After seeing corn field after corn field we finally made it to Dodge City, Kansas. We got to the campground kinda late so we decided we would get up early the next morning and go to "Boot Hill" Our cabin in Dodge City was set up like a cowboy bunkhouse....
Jenn & Bex said they felt like they were in prison, but I didn't mind it so much. Not sure what that says about how i'd like prison life, but to each his own I guess ;) The next morning (Day 3) we got up and headed into town. I was so excited because I was gonna surprise the girls by taking them to a little Doughnut shop that I found on the GPS. It was called "Daylight Doughnuts", and wouldn't ya know that when we pulled into the parking lot around 8:00 they were closed. I'm petitioning for them to change the name to "Mid-Morning Doughnuts"....We settled for McDonalds where I made a complete idiot of myself....It went a little something like this....Drive-through guy - "Welcome to McDonald's can i take your order?"
Me - "Ahem...yes...Could I have an egg and cheese bagel with a coke and--..."
Drive-through guy - "We don't have bagels"
Me - "Oh....well ummm...hang on a second...Well we're from out of town"
Ok I simply felt like I needed to explain to him why I ordered a bagel...I mean we have bagels in Live Oak. Beka & Jenn are still making fun of me.....they said "Beth he doesn't care if you're from out of town....It's not gonna matter, and you still aren't getting a bagel!!"
So then I re-ordered, and left that McDonalds never to return!!
When we arrived at "Boot Hill" we had the whole place to ourselves. We shopped around in the gift shop a little while & then made our rounds through the town. I love that place. I'm pretty sure before I was supposed to be Ree Drummond, (see Pioneer Woman post) I was supposed to be Annie Oakley. I love the thought of walking in the same place that Wyatt Earp once walked. Those guys were the real deal!! We had sasparilla in the saloon & then made our way through the rest of the little town....Here are the pictures
The Big City
Fort Dodge Jail
Mr. Buffalo
This chair wanted to come home with me too, but I think the
"Savannah" chair would've been jealous...
When we left Dodge City we headed to Colorado. Since Utah has my heart, Colorado is my #2 love. It's beautiful....although after 8 million corn fields we would've appreciated anything. We headed through the snow capped Rocky Mountains into a small town called Ouray. Our cabin in Ouray was my favorite. It was so nice inside, had real mattresses on the beds, and a little furnace. It was soooo cozy....and yes!! I said furnace. It was 32 degrees when we got to the campground. After we checked in we went and had BBQ sandwiches in town, made our way home, & snuggled down for the night.
Our cozy cabin 
We found an Alpaca!!!
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