The winds in Wyoming suck! I don't know why anyone in their right mind would settle there. Once upon a time, the Land Management Bureau offered land at $1.94 an acre, based on people improving the land. That generally amounted to a claims shack because nothing grows there higher than shrubs. Its not that its above the tree line, there's just nothing there. Sheep and cattle outnumber people. By a lot. Winds blow as fast as people can drive on super highways. Why would anyone live in Wyoming? Really?
And yet, its absolutely beautiful. I'd show you the pictures I took, but I left my camera cord in Colorado. It's coming, probably through Wyoming, but it'll be a while. There's a reason Yellowstone is located in the state. Even through the miles and miles of unending prairie, the hurricane force winds (without the rain, occasionally with the tornadoes) there's a way the light falls on the grass, the rocks, and the horizon that is unlike anything else. It's not as flat as Kansas, that's saying something.
And besides, I grew up in Colorado, where I used to grab onto light posts to keep from blowing away at the bus stop. Oh, I was 8, stop laughing.
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