We recently had relatives from Missouri visiting us so I decided to do some touristy things with them. No, we didn’t go to Yellowstone National Park or to the Grand Teton National Park. We didn’t go to Fort Laramie or Register Cliff. I splurged and took them between Cheyenne and Laramie to see the Ames Monument. Do I know how to treat my guests or what?Actually, we had been doing things associated with Cheyenne Frontier Days but decided to take a little break and enjoy a quiet ride. It wasn’t the monument that attracted me to turn off the interstate and onto the gravel road. It was the clouds. A storm was preparing to move in and I wanted to get a closer look. The monument ended up being a great place to enjoy the changing weather pattern. The cloud formations rolling in from the mountains, and the subsequent lightning strikes, were a phenomenal showpiece. As you can see in the photo above the clouds just came and covered us.While we there I read the various signs and learned a little history about the Union Pacific Railroad. However, it was most enjoyable to see the beauty of God’s creating hand. “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.”(Psalm 48:1)
