Trip to Wyoming for UW Homecoming

Last weekend was Wyoming's Homecoming Football game with the University of Utah. Wyoming's football team is not very good, averaging 5 turnovers per conference game and 0-5 in those games (at least they won their 2 non-conference games against North Dakota State and the University of Ohio). Enough about football.

We flew Frontier Airlines, which was a little late each way, but not enough to bother us. Arriving in Denver, we rented a Chrysler 300 and drove to Laramie. The car had lots of room, as Marc and Sabrina came along, but it was gutless with the V6 at altitude, and had a rattle in the instrument panel with only 18000 miles or so on the car.

We arrived about 5 and checked into our room at the Gas Lite Motel. Rodney's brother Roger and his wife Julia were already there. Jeff was arriving about 7 PM, so we headed to Jeffrey's Bistro for dinner, then on to the Buckhorn Bar. Rodney and Roger's niece, Nichole, came down with her boyfriend for a drink, which was fun. Jeff arrived about 8 PM, and Fat Tires were enjoyed by Marc, Roger, and Rodney. Because we're old, and Saturday was expected to be later, we went home about 10:30 PM for a good night's sleep.

We got up the next morning, ate at Shari's, then watched the Homecoming Parade from 3rd and Ivinson, where we ran into Rodney and Roger's Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. From there, we bought game tickets at the Student Union, then had a beer at the Library before the game. The weather was clear, cool (43 F/7 C), and windy (25-60 mph/40-100 kph). Afterwards, we walked campus and then went to Rodney and Roger's Aunt and Uncle's for dinner. There we had a delicious meal of tacos, green chili, nachos, and other stuff with another Aunt and an additional 2 cousins that we didn't know if they would be there or not. It was fun. After a quick nap at the hotel, we went and met one of Rodney's cousins, Amanda Rae and her husband, at the Cowboy Saloon (sorry, no good link), until about midnight, then the Ranger until about 1 AM.

The next morning, we went to breakfast at Coal Creek Coffee, then walked downtown, went to the Brown and Gold to get more Wyoming stuff, then had lunch at Tommy Jack's. Roger and Julia then headed home to Salt Lake City, while Rodney, Rasila, Marc, and Sabrina went to Vedauwoo. We drove down through Cheyenne, then stopped by the land Rodney and Rasila own west of Loveland, CO. We then joined Rodney's niece, Margeaux, at Big Hoss BBQ, before making our flight just in time to make the 11:00 PM curfew at John Wayne Airport.

Moved old AOL Blog

You can find it at Old Travels of Rodney and Rasila. The pictures didn't come through, so I'll have to work on getting some in later.