We stopped into the city of Cheyenne, the colorful cowboy capital of Wyoming. It’s population of 50,000 mirrors the fact that the entire state only has around half a million inhabitants. The city was named after the Cheyenne nation, one of the most famous and prominent tribes of the Native North Americans that once thrived on the western Great Plains. Along with the Sioux they were instrumental in the defeat of Custer and his forces in the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Next was the state of Nebraska, that continued the cowboy tradition of Wyoming. Vast plains and low-lying hills surrounded us. Bruce and I stopped into the town of Ogallala and mingled with the locals.
Our introduction to the state of Iowa was the watercolor pink hues of sunrise on a crisp foggy morning. The barren plains of Wyoming were replaced with rolling green hills and lush farmland.
Once the morning sunlight had penetrated through the fog, we realized that we were surrounded by 380 degrees of corn!!!!
There was no time to waste however as we sped on our way through this picturesque state.
Leisa
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