Dobby's Frontier Town

 Riverton, Utah           High 57 Low 39

It turned chilly today. I guess fall has finally arrived.

On our recent trip, we went through Alliance, Nebraska. We had read about Dobb's Frontier Town on Roadside America. Dobby Lee started the town from a milk house he transformed into a scaled replica of the first Alliance Post Office. Then in 1987, he started bringing in additional buildings until now there are 27 different buildings from old times. 

We thought this embalming table was  interesting.

1912 church.

And of course, we had to visit the Quilt store.

Cindy in Jail.

Ray serving in the bar. You can see Penny peaking over the bar.

The first gas station in Alliance.

We thought this 1897 Sears catalog was fun to look at.

One room school house.

The volunteers told us that the day we were there was the last week day it was open this season. They do have week end activities.

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This Proves How Crazy We Are

Riverton, Utah    High 80 Low 55

The weather is still quite warm with the weather guessers predicting cool weather and more rain for the week-end.

The reason I say we are crazy is because we traveled almost 1900 miles to see a rest stop on I 90 in South Dakota! We wanted to see the statue Dignity of The Earth and Sky, Which is at a rest-stop in South Dakota. The first night, we stayed in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The second night we stayed in Chamberlain, South Dakota, Which is almost to the Statue, Which was built in 2016. It stands about 50 feet high with her back to the Missouri River.

In the next picture you can see the people to get an idea of how big the statue is.

We read that you needed to see it a night, while it is lit up. It was only 3 mile from our Motel, so it was easy to go back after dark, to see it all lit up.

And here is Cindy, if you look closely.

The next pictures are from the quilt store in Chamberlain, which is the only place you can get the Dignity panel. We ended up buying the whole quilt kit. And for Nancy, The quilt store has lots of cowboy and southwest material, in case she ever gets there.

This was by the quilt store and Cindy wanted it's picture.

It was a long and hurried trip, but we both wanted to see the statue. We had perfect weather with a little wind on the way home and are glad we went.

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Lincoln At The Rest Stop

 Cheyenne, Wyoming             High48 Low 38

Why are we in Cheyenne? We have wanted to go to South Dakota to see a new (to us) sight, which was  built since we were through South Dakota last time we drove through. I'll talk about it after we have got pictures. It seems a little cool here compared to Riverton, Utah. The weather guessers for here are predicting high 20's later in the week.

At a rest stop almost to Cheyenne, there is a Lincoln Memorial, which I thought was quite neat.

When we left this morning, I told Cindy that we probably see some snow (the awful 4 letter word) on this trip, and sure enough, there was some at the Lincoln Memorial. There was a sign that said this was the highest point on I80 in Wyoming and it was colder than here in Cheyenne.

The next two pictures are along I80 after the rest stop and are the only pretty part of Wyoming we have seen so far in Wyoming. When we were on our way to Wyoming, I told Cindy that the only thing along I80 for many miles, was lots of miles. There is not much to see besides wind mills and sage brush in this part of the state.

I'll have more pictures on my next post.

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