My family has been in this area for a few years. And by a few years, I mean generations. I proudly tell anyone with even the tiniest interest that my dad’s grandpa was a mayor. The last mayor of the 19th century in fact. That’s just his paternal side though since his mom hailed from New York state. My mom’s roots however, are a little more plentiful. Both sides on her maternal side came to the area due to coal mining. Coal was the lifeblood of this community after all. Mom’s paternal side, took a more circular route to get here. Ranching outside of town brought the family to the area before eventually moving into town. So, whenever I read a book about local history, I always hope to bump into some family history. It’s true what they say, be careful what you wish for because you just may get it.
Continue readingWyoming
The 307
I hail from the great state of Wyoming. You know what makes it so great? Hardly anyone has ever heard of it. Those that have heard of it have misconceptions about it. Including our neighboring states Utah and Colorado.
Don’t believe me?
Continue readingI hate to inform you but history is not a concrete study
Sometimes two unrelated events come together and school you in a lesson. That happened for me a few years ago when I was trying to rise after a failure of sorts and needed some sort of affirmation that I could be good at something. As I tried to find some validation I decided to combine two things that I like and see if I could make a go at it. So I combined my love of public speaking with local history and sought some outlet for the two. What I settled on was conducting cemetery tours. The lesson I learned fairly quickly is that history is not as concrete as I thought it was. Continue reading
Land of the perfect sunsets
When you live in the land of perfect sunsets, you feel an obligation to share captured moments. Continue reading
100,000 miles later
In April I paid off my car. What a great feeling! Continue reading
Road Trip 2015
Something a little different this year. Instead of the normal birthday blog I did a video.
For your bucket list consideration…
It was Lyn’s idea to begin with. “We need to take a road trip,” she said in July. “Maybe up to the park or somewhere in September.”
We took a look at our calendars. As luck would have it, I was available for exactly two weekends and so was she. But the opposite weekends. So, we settled for a plan B during Labor Day weekend.
Top 10 Reasons to live in Wyoming
1. The wind is breathtaking. Seriously. Wear a scarf.
2. Don’t have to worry about all those pesky seasons.
3. It’s practically, nearly, almost in the middle of the United States.
My neighbor’s tree
I live in a desert. You have to understand that. If you understand that then you’ll understand my fascination with trees. Let’s just say, I have a lot of pictures of trees. Especially my neighbor’s tree.
Autumn
This is how it looked in the fall. However, one day later….
First snowfall
We received our first snow of the season. Isn’t that kind of early? you may ask. That’s Wyoming.
Winter
This is how it’s faring this winter. Like that red neck truck parked in front? That’s Wyoming.
My birthday road trip: day 7 (500 miles)
August 9: sad day.
KOA’s are not as comfortable as they used to be. But I was tired enough I slept most of the night. At about 3:00am I woke up with my body telling me, “I think you may need to use the restroom.”
I convinced it otherwise. Since I would have to leave my cabin and walk across the road I became determined to not use the facilities.
“Okay,” my body said, “but don’t blame me if the results are disastrous.”
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