tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post5022133173583773113..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: The TripLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-9870289854701605402007-03-22T09:00:00.000-07:002007-03-22T09:00:00.000-07:00Lisa IS good with a knife, I remember dreading mee...Lisa IS good with a knife, I remember dreading meeting her in a dark studio in Baltimore... but thats a story for another day...<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear the trip went well and you guys look great! If Robb is exhausted, he doesn't look it in the photos. This is not ever the case with me.<BR/><BR/>If you ever want to go for another trip, preferably a road trip of a few days, I suggest the Virginian Hotel right outside of Casper, Wyoming. (It's still closer to you than to us). It's right next to the fossil fields that famous, intrepid and criminally-minded paleontologists from the dueling Smithsonian and Andrew Carnegie museums used to work in, and steal dinosaur fossils from each other and the railroad at gunpoint in the 1800's-1900's. Those pesky museum guys had real stones then. (Pun intended!)<BR/><BR/> The Hotel on the site is the one that "The Virginian" was written by Owen Wistler, (they still maintain his tiny suite of preserved rooms for people to look at) and each teeny tiny room for rent at the hotel is decorated in a different and peculiar style, comfort ranging from the 1800's to funky 1950's. They have the best cook in all of Wyoming there, and people drove hours just to get a meal. Course, thats true for all of Wyoming. Definately a good and worthwhile place to stay during your future rambles, and they have a Silver Dollar covered bar (literally) on the first floor, so it's really good for Robb to investigate Wyoming beer at.<BR/><BR/>The only walking around in nature would be restricted to strolling through the fossil fields, which you can do if you write ahead and get permission from, as the site (ranging over many miles) still has claims that are worked by different museums. And the weather is nothing short of hellish, it snowed in July when we were there (hence the many charms of the hotel). But you can't miss the fossil cabin, made from giant chunks of fossilized stone, and big fossil tusks. It's run by a german ex-patriot woman, and is currently for sale! Set your self up in business while on your trip there, eh? <BR/><BR/>Absolutely no greenery out there though, so it's a big change from your last trip!<BR/><BR/>Annalisa and GaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-83888132802151427032007-03-22T03:47:00.000-07:002007-03-22T03:47:00.000-07:00This HAS to be a hotel owned by the McMenamin chsi...This HAS to be a hotel owned by the McMenamin chsin. When we visited Funhog in OR, we stayed at Edgefield and it was filled with the wonderfu, whimsical designs like this.<BR/><BR/>Makes your stay that much more enjoyable, doesn't it?<BR/><BR/>MarkMark and Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467187163158222881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-9579278736857497592007-03-21T20:00:00.000-07:002007-03-21T20:00:00.000-07:00Said it before...and I'll say it again...I was thr...Said it before...and I'll say it again...I was thrilled with meeting you two! How funny to walk out our room at the Olympic, and see, of all people, Robb going into his room! Very, very sereal. The weather shown its best face for you, the woods put on its new cloak of green, and the beer flowed.<BR/><BR/>BTW...did you end up with a new favorite from the tasting menu? The ruby got you by surprise, didnt it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com