Oct. 2, 2013
We drove towards Fort Laramie knowing it would be closed and
sure enough it was.
We stopped at the
Fort Laramie Bridge and walked across
it.
From the Story Board
Glen on the Bridge
Once again feeling discouraged by the closures we continued
east. The Western History Center is on
Highway 26 at Lingle, Wyoming. It is a
small museum, looked interesting and it
was open so we stopped. It was great.
The guide, Will, was so friendly and could tell us about every exhibit. The exhibits
display artifacts found in archaeological excavations done by the local
college. There are also displays of
dinosaur, mammoth and other prehistoric fossils. More fossil exhibits are downstairs as well
as a very cool mineral display you can see under ultra violet light.
We moved on towards Scotts Bluff knowing what we would find
– more closures. After looking at the
locked gate at Scotts Bluff we drove east towards Nebraska.
Ash Hollow is a State
Park and I thought it would be open at least for us to walk around. This time it wasn't the Government Shutdown
that kept us out but the season. They
closed after Labor Day.
Traveling in October we don’t have the oppressive heat of
the mid-west in summer. We have had a
few days of clouds and some rain but it isn't cold. We have the campgrounds almost to ourselves. But these benefits don’t outweigh the
disappointment of not seeing places we planned on visiting.
Ogallala, Nebraska was our stop for the night. Will anything be open tomorrow? Check back to find out.
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