Drove into Cheyenne this morning and took the Trolley Tour of the city. It was a great narrated tour of the historic points around town and saw the Union Pacific Depot, Governor’s Mansion, Wyoming State Capital, Botanic Gardens, Frontier Days Park and many other sites. Like the Pelicans around Pensacola and all the Horses we saw decorating downtown Ogden, Cheyenne does huge painted Cowboy Boots. A funny note is we started our trip across from the Albany Brewery started by Adolph Coors selling Budweiser along with his own brew before he moved to Colorado to start the Coors Brewery. At one point Cheyenne was the richest per capita City in the World with a very small population and extremely wealthy cattlemen as evidenced by some of the huge structures like the UP Depot, Capital Building and other structures.
After touring town we drove South to almost the Colorado Border to visit Terry’s Bison Ranch and have a Bison Burger. While highly advertised and we had heard about it before what we found was a dump. A terrible RV park that was dirty, grounds poorly maintained and we decided to skip the restaurant and train ride through Buffalo herds and head back to Cheyenne. Had a huge late lunch at T-Joe’s Steakhouse and Saloon. Heaping piles of sliced Prime Rib on Texas Toast smothered in gravy. Best yet, after dinner sat at our table finishing our beer and had a cigar. Ordered a take-out of Rocky Mountain Oysters for dinner back at the RV>