I’m still catching up on the adventures, this was last Saturday.

Since my friend was still in town, I thought we would take a drive to Cheyenne, Wyoming. My granddaughter wanted to come along, so we took her and the doggo and headed north. As you can see, it was a rainy day. Not the hard driving kind just the annoying kind of rain. I plugged in the destination, the robot fired its thrusters and we were off on an adventure!

We had snacks, juice boxes, water, and no umbrella. We had moments when the rain cleared up, but there was no sun and the winds were making me think I was walking along the Chicago River!

It is a pretty drive, we took mostly backroads and we found some pretty cool places to stop along the way.

The drive is not far to Wyoming, but the fun stops along the way, where we made some memories, were the best. We stopped in Nunn, Colorado who is the home of Greenfaith Ministry, the nations first cannibus sacrament church.

They also have a little museum, but it did not appear to be open. But I did get some pictures!

I believe the “teepee” shaped structure was in Nunn, but it was on the road near it.

My granddaughter was in the backseat, playing a game on my iPad and looking up here and there and pointing out things she thought we should take a picture of. She was excited to join in on “the girls trip”.

A pit stop was requested and we pulled into Ault, Colorado and found a nice-ish place to check out the bathrooms and let the dog stretch her legs too. We saw a really long train go by while we were stopped. I don’t believe I have ever seen one that long but I sent up thanks that I didn’t have to wait for it to pass. We also found a cute park, a little park. More like a spot of grass with a picnic table and a really cool train car.

So, when we saw the little liquor store, we thought it said “adult” liquor. We had no idea where we were and we had a big laugh when we realized it was Ault not Adult. The Dino? You already what kind of gas station we visited. But someone put a scarf around his neck, to keep him warm!

It seemed like it took forever, because rain isn’t as much fun as snow. But we made it to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The first thing I saw was a Victorian house, or I thought it was, and I knew I wanted to go there first. Nine times out of ten, if I am going to explore an area, I have no idea where I wanted to go. Heading to Cheyenne, all I knew was it is the state capital. So, I was excited about this house!

I discovered that this is the Nagel Warren Mansion, built in 1888, it is referred to as the Duchess of Cheyenne and under renovation. It was a central part of Cheyenne’s history and they are working to bring it back to its Victorian splendor.

Across the street was a yard filled with carvings! There were so many of them and on most every corner around town, there were sculptures or carvings. It was hard to get pictures of them all, but I gave it a fighting chance!

As we drove through the city, you could tell that preserving the past and making their city beautiful was important to them.

Down the street, there was another Victorian house that was painted in a similar color scheme as the Nagel Warren Mansion. It deserves to be shown off too.

We enjoyed all of the street art and sculptures around town, here are just a few…

One of my favorite things we saw was the Cheyenne Depot Museum. Well, rainy day, plus a kiddo and a dog, you can probably guess we didn’t go in, but the outside was something special too.

In 2004, the city offered the Big Boots to businesses in town to paint and display. This celebrated both their business and Cheyenne. Beautifying their town, it is now an annual scavenger hunt to find the 30 plus boots.

We found them everywhere, but there was a beautiful display in front of the Depot Museum.

But wait, there is M O R E ! ! !

We saw the capital building,

And we saw a small museum for the Wyoming National Guard,

We also saw the first church of the area, Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, after seeing all the wickedness that was prevalent in the Cheyenne, Dakota Territory, Reverend Joseph Cook started the church in 1868.

This little trip to Cheyenne was nice, the rain was a monkey wrench, but it was a good day.

Once we were back in Colorado, we saw a field with helicopters and we made a U Turn to see if we saw what we thought, and I am glad we did! We found Millers Farms, it was quirky and wonderful and the people were so nice. They are located in Platteville, CO and have a big fall festival. Of course I got pictures for you. 😉 I really hope you get a chance to visit for yourself.

I am truly enjoying these adventures, and everyone is sending me things they had fun doing, I add them all to my list.

The goal is 60 new things before I turn 60 and I have 47 more to go and I can’t wait!