On the road again

Feb. 8, 2019: It is interesting looking back at the last post I made on my blog (prior to earlier on Friday) because it gives me a chance to see what I was thinking the first few months after moving to Wyoming.

I have been in Wyoming for four months and have begun exploring portions of the Lincoln Highway.

Since talking about every place in one post is both frivolous and overwhelming, let's look at portions of one of the first transcontinental highways.

In the future I will dig a little further into each community so as to help give people a deeper appreciation of the road and those who helped shape the highway and their communities.

For the time being here are four of my favorite places or sights on the route.

Evanston Sunset Cabins

 

In 1920 the city of Evanston operated a campground at this location, which cost customers 50 cents per vehicle. In 1927, the city added six small cabins with adjourning carports to the campground. A year later, a Rawlins company, which operated a chain of tourist camps, leased this camp ground. They renamed it the Sunset Camp. The cabins were changed to mission-style cabins as seen here, according to an interpretive sign outside the cabins.

Wyo Motel roadside advertisement

 

After tourist cabins came motor courts and motels. This is a rare roadside advertisement from another era. Located off U.S. Highway 30 outside Medicine Bow tired motorists must have wondered where this place was during a late drive toward Laramie.

New Studio Photography

 

New Studio Photography began operating in 1919, six years after the Lincoln Highway was established. It continues to serve Rock Springs customers.

Smitty's Truck Stop, outside Pine Bluffs

 

Smitty's Truck Stop served as the unofficial state boundary between Nebraska and Wyoming. It's edifice is bare, but its soul remains. It is still "The" state line marker and a reminder of what it was and could be.