All Roads Lead to Casper

We went to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center today.  The Center features 7 galleries, each relating stories of the trails emigrants, as well as the natives who lived here before the settlers arrived.

There were displays for the Oregon, California, Morman and Pony Express Trails.  There were scenarios of Indian life and a great movie about traveling across the country in covered wagons.....along with live vignettes.  We both agree that those folks were of hearty stock to have endured the long walk, terrible weather and the loss of so many family and friends along the way.

We sat in a stagecoach for a simulated ride with the scenery passing the windows.  And we also took a simulated ride in a covered wagon crossing the North Platte River.  It was extremely bumpy and uncomfortable......but we did it for the Blog!

We took a drive up to Casper Mountain through the fog on this rainy and windy day.