Roaming The USA: August to September 7

We spent some time at Hill AFB near Ogden, Utah. Visited some friends that live there and did some site seeing.

We went out to Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake

Lots of Buffalo reside on the island

Picture of the causeway to get to the island

The oldest rocks

We visited a small quaint town, Huntsville, that is located in a valley in the mountains. The drive to it was absolutely stunning.

We ate some barbecue at the Huntsville Barbecue Company.

Monument in dedication to the pioneers who came here

We left Ogden and headed to Cheyenne, WY. Love going through the mountains as long as the highways do not have a steep grade. Lots of beautiful scenery (See pictures below). Wish the pictures would show the correct heights and depths. It is so much more beautiful then what the pictures show.

And here we are at F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wy. This was an old Army base that was converted to an Air Force Base in the late 40's. The buildings are all in brick and depict the era of the army base.

These Antelope are everywhere on base. (More on them during the State Museum visit)

Downtown Cheyenne, Wy.

Boots, boots everywhere! Below is a sampling.

Cheyenne Capital building. The dome is actually 14k gold

On the trolley ride

And another boot!

Took a picture of this just because.....like the whimsical nature of it.

Sanfords was so good we went back a second time to eat. If you are ever in Cheyenne, its worth the time to go eat at Sanfords.

The Union Pacific Depot was built in 1886.

Waiting to go on the carriage ride

The owner of the horse teams and carriages retired from teaching (science) last spring. He has 3 teams of horses that he uses. He makes sure the horses rest in between tours and that they have regular water stops, etc. Really appreciated how he treated the teams.

One of his other teams.

Where he stables the horses

Lots of museums in Cheyenne and many are free (donations only). This is the first Cowgirl Museum we have seen. It is dedicated to preserving the history, legends and artifacts of America's pioneering western women

The Nagle Warren Mansion, one of Cheyenne's most elegant residences, was built by Erasmus Nagle in 1888, and in 1910 became the home of Francis E Warren, a businessman, Governor, And U.S. Senator. It is now a Bed & Breakfast. We toured the downstairs of the mansion.

The entire house was originally built with the blocks you see around the front doors. They were starting to crack and crumble so they put a layer of cement over them.

Original look of the mansion

The ceilings are actually embossed leather

This is a stained glass that is at the first landing on the stairway

On to the next museum

These are the Antelopes that are on Warren AFB.

Lots of minerals and "stones" in Wyoming

Didn't realize we all use a piece of Wyoming!

BIG Bones!

And the first RV.

Now that's a comfortable saddle..........??

Silverware used on the U.S.S Wyoming

The Historic Governor's Mansion and carriage house

Fourteen years after achieving statehood in 1890, the State of Wyoming built its first governor's mansion in 1904. From 1905 to 1976, the mansion was the residence of 19 Wyoming first families. It was also home to the first female governor in the United States, Nellie Tayloe Ross. Mrs. Ross was elected in a special election in 1925 to fulfill the remainder of her husband's term, Governor William B Ross. (Texas also voted in a women on the same day, but she was not sworn in until 3 weeks after Mrs. Ross was).

In 1937, all the original furniture was sold and new furniture was purchased in Chicago.
A few pieces of the original furniture has been brought back to the mansion, one being the library desk, but most is from the 1937 purchase.

The last family to occupy the mansion was also Wyoming's first three-term governor, Ed Herschler and his wife, Casey. The Herschlers have the distinction of being the last first family to live in the mansion and the first to live in the new Governor's Residence located in Frontier Park. They moved to the new mansion in October 1976.