Laninga's Travel Blog

As we work our way across country, we like to stop every once in a while and spend a little time at places we normally don’t.  This time, we spent an extra night in Cheyenne, WY.   We had dinner at T Joe’s, an out of the way hole in the wall we found on our last trip through.  Really good steaks and cold beer.

Since the weather was so nice today (high 75, low 42 and sunny) we drove through the city and stopped off at the Arboretum.  Actually, Cheyenne is a nice city, lots of nice parks and some typical old west architecture.  A great place to live, if you like cold — I mean REALLY cold — weather and snow.  But today was great, here are some pictures.

City courthouse. That is 24 kt. gold on the dome.

One of the picturesque downtown buildings

Old buildings on Lincoln Street

The old train depot, now a historical site and museum

Wyoming was the first state to give women the vote; a commemorative statue, here in front of the Depot.

A C130 doing touch and goes at F E Warren AFB

Flowers in the arboretum, 3

Flowers in the arboretum, 2

Flowers in the arboretum, 1

Footbridge over the creek

Wetlands display

Don’t get too close to those geese…

Number 4004, “Big Boy” was one of the largest steam locomotives ever built.