Day 6 Recap

Location: Cheyenne Wyoming.

It was a tough drive yesterday. Over the course of 6.5 hours, we covered 500 miles of the flat forgettable farmland that is Nebraska.

Aside from the truck/rest stop areas every 50 miles or so, there was nothing to see or do. We unfortunately were forced to stop at one of the big chain fast food joints along the way for lunch. I had never eaten at Wendy's, so we decided that was as good as any reason to make our choice.

My double was so greasy I had throw away the bottom bun. It was a grease sponge! The patty was ok for a fast food burger but way too salty.

We arrived in Cheyenne at about 5pm local time and were quite famished. I didn't actually finish my burger for lunch. I couldn't get myself to finish lettuce that had capillaries full of grease, let alone the patty itself.

Starved for some rice and 'asian' flavor. We actually decided to go to a Korean restaurant listed in the visitors guide. Korean in Cheyenne you ask? Yes, we were that desperate. Unfortunately, the restaurant was CLOSED on the weekends. I think that about sums up the city of Cheyenne. I don't know what you would do here if you weren't a farmer or rancher.

We ended up at a Mexican restaurant that was not too bad. The beef was very tasty, but way over salted. I noticed that things are really 'flavorful' out here in the middle of the country. Flavorful in the base sense. Salty and sweet. The Yoplait yogurt was sweeter than the ones I usually had for breakfast in Boston, the Wendy's burger was super salty just like the evenings beef.

Sandra took a picture of her food so, she'll post it up later.

After dinner we stopped by a Super Walmart. Boy was it super. If anything, this Walmart demonstrates how powerful and far reaching this global economy really is. Navel oranges from Australia? Stone fruit in the middle of cattle country? Amazing how all of this ships in to the middle of no where, still fresh and ready to eat.

This Walmart also demonstrates the true excess in which Americans live in. This place was as big as a football field. 200 feet, 5 shelf high aisles of just snack cookies and crackers? I saw a 3 foot long sandwich for 5 dollars! How do they do that??


Next stop: Salt Lake City.