sure exactly which one it was in the mountain range because nothing looked impressive or terribly peaky and we kind of thought it was supposed to be rather pointy. I called Doc a bit later to express my disappointment in Mr. Pike and his so-called “peak,” and he said that when you’re travelling across America at 25 miles a day on horseback, after going through Kansas you tend to be easily impressed.

The most interesting event of the day was the windstorm that blew through as we were standing outside the Loaf ‘N Jug gas station in Casper, Wyoming (seriously, it was called the Loaf ‘N Jug, how awesome is that?!), trying to get the dog to pee. The gust slammed into us and then a cloud of dirt and gravel came roaring in without warning. We ran for the car, dirt in our eyes and stinging the backs of our legs and arms. We waited until it subsided a little before getting back on the highway, but the muddy rain made it hard to see for a while.

Tonight we are staying at the Mill Inn in Sheridan, Wyoming. It is an old flour mill converted into motel rooms, very nicely decorated with Old West art, wooden furniture, track lighting, and Starbucks coffee in the room. Instead of going out for dinner, we bought cheese and crackers and fruit and snow peas at a grocery store, and looked in vain for some place to buy wine.

Tilly and Tigger are doing really well. Tigger has had some intestinal upsets in her carrier, but once you let her out to roam around the backseat, she does fine. I think the carrier makes her nervous. She loves being in the motel rooms, she just wanders a bit and then curls up on the bed and goes right to sleep.

I have some photos of the hotel but it is late, we are getting up at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow, and I will just post them tomorrow instead.