Wednesday to Laramie, WY

We are at Laramie, WY tonight. The drive here was mostly on two-lane roads with very little traffic. It was a scenic drive. Since we are running ahead of schedule, we wish we had stayed in Custer another night but we did not get around to that thought until we were about 100 miles away from Custer. The temperature was about 45 when we left Custer, but on the way here, it got up to 77 for awhile.
I have seen quite a few western TV programs in the past that mentioned Fort Laramie. Today we got to go there. It is about 100 miles north of Laramie where we are tonight. Fort Laramie played an important role in settlement of the west since it was near some important trails where settlers traveled. such as the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail.

One of the soldiers barracks

Inside one of the barracks 

There is a State Historic Site where the wagons on the Oregon Trail cut down deep into the rocks. I can just imagine them coming through with their horses and wagons. It is amazing how deep the wagon wheels cut into the rock.  

Not far from the Oregon Trail was a cliff called the Signature Cliff. People that traveled the Oregon Trail would stop and leave their signature on the cliff. The hole in the cliff was a storage area for food.