Cheyenne

Another capitol to check off the list.  I had been to this one before (several times actually), but had never been inside.

Inside the dome:

House chambers:

Senate chambers:

Funny...I'm guessing someone forgot to take this sign down after the snow melted:

Liberty bell (every capitol has one):

Wyoming Wildlife!

Never a trip to Casper w/o seeing antelope...err, I mean pronghorn.

("they're not antelope")

The rabbit that lives in Dad's yard:

The squirrel that lives in Dad's yard:

(she's a little too tame...)

At Alcova Reservoir

Deer butt:

Deer rack:

When the people are away...the deer are at play:

(I forget what type of bird this is...)

And last by not least, the cat that lives in Dad's house...she's not dumb, she sleeps by (or on) the heat sources:

Random Casper

Here are some random scenes from around Casper while I was there...

Red Wyoming dirt:

It snowed a little one morning:

The same morning when it was only 1 degree!  (weatherman hadn't predicted it was going to be this cold while I was there...)

More red Wyoming dirt...this time the culprit for not being able to get the flat tire off the car. Although we finally did with the help of a good samaritan.

Alcova Reservoir outside of Casper:

Alcova Dam:

Photo studio display promotion for school photos:

Casper is a neon filled old west town:

There's a new Little Free Library near my Dad (this is the 2nd one - check out this previous blog post).

Montana (wait...thought you're in WY)

Road trip to Montana for Dad's bday...fitting, right?

We checked the weather, and checked it twice.  The prediction was high's in the 30's and no snow.  So we decided to venture off to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.  Well, we didn't think to check to see if it had snowed the day before...it had.  And when we got there, the temperature was missing a zero on the end!

I figured it had been 20 years since I had been to the park.  When I was there before, it was still called Custer Battlefield (aka Custer's Last Stand).

Being there in the snow made it seem even more eerie.

They had also since added red stone markers for the locations where they believe Native Americans fell.

And a memorial as well.

Back in Wyoming, we stopped at two other sites from the same era (even though the sun was going down).

Fetterman Massacre (or Battle of the Hundred Slain)

And Fort Kearny, where the 100 slain came from

Wonder what were the "few casualties of less celebrated incidents"