Wednesday Evanston to Cheyenne

We saw the team off and, packed everything into the excursion traveled across the state of Wyoming.  As you can see by the hotel cart this is a feet to accomplish.  3 adults and two teenage girls sure can bring a lot of stuff with them.

We crossed the Continental Divide.  We made a steady climb in elevations that really effected our ears.  We saw cars running parallel to the interstate.  Made for some very interesting and cool photos. We tried to use a rest area but it was full of racers so we kept going.

When we got to the hotel in Cheyenne we unloaded. It took two trips cause the cart was small to fit in the elevator.  The hotel was built in 1910. 

While we unloaded the truck and got the suitcases to the rooms the bell man went across the street and stood in a parking spot for us.  It was awesome to have the spot right across the street.

One of the many cool features of the hotel was the elevator.  It was small so that a cowboy could not take his horse with him to his room.  He would have to leave his horse at the livery stable.

The hotel had great views of the sunset and the sunrise.  There were so many very cool things to look at in the historic Plans Hotel.  The mosaic at the front door.  The open entry with the wrap around balcony on the second floor.

Downtown Cheyenne was defiantly a old cowboy town.  The train station across the street from the hotel had been restored and housed a museum and a few little shops.

The finish line was right across the street from the hotel.
Darrin and I walked around a little bit. We then saw the Troubadour's arriving into town so we went over to where we were to park.  the problem was that the city had forgot to block off the parking lot that morning.

They took two or three tries at getting the big bus and trailer into the parking lot.

Then we sat in front of the hotel and ate cookies and watched people pull into town.  Was nice to rest a little.

About 5:30 we headed over to watch the cars arrive.  Ashley, Darrin and I went to over to the finish line. One by one the cars arrived. They parked and people came out to see the cars.

Cheyenne had a large crowd, the largest so far. It was fun to see all the people and to talk to them.  The town feed us dinner inside the depot.

Ashley and Scott were pleased with the day when they arrived.  They had a 29 second day and they were in 2nd place in the X-Cup division.



Ashley said that she had enjoyed a snowball fight in the mountains of Wyoming.   Scott said the car still gave them problems with what acted like a vapor lock.

The team is in 37th place over all and in 2nd place in the X-Cup division with a 29:10 second day.