Day 6 (Thursday, June 9, 2005), Sidney, Nebraska to Rock Springs, Wyoming

    

 

 

Morning at Camp Cabela's, at Sydney, Nebraska...

 

 

Inside the Sydney Cabela's... the world's foremost outfitter...

 

       

 

 

 

Sidney...

       

 

 

 

 

Western Nebraska...

 

     

 

 

Entering Wyoming...

 

 

Our Lady Of Peace Shrine, just west of the Wyoming / Nebraska border at Pine Bluffs, Wyoming...

 

     

 

 

 

Cheyenne, Wyoming...

       

 

       

 

       

 

       

 

Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a leavin' Cheyenne
Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a leavin' Cheyenne
I'm leavin' Cheyenne
I'm leavin' Cheyenne
Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a leavin' Cheyenne
 
O when I die
Take my saddle from the wall
Put it on my pony
Lead him out of his stall
Tie my bones to his back
Turn our faces to the west
And we'll ride the prairies
That we love the best
 
Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm a leavin' Cheyenne

 

 

 

 

 

Approaching the Sherman Summit...  Tree Rock, Wyoming...

 

     

 

 

Wyoming storms...

 

 

The Lincoln Highway Monument...

       

 

 

 

 

 

Laramie, Wyoming...

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

Proceeding on across Wyoming...

       

 

Crossing Medicine Bow River...

 

The Rockies' are all about...

 

Crossing the North Platte River...

 

Energy!

 

 

Rawlins, Wyoming...

 

       

 

 

 

The Western Continental Divide...

 

www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Oregontrail.html

 

At the Continental Divide I was about 40 miles below South Pass (where the Oregon and Mormon Trails crossed the crest of the Rocky Mountains). Instead of a narrow passageway with steep rugged sides across the great mountains, South Pass was a plateau of gradual ascent and decent; without the relatively easy grade of South Pass wagon travel over the continental divide would have been nearly impossible. The next time I pass through this part of Wyoming I'll trek to the north along the Sweetwater River and over South Pass proper...

 

I brought Bigfoot to a stop on the western side of the divide and walked around a bit. When I climbed back in I put the FM radio on scan. After a minute or so a station locked in long enough for Israel "Is" Kamakawiwo'ole's beautiful version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" to play. I just sat there and enjoyed being alive...

 

 

Late afternoon in Wyoming...

       

 

 

I put in for the evening outside of Rock Springs, Wyoming on the airport plateau...