Wyoming

[JR]

Spent a week at the families cabin in Wyoming. I only wish I could get out there more often, it truly is gods country. The weather was beautiful except for a hail storm that sent larger than golf ball sized hail down on us with zero warning. It got interesting for a few minutes to say the least. Anyway, I know there are a few hunters out there, thought I would share some of the pictures of the wild life roaming around their place.

 

[JR]

Few more

And here is some leftovers of the hail that came down. I'll never complain of another hailstorm again :-laf

Got this one from my sister, this little guy was wandering around the cabin (you can see the edge of the shed in the picture)

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Great pics. If I could get my wife to live there, I'd leave tomorrow.

 

[JR]

I hear ya Mr Hawes. My problem is a little different (career related) If I could figure out how to make a living out there, I'd be outta here as well. It wouldn't be too difficult to convince the family, even the little ones. Unfortunately, the more remote an area, the less opportunities there are. I suppose thats what dreams are for.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I hear ya Mr Hawes. My problem is a little different (career related) If I could figure out how to make a living out there, I'd be outta here as well. It wouldn't be too difficult to convince the family, even the little ones. Unfortunately, the more remote an area, the less opportunities there are. I suppose thats what dreams are for.

Yup, the draw back to rural life is the economy. We're very fortunate to have the country bumpkin life and be able to make the land pay for itself. However, it ain't no Wyoming.

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

Snowy Range??

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This looks pretty familiar to me. I'm guessing it is somewhere in the Medicine Bow National Forest. Beautiful country indeed!!

 

[JR]

Yes it is indeed Mikey.
Are you familiar with the place the picture was taken, or the country thats in the picture? It would be pretty unique if you know of the place where I was standing, it's just around the corner from my families cabin and down a little off beaten path.

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

Not familiar with the exact spot, but it looks to be somewhere around Centennial.



I haven't been down that way for a couple years since I moved to Glenrock. Now I have to settle for views of Laramie peak when I go exploring. :-laf

 

[JR]

Your pretty close, it was actually taken a few miles up the road from the WyColo lodge. (Nice watering hole, I might add ) That is the area where my families cabin is at as well.

The elk and buffalo were at Sybill (SP?) Canyon.

The picture below the cabin should look familiar to you as well. That is Laramie Peak, taken from my grandparents place in Wheatland. I remember hiking it a few times in my younger years. I sure do miss living out there, I hope to be able to call it home again someday. Hopefully before I'm too old to enjoy it

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I sure do miss living out there, I hope to be able to call it home again someday. Hopefully before I'm too old to enjoy it

The is something I try to drill into my wife's skull. What's the point of kicking our a s s es all our lives in one place with hopes of moving someplace better, only to find yourself too old to enjoy it? You and me are on the same page.

 

[JR]

The is something I try to drill into my wife's skull. What's the point of kicking our a s s es all our lives in one place with hopes of moving someplace better, only to find yourself too old to enjoy it? You and me are on the same page.

Yes sir, and if we're lucky well make it. Fortunately the wife and I share many of the same goals and she is on board with the early retirement. Will it ver happen? Who knows, we have a long way to go yet (I'm 33 and she is 31), and life can throw some wicked curve balls at you along the way. All we can do is try to put ourselves in the position and hope for the best. We're both pretty fortunate with the careers we've established, keep a low debt to income ratio, and bank money every chance we get. Today is good, but who knows what tomorrow will bring.

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

I don't know if all of the folks viewing this thread like country music... If not just cut off the sound :-laf



Here are a couple videos with some good songs from Chris LeDoux (Kaycee, WY) that contain pics from a variety of places around the state... Enjoy!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGS-vGuZ9VE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOwYAicz3fk

 

[JR]

I don't know of anybody who doesn't appreciate a little Chris LeDoux



Digging up some more pictures from 2011. One of the stipulations of the funding they receive to maintain the roads is they have to be passable so many days out of the year. So if the snow is still several feet deep by the middle of May, they start getting a little antsy... . :-laf

These are all up above Centennial clearing the road way Memorial Day Weekend

 

[NIsaacs]

Not familiar with the exact spot, but it looks to be somewhere around Centennial.



I haven't been down that way for a couple years since I moved to Glenrock.

If you have any pull, try and get a fueling station in Chugwater. Ya can't stop for Chili if ya can't get fuel

The Sinclair across from the rest area was a nice station until it burnt down. I think I read, where, some dumb bell crashed into it:-laf



Nick

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Yes sir, and if we're lucky well make it. Fortunately the wife and I share many of the same goals and she is on board with the early retirement. Will it ver happen? Who knows, we have a long way to go yet (I'm 33 and she is 31), and life can throw some wicked curve balls at you along the way. All we can do is try to put ourselves in the position and hope for the best. We're both pretty fortunate with the careers we've established, keep a low debt to income ratio, and bank money every chance we get. Today is good, but who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Sweet. I'm not the only young buck here. I'll be 37 this year.

 

[Gonzo 1066]

I don't know of anybody who doesn't appreciate a little Chris LeDoux



Digging up some more pictures from 2011. One of the stipulations of the funding they receive to maintain the roads is they have to be passable so many days out of the year. So if the snow is still several feet deep by the middle of May, they start getting a little antsy... . :-laf

These are all up above Centennial clearing the road way Memorial Day Weekend



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These photos illistrate why some folks wont make it through the 2nd winter in some of these "Gods country" locations. The same piece of ground that is fantastic in the middle of July can feel like Siberia for November, December, January and Feburary. Tough sledding to say the least.

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

I don't know of anybody who doesn't appreciate a little Chris LeDoux



Digging up some more pictures from 2011. One of the stipulations of the funding they receive to maintain the roads is they have to be passable so many days out of the year. So if the snow is still several feet deep by the middle of May, they start getting a little antsy... . :-laf

These are all up above Centennial clearing the road way Memorial Day Weekend



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Sometimes these guys get in a pinch! Several years ago, I got off work early (around midnight) and was bored. So, I decided to take a run from Wamsutter down to Baggs and then East on WY70 just to see how far I could get. I was just cruising down the freshly exposed road and noticed something shiny ahead. I was curious and continued on for another mile or so and then... The shiny thing started to flash an S. O. S. I kept going and by pure luck (for the OTHER guy), I found a small dozer (like the one in the pics) parked next to a pickup with one very cold and tired operator! Evidently, the snow he'd been plowing all day was also building up around the doors and melting with the heat from the cab and when the sun dropped... You guessed it... Instant ice!!! Poor guy was trapped in there for damn near 12 hours before I just happened to show up. The only tool that was needed was a hammer to knock the ice away so he could get out.

If you have any pull, try and get a fueling station in Chugwater. Ya can't stop for Chili if ya can't get fuel

The Sinclair across from the rest area was a nice station until it burnt down. I think I read, where, some dumb bell crashed into it:-laf



Nick

You mean this weenie... http://trib.com/news/state-and-regi...cle_4f300dd8-c854-5f02-8d32-239f77889a6a.html Just remember to top off before visiting! :-laf

Sweet. I'm not the only young buck here. I'll be 37 this year.

I'm 35 and catching up :-laf

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

These photos illistrate why some folks wont make it through the 2nd winter in some of these "Gods country" locations. The same piece of ground that is fantastic in the middle of July can feel like Siberia for November, December, January and Feburary. Tough sledding to say the least.

You forgot to add: September, October, March, April, and early May, (and sometimes June) to the list :-laf Heck!! I remember back when it snowed on the 4th of July!!



Perhaps winter is one of the reasons why this state ranks #50 in population density and #49 in overall population! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyomig



I love it here!!

 

[JR]

These photos illistrate why some folks wont make it through the 2nd winter in some of these "Gods country" locations. The same piece of ground that is fantastic in the middle of July can feel like Siberia for November, December, January and Feburary. Tough sledding to say the least.

Actually not very many people live year around where these pictures were taken. There are a few full timers up there, but for the most part they're all just weekend get a ways Or people will go up for the day to snowmobile or ski (in the winter) and then they go back home, where ever that is. The picture of the cabin is a shade over 9k feet, (and it gets higher from there), where my family lives 45 minutes away is around 7200 feet and the ground can be bare when theres several feet of snow up top.
I spent about 12 years out there and winters in Laramie aren't any worse than living in the shadows of the Great Lakes and dealing with lake effect snow all winter. It's actually kind of comical when they come out here, on a 20 degree day they will be bundled up like they're dressed for "Siberia" while I'm running around in a sweatshirt and a light jacket :-laf. It takes a while to adjust to the humidity. It's all relative to what your acclimated to.

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

If you tell them, they will come...

PS. . Keep quiet about this 'slice of heaven' part of the US please!!