Day Four: Colorado and Wyoming

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I feel road weary tonight. We’ve been traveling for five days and have already visited seven states. We drove from Castle Rock, Colorado, to Sheridan, Wyoming, with one short trip to Fort Laramie.  We talked to the ranger there--who just happened to be from Red Bluff--about routes Henry Larrabee might have taken home from Virginia City, Montana, where we are headed tomorrow. He was very knowledgeable about the region’s history, and also provided me with some useful facts that I fully intend to test when I get home: Buffalo chips burn hot like coal and buffalo tongue tastes a lot like prime rib.

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I also made some new firefighter friends at Fort Laramie named Kyle and Luke.  They said they are stationed nearby and came out to the fort to learn more about the area. They were also pretty excited about the plant identification books they intended to purchase, bless their hearts.

Posted by Kristin on 04/29/06 at 09:22 PM
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