Photos: From Valentine, Nebraska, to Riverton, Wyoming

Just west of Valentine, we saw two peacocks (or peahens, as it were) strutting along through the ditch hunting for bugs.

Hey!  Hay.

There must've been some deep drifts here, as there have been several warm days in the 60s since last week's snowstorm.

Aarrgghh, they ruined this authentic, historical cabin with those cheap new-fangled windows!

Words fail me.

Fort Robinson

Pine Ridge area

The cows are all placidly eating the grass newly made green again by the moisture.  I wonder if they are thinking, There; winter’s over.  That’s a relief.

Did you ever notice the difference between the expressions of cows versus bulls as they lie in a pasture chewing their cuds?  The cows look like they’re thinking, Ahhhhhh.  This is the life.  The bulls?  Nobody bettuh bothuh me.

Wooden water tower along the railroad tracks in Lusk, Wyoming

We can see the mountains! -- though they're still about 200 miles away.

Jackalope!

Triceratops, or horned dinosaur, Wyoming's state dinosaur

Antelope

Antelope

Rocky Mountains, far in the distance

Odd rock formations of the Gooseberry Badlands

Boysen Reservoir

Sandhill cranes

Pretty quilt on the bed at the Tomahawk Motor Lodge in Riverton, Wyoming

The Depot in Riverton, Wyoming

Quilt designs on the table

The Depot in Riverton, Wyoming.  An electric train runs overhead.

Beef Chimichanga at The Depot in Riverton, Wyoming.  I could only eat half of it.  We will be glad we saved the other half, tomorrow!

Flan with caramelized sugar and sliced almonds

Even the lavatory sink looks like a quilt!