Cheyenne, WY

Ahhhh! I like the weather here! Temps in the 80's, always a breeze (sometimes 20 mph!), and 20% humidity. We're camping on the east side of Cheyenne, about 7 miles from the center of town. The KOA owners are great hosts and have had some excellent suggestions of things to do/see.

Some "factoids" for you:
Cheyenne is the largest city in WY, with a population of about 50,000.
Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote, the first to have a woman governor.
Before WWII, women participated against men in rodeos, riding bucking horses, calf roping, and bull riding. Now all they can do in a rodeo is barrel racing!

We've toured the capitol and viewed their 1000 pound Tiffany chandelier, and the stained glass skylights in the House and Senate chambers. The woodwork is beautiful! The trolley tour gave us a good history of the city, and pointed out museums and places we should see while we're here. We are doing a great job on the museums: the Train museum in the restored train depot, the WY State museum, the Nelson museum with it's beautiful saddles - one worth $250K! The early cowgirls started their own museum --Cowgirls of the Old West, which celebrates the women who rode bulls, roped calves, rode broncos, and did trick riding in the pre-1940 rodeos. The KOA suggested the Messenger's Old West Museum with it's collection of old carriages, and various items of the area. Mr. Messenger came in while we were enjoying the museum, and we met him. He raises, trains and sells Percheron draft horses and his sons show their 6 and 8 hitch teams at rodeos and horse shows around the US. Very interesting. I love old houses, so we HAD to visit the Historic Governors' Mansion which was built in 1904. Nineteen governors lived in the mansion before it was opened as a public historic house museum. A new governor's mansion was built in 1975. So far, it's been a very enjo