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Wyoming, Why not?!?

Posted In: Everyday life — September 12, 2006 @ 12:31 pm — Peter

Over Labor Day weekend, we took a drive up through Ft. Collins and to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Our interest had been perked for a while now by Ft. Collins being awarded “Best Place to Live” by Money Magazine in 2006. Time was limited, so we stopped for lunch at Rainbow Resturant and took a stroll on the Colorado State University campus across the street. After walking off lunch, we drove around the city and found park for Amelia to play at before heading on the road. The park we landed it happened to be Fort Collin’s city park and had a fun miniature train that did a loop, complete with short tunnel. After a ride on the train and some time on the swings, we packed up the car and headed to Cheyenne.

The landscape towards Cheyenne was interesting. Lots of hills and spontaneous rock formations jutting out from the ground seemed to keep the areas around the highway from being farmland. After a few turnarounds and a 10 mile stretch in the wrong direction, we arrived in Cheyenne. I must say, I was impressed with how clean and nice the city seemed. I was expecting a dusty old cowboy town with nothing to offer curious “tourist” wandering up from Denver. We walked around the old train station and browsed the western wear shop. Unfortunately an infant-sized cowboy hat was nowhere to be found. We drove around for a while, saw the capital building, and came across Lions Park. Such a beautiful park, complete with free botanic garden, lake, and wooded walking trails. After spending an hour or so, we packed up to make it back to Denver at a decent hour.

Pictures from both Fort Collins and Cheyenne.

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