Archive for the ‘Wyoming’ Category
Romancing the Wind
True story.
When I lived in Wyoming, I didn’t have any money so I struck up a deal with my landlord. I’d seen the old guy out in front of the building every morning during the first weeks of winter, bent over, braving the early morning cold, to clear away the night’s snow from the [...]
Bottleneck
One winter day we woke up to learn that everyone in Laramie was snowed in. No one could leave town, including the transport trucks that carried everything vital to and from Cheyenne on Interstate 80. We were stuck for several days while the mountain pass was cleared.
On the afternoon the road opened up, [...]
Snow Fences
You’ll find them scattered across the plains in groups of three or four. A half dozen might be glimpsed from the highway. In certain areas, they seem to be rooted to the bedrock, silently waiting for the temperature to drop. They are snow fences, and they have populated the American west for scores [...]