Saturday, September 7 – Evanston, Wyoming to Sidney, Nebraska
We left the motel at 6 am. Temperature was 46 degrees. This was the only morning that we didn’t get breakfast at the motel – because their breakfast didn’t start until 7 am. We stopped at a McDonalds and got breakfast sandwiches. Notice the windmills on the horizon.
One nice thing about driving east is that we get to watch the sun rise.
Enjoy the sunrise with us.
Crossing the Rockies in southern Wyoming is not as dramatic as crossing them in Colorado.
It appears that when we crossed the Continental Divide we were at the farthest north part of this trip.
We saw three herds of antelope within a few minutes – between 8:45 and 8:48 am.
This photo looks like a sleeping crocodile.
I didn’t document when we arrived in Nebraska, but it was early afternoon when we arrived at our motel in Sidney – in western Nebraska.
After checking into our motel, we went next door to see the Cabela’s store, which is the original and headquarters for Cabela’s.
The mounted elephant gets your attention as you walk in the door.
The other thing that grabbed my attention was the display in the center/back of the store.
It is fun to see these beautiful animals up close.
I’m glad we didn’t see one of these when we walked around Bryce or Zion National Park.
Bighorn Sheep. If you saw my post a few days ago – at Zion – you know we did get to see one of these close up.
Grizzly Bear
I don’t think I would want to come in contact with a wolverine’s claws!
Mountain Goats
This is an animal we hoped to see on our trip – in the wild – but I guess this will have to satisfy that need since it did not happen.
Oh, that was fun. I enjoyed having time to look at and photograph each animal while Cerwin did some shopping. He didn’t find anything he needed.
Following this stop, we went to a Perkins restaurant in the same parking area and enjoyed an early supper – which is what we have usually done on this trip. Two meals are enough for us when traveling. Breakfast at the motel, a few snacks as we travel, then an early supper.
We were sitting near a rancher who was making a business deal on the phone. I heard him tell the person on the other end of the line that he has 6,000 acres. Wow! A 6,000 acre farm in Lancaster County is unthinkable. 🙂