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<\/a>Day 2 is another driving adventure.\u00a0 We drove from Council\u00a0Bluffs, IA to Cheyenne, WY.\u00a0 On Wednesday, the temperature was 92.\u00a0 Today, we never hit 70!\u00a0 I hope it gets better.<\/p>\n
I forgot to mention that Rick continually searches for great root beer.\u00a0 As Rich is tasting beers at brewpubs across the west, Rick is tasting root beers.\u00a0 Brewpubs not only brew beers, but they also brew their own root beers.\u00a0 Yesterday, Rick tasted the Bugeater root beer at Upstream Brewery.\u00a0 He declared it one of the best he has had, but the label was the best.\u00a0 It was a preteen age boy with bug eyes and a butterfly net.\u00a0 Rick searches on for great root beer on this trip.<\/p>\n
I wanted to say that nothing exciting happened today.\u00a0 Rich corrected me on that though.\u00a0 He says it was a plus that he woke up today.\u00a0 I think so too.<\/p>\n
Driving across Nebraska, you cross the Platte River about 600 times.\u00a0 It has different names at different places, but it’s still the Platte River.\u00a0 The exciting thing was all of the swallows flying over and around the river.\u00a0 I wondered what bugs they were eating.\u00a0 We stopped in North Platte (the town) for lunch.\u00a0 I could see quite clearly that they were eating a ton of grasshoppers!\u00a0 Keeping the next plague in check.<\/p>\n
Rich says the other exciting thing to happen was his free coffee.\u00a0 We stopped for gas before leaving Iowa and went in to get coffee for the drive.\u00a0 There was coffee in the container, but the attendant was afraid it wasn’t hot enough.\u00a0 It was fine with me, but Rich thought it was cold.\u00a0 The poor guy quickly made more coffee for Rich.\u00a0 But when we got to the register, he didn’t charge us for Rich’s cup because it wasn’t right the first time!<\/p>\n
We stopped at one rest area for a break.\u00a0 There was a lake behind the visitor’s center with\u00a0a kinetic sculpture floating just off shore.\u00a0 It moves and expands with the wind and contracts when there is little or no wind.\u00a0 Today, there was a mild breeze, so it was tightly compacted.\u00a0 I can’t image what it looked like yesterday with 35 mph gusts!<\/p>\n
As we got ino Wyoming, we could see a storm just south of the highway.\u00a0 It was raining, looked really dark, and threatening.\u00a0 It’s amazing how far you can see out here.\u00a0 At one rest area, I walked out to take pictures of the storm.\u00a0 It just looked so near, but yet so far away.<\/p>\n
We arrived early in Cheyenne, which gave us a chance to relax.\u00a0 I logged into email to look around.\u00a0 I know, I know.\u00a0 I’m on vacation.\u00a0 I guess I just don’t completely disconnect, but I still enjoy my time off.\u00a0 Then I don’t feel totally disconnected when I return.<\/p>\n
For dinner, we found the Shadows Brewing Company housed in the old train station in downtown Cheyenne.\u00a0 It was beautiful inside and the brewing equipment was the center piece of the station.\u00a0 We got seated and ordered drinks.\u00a0 Rick got his root beer.\u00a0 Rich started with an IPA (I don’t remember the name).\u00a0 It had a strange flavor to it.\u00a0 Not the best drinking beer.\u00a0 I ordered the Buffalo Brown Ale, which had a slightly sweet flavor with a deep background that hung\u00a0in your mouth.<\/p>\n
For dinner, I had the beef brisket with cole slaw and sweet potato fries.\u00a0 It came with a brown sugar sauce for the fries that was heavenly.\u00a0 The brisket was so good.\u00a0 Rich had the sirloin steak.\u00a0 He enjoyed it a great deal.\u00a0 Rick got a simple meatball sandwich since he claimed not to be all that hungry.\u00a0\u00a0 Rich ordered the amber ale as his dessert beer, which turned out to be very good.<\/p>\n
So now is time to post pictures and settle in for the night.\u00a0 I could use a good night’s sleep.\u00a0 Tomorrow, we’re off to Park City, Utah.<\/p>\n<\/a>