Day-37 *Snow Day! Fort Larned * Fort Collins
Just 7-days ago I was in 80-deg. air and 80-deg.Gulf water .. and TODAY I drove the first 200-miles in blowing snow. I'm fortunate that the air temperature hung around 33-deg. so the roads were mostly wet or slushy. By the time I arrived at Fort Larned National Historic Site, it was a raging snowstorm. Look at the two pictures below, the first - as I arrived, the second - when I was walking the compound.
Fort Larned was built to protect settlers and freight haulers on the Santa Fe Trail from Indians, from 1859 to 1878. The Santa Fe trail ran from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was approx. 800-miles long. All the buildings on this site are original.
The Buffalo Soldiers, 10th Cavalry, came out from Fort Leavenworth and showed exemplary service.
Look at the books that were in the post library :
Gave up on my search for back roads and headed north to find I-70. Stopped in LaCrosse and found a historical sign and a few old buildings, but the Barbed Wire Museum was closed! Doggone it!
Continuing the drive North .. a church steeple appeared through the driving snow. I think it was a sign that told me to take it's picture. The town was Liebenthal, AND it's named .. St. JOSEPH's !
Getting on I-70, I ducked behind trucks to allow them to cut through the slush on the highway. I turned on the radio and found to my surprise some interesting music. Several public radio stations along the highway in Kansas and Colorado streamed music from the High Plains Public Radio system and their program "High Plains Morning". You can also stream this music from the internet. They play music from .. singer/songwriters, folk, jazz, Americana, etc. Just my kind of eclectic mix!
Artists presented : Parsonsfield, Renato Carosone, Barrington Levy, Emery Adeline, Scott Collins Project, Rodney Branigan, The Jayhawks, etc.
Interesting diner in .. Flagler, Colorado.
Arrived in Ft. Collins around 5:30pm. Jessie was preparing dinner. Marty's in Chicago for work. Jessie will be flying out to Chicago tomorrow to join him. Marty's parents are also going.
Here we are doing our 'homework :
Heading up to Thermopolis, Wyoming to see Jim & Carol tomorrow. More adventures and fellowship!
today's exciting mileage : 582
accumulated trip mileage : 7085
Fort Larned was built to protect settlers and freight haulers on the Santa Fe Trail from Indians, from 1859 to 1878. The Santa Fe trail ran from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was approx. 800-miles long. All the buildings on this site are original.
The Buffalo Soldiers, 10th Cavalry, came out from Fort Leavenworth and showed exemplary service.
Look at the books that were in the post library :
Continuing the drive North .. a church steeple appeared through the driving snow. I think it was a sign that told me to take it's picture. The town was Liebenthal, AND it's named .. St. JOSEPH's !
Getting on I-70, I ducked behind trucks to allow them to cut through the slush on the highway. I turned on the radio and found to my surprise some interesting music. Several public radio stations along the highway in Kansas and Colorado streamed music from the High Plains Public Radio system and their program "High Plains Morning". You can also stream this music from the internet. They play music from .. singer/songwriters, folk, jazz, Americana, etc. Just my kind of eclectic mix!
Colorado Welcome Center - entry
Interesting diner in .. Flagler, Colorado.
Arrived in Ft. Collins around 5:30pm. Jessie was preparing dinner. Marty's in Chicago for work. Jessie will be flying out to Chicago tomorrow to join him. Marty's parents are also going.
Here we are doing our 'homework :
Heading up to Thermopolis, Wyoming to see Jim & Carol tomorrow. More adventures and fellowship!
today's exciting mileage : 582
accumulated trip mileage : 7085
In the homestretch ..... be careful in that weather! So so glad we do not have that white stuff here in Florida!
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