Trip - Day 2

July 14, 2017

After spending the night in Ft. Collins, Colorado, we picked up route 287 to go to Laramie https://www.cityoflaramie.org/, then Lander, and eventually to Riverton http://www.rivertonwy.gov/ Wyoming.

The traffic signs in Wyoming and Colorado are frustrating.  There is not much notice coming up on a turn, so it is hard to slow down and decide what to do.  And, unlike in Texas, after the turn, there is not another sign assuring the driver of where he or she is going.  So, we came upon an intersection that had 5 choices, including the road we were on.  I wanted to go straight, my traveling companion said left, and we tried both without success, but discovered we just needed to reverse our direction, and we were on our way. While this cost us probably 20 minutes we were able to see a beautiful part of Fort Collins that we would not otherwise have seen, including Colorado State University https://www.colostate.edu/.  

We did well after that, getting to Laramie , Wyoming about lunch time.  We ate at Penny’s Diner,

which was really an old timey Airstream diner with booths, counters and tables. The cook was a genius in motion, with no apparent unnecessary actions.  It was a joy to watch.

We drove to Lander, Wyoming http://landerwyoming.org/, again mostly seeing antelope mixed in with the livestock.  I started picking them out better.

At Lander, we took a brief tour of the Museum of the American West http://museumoftheamericanwest.com/, which was a mixture of old, very small houses, and other buildings. It was fun.  The person manning the office was a Job Corp attendee stationed out of Riverton, Wyoming.  We moved on to Riverton, where we stayed for the night. We found an interesting Mexican food restaurant, The Depot.  We had a good time. We learned there was a classic car parade and show that weekend, and a street dance that night.  But we did not attend.

I screwed up.  I let my traveling companion use my computer to try to sign onto her Hotmail account, and she could not do it.  I yelled at her, because I was giving her instructions, and I thought she was ignoring them. She became upset and decided she did not need to check her email.  I do not blame her; no one needs to be yelled at.  I apologized, and we were better. 

We stayed in a small Super 8.  It was adequate for our needs. However, late in the evening, someone walked into our room. Partly our fault: we did not lock the deadbolt and put the chain on.  We screamed, and that person left.  We tried to call the management but the phone was not working.  My traveling companion called the desk on her cell phone. The manager on duty said the intruder was an employee, and the manager would come up to fix the phone.  He explained that the system was down, and he sent an employee to check room status, but with instructions to knock loudly before entering. He assured us we were okay, and he fixed the phone. It did not feel great.