Yea!!! We finally made it safely to Cheyenne and pulled into Flying J to fill our tanks. Since this is a small truck stop we went to the Visitor's Center to spend the night. We were there all by ourselves overnight.
Twenty miles east of Laramie, WY along I-80 are the towering rocks of Vedauwvoo (pronounced Vee-Dah-Voo), an Arapaho Indian word meaning "earth born". Indians believe that these magnificent rock formations in the Pole Mountains area of the Medicine Bow National Forest were created by animals and human spirits.
The Ames Monument is a 60 foot pyramid shaped monument. This haunting limestone mass stands alone on the prairie and watches over the lonely remains of the one-time rail town of Sherman. This monument was built in 1881 to honor the Ames Brothers, Oliver and Oakes who were influential leaders in the construction of the transcontinental rail road. The Union Pacific Railroad built this Monument at the cost of $65,000.
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