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DAY ELEVEN – CHEYENNE, WY TO GREEN RIVER, WY
Last night we stayed at The Historic Plains Hotel. In the late 1800s the City of Cheyenne, was called “The Magic City of the Plains,” so it was only appropriate when a luxurious hotel opened in the year 1911, it called itself the “Plains Hotel.” The concept of the elegant hotel was born at the…
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DAY TEN – NORTH PLATTE, NE TO CHEYENNE, WY
I love researching trips… William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, is one of those people I thought I had filed correctly in my brain, and then I actually read about him and realize the story is way more complicated. Born in Iowa in 1846, he grew up on the Great Plains, and by…
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DAY FIVE – FORT WAYNE, IN TO JOLIET, IL
Last night was spent at The Bradley designed by Barbara Bradley Baekgaard … pause and think of where you know that name from … co-founder of Vera Bradley. The Bradley feels like someone took Midwestern charm, shook off the dust, and gave it a modern glow‑up. It’s right in the middle of downtown, and the…
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Reflections
That was some trip Mileage, Mayhem & Laundry At 134 miles more than Route 66, Hunter and I completed 2,412 miles on this trip. That’s a lot of road. And now, there’s just so much laundry. Everywhere I look is laundry. And I know I must reorganize the closet. Like seriously, I need a whole…
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Mighty Five +2 – Day Fifteen – Bozeman to Home
Well, it’s the last morning, and I don’t know if I’m sad that it’s over, happy to be going home, or just stunned that I actually did it — but those reflections will come later. After waking at Hilary’s (she and her boys had already absconded to one of their football games), Hunter and I…
