Cowboys and Pioneers Lessons Learned

July 2016
Lessons Learned:
*When you go to Best Buy to get battery for your small camera and of course they don’t make that battery any longer but you can buy it on Amazon but you are not where you can get it sent to you by Amazon because you are on the road…, so you buy a new small camera and next day realize they do not tell you it does not come with a memory card and so you have to go back…urgggg BUT the guy tells you about a really great steakhouse in Greeley and that was worth the trip back.
*When in Greeley, CO eat at Cattlemen’s Steak House.
*When going to the Cheyenne Frontier Days park in the park’n ride and take the school bus and be dropped at the ticket booth…or like us pay the nice lady $10 to park in her front yard and walk 9 blocks to get to the gate to buy your ticket. It was walking back in the heat that made those buses look really good.
*Frontier Days are a lot calmer than they used to be, but wait we were there in the daytime and everyone says it is the nights that get rowdy.
*If you are looking for a great looking cowboy Frontier Days is the place!
*There are two kinds of wagons the pioneers took across the country The Studebaker and the Conestoga  Conestoga was a lot better suited for the trip due to it’s angled sides for better storage and rain repelling with a suspension system that made for a better ride over the very bumpy land. We took a day trip in the Conestoga with a delightful driver Ben (taking a year from college before going to grad school) and two outriders Calista (granddaughter of owner of company who in 4 years hopes to go to Texas A & M to be in the Corp) and her friend Barb (senior in HS who has committed to the Army and will go to boot camp right after graduation). All were very good with the horses and good company. Ben gave a great history lesson along the way.
*If going on a wagon ride remember your pillow for sitting on wood bench. (glad we did)
*The smell of prairie sage was FABULOUS, like really wonderful
*When hauling a wagon up steep incline remember to stop and rest the horses often.
*Our wagon went in the same ruts that were taken by those going on the Oregon trail in the 1800s and as you look over the prairie you can see the trails left by the wagons, livestock and people.
*Did I tell you how wonderful the prairie sage smelled….
*Watching fire report for Wyoming so we don’t head that way. See you down the road with more lessons.