Colorado Bound

Left Scotts Bluff in glorious sunshine once again this morning having spent a night listening to what seems like endless trains going through. This is the busiest area we have been through for freight trains but then each town has silos or sugar making facilities so a busy area. Although in between towns there are miles upon miles of empty land with the odd cow here and there. Some roads are endlessly straight and seem to go on forever - so much so that a corner makes you wonder how the car will go around them.

We had intended to stop at a couple of trail type museums but being Sunday a couple were shut so we drove on. We finally stopped at Wray where there was very little but it had a cafe and a row of shops so we had a snack there. Most of these towns seem to have a lot of houses but you never see anyone walking in and out of shops in the Main Street, they are like ghost towns and you wonder where everyone is. We drove on to our intended destination, Burlington, Colorado. This had a marvellous Old Town Museum where we visited lots of preserved buildings showing you the telegraph depot, blacksmith, courthouse, jailhouse and a beautiful old house with pictures of the owners. There was a lovely lady playing the piano as we returned to the little cafe for the best milkshake we have ever had. Strawberry with real strawberries, cream, ice cream - a real meal in itself. Not forgetting the chance to buy Christmas decorations - this seems to be an all year round thing and the decorations are superb but transporting them back could be a bit of a nightmare.

We were told the best place to travel onto after this would be a suburb of Denver and take a trip along the Rockies before we fly on to Virginia. Apparently it is now cooler in Virginia so everything has turned around and we are hotter than them.

For this evening we ate across the road at a steakhouse which was very nice and apparently one of the two restaurants to be found open on a Sunday evening (the other being a Chinese). On to Denver tomorrow.