Now that we are headed east, we are spending some days just driving. Unlike most eastern states, western states are quite large. The drive across just part of Utah and then almost all the way across Wyoming takes a full day.
As we crossed Wyoming, we started seeing wind turbines again.
Wyoming is high country. The plains are high and the mountains are big. This is cowboy country.
There are lots of mesas.
There are even more trains. We saw more trains today than we have seen in years. Not only are there a lot of trains, most of them have lots of cars attached.
So why is this picture here? We are crossing the Continental Divide. Trust us, the sign is on the other side of the semi.
Part of the reason the semi blocked our view of the sign is the number of trucks on this stretch of highway. At one point we counted twice as many trucks as any other vehicles on the road. What do you expect two accountants do when driving long distance? We need something to count.
In addition to lots of trucks, (see three trucks in the picture and only two other vehicles.) There were numerous road construction sites. We were impressed by the way traffic flowed through the construction sites.
Lots of trucks and lots of construction can be ignored when you are traveling through scenery like this the whole way.
If you do not believe this is cowboy country, you did not notice all the cows on the range. There were cows everywhere.
Shortly after college, we made a trip to the western United States. We lived in Houston and were moving back east. We were not sure how long it would be before we got to go west so we took the summer off and went west.
Back then we noticed that the clouds were low in Wyoming. We soon realized the clouds were not low, the land was very high. Today, the low clouds affirmed that the plains of Wyoming are at a high altitude.
The open country of Wyoming provides a plethora of interesting landscapes. This is particularly true if you drive the Happy Jack Road through Curt Gowdy State Park rather than taking the interstate highway. It saves time and provides a backcountry view of Wyoming.
There were even more wind turbines near Cheyenne.
The trip across Wyoming was long, but not boring because of all the wonderful lands and sights we got to see.