September 19, 2014. Leaving Nebraska - Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming.

 

September 19, 2014.  Leaving Nebraska - Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming.  There were several significant events today.  First, we passed the world headquarters of Cabella's in Sidney, Nebraska.  I intended to stop.  However, the exit flew by as I was taking a picture and it was a 12-mile trip back by the time we got to the next exit.  Too bad.  I might have bought something there.  I don't know what, but they have lots of stuff in those stores.

The second event was that we passed a massive howling coyote sitting next to an American flag. I have no idea what he was howling at or why he was howling during the daylight hours.  All the howling coyotes I have heard were howling in the dark.

Now, the third incident was more remarkable than the first two added together.  Have you seen the movie, "Vacation"?  Do you remember the part where Aunt Edna dies and Clark ties her on top of the station wagon?  Remember how he wrapped her in a blanket and set her upright?  Well, evidently Clark has traded the family wagon for a truck and Aunt Edna now rides on a trailer behind the truck.  The picture doesn't show the full scene, but Aunt Edna was seated in a prone position, wrapped in a tarpaulin.  I could almost hear her yelling, "C-L-A-R-K!!!!" as we passed the trailer.  If it wasn't Aunt Edna in that tarp, I'd like to know what it was. 

We spent the night at Curt Gowdy State Park.  It has changed a lot since we did that in the early 1980s.  They opened a new visitor's center last year on what would have been Curt's 94th birthday.  He died in 2006.

I had more Internet trouble last night so this entry is a day late.  You might expect that over the next several days as we wind our way through the mountains to Snow Mountain Ranch.  I try to be regular, but some things are out of my control.