After a later than desired arrival in Amarillo, we also had a later than desired start leaving Amarillo. It was a fairly uneventful beginning until we came to a stretch of highway designated as a "safety corridor." Neither Michael nor I could figure out why until quite suddenly we were surprised to see a very large B-52 flying very low over the roadway. I fumbled with my phone to pull up the camera and managed to get a not-so-good photo of the plane. The girls were excited and a bit scared by the plane as well. Michael and I both commented on the fact that we could barely hear the plane as it flew overhead.
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| Only picture I managed to get of the plane |
We had originally talked with Sarah about meeting her in New Mexico and while I am sad we didn't get to see her before we headed north, I am glad we cancelled. We did not cross into NM until almost 11am local time on the 10th. We had planned to meet on the 9th. I am looking forward to finding out her schedule for next year so we can send her a plane ticket to visit us up here.
Colorado was absolutely beautiful. The girls asked about the mountains they saw and they enjoyed the changing scenery.
It was in Colorado that we ran into our next challenge. Michael called to pay for our ferry reservations. The military has a fairly straightforward way of writing orders for PCS (Permanent Change of Station) moves. However, since we were going to Alaska, there were some extra items that were not written into Michael's orders that the travel company needed in order to process the payment. We attempted to sort that out while our cell phone reception dropped in and out due to the increasingly hilly terrain.
We finally arrived in Cheyenne around 8pm the evening of the 10th without any resolution to the ferry/ orders issue. We checked into our room and took the girls on a brief tour of the town. Princess N was excited to see our old houses and the other girls asked lots of questions about what we did when we lived there. There wasn't too much that had changed though there were certainly areas that had built up in the decade since we were last there.
Michael and I decided that with a very long day of driving ahead of us, we would take a one day break. Besides, we wanted to eat at our favorite breakfast spot before we left. We actually planned this section of our trip around this particular restaurant. The R&B Breakfast Club has been around since 1997. Their burritos were still as good as we remembered. And the pancakes were just as big as before! If you are on Facebook, Michael posted a photo of the burrito.
Later in the day we went to the park that was down the street from our first house in Cheyenne. Michael and Princess N went running while the rest of the girls and I walked around the lake. It was just over a mile. Lady A and Miss E were both surprised that 11 years ago I wasn't able to walk that far without being in a lot of pain. This time I was a bit winded, but otherwise it was an easy walk.
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| The lake |
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| The Duchess enjoyed swinging |
Michael and I had a lot of hard times in Cheyenne. Neither of us have too many fond memories of our time there. Being there still dredged up some hard memories, but overall we were able to remember more of the good times than the bad times.
Up next: Cheyenne, Wyoming to Great Falls, Montana
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