Tell me about Wyoming?

[Obsessed]

The prospects for dental floss ranching are poor at best.

The best floss fields are in Montana, obviously.

[petr]

Seriously isolated man. I thought NE Nebraska was rural. Take up long range shooting

[blary54]

Drove through Gillette on a road trip from WI to Yellowstone. Cant really comment on the town. Think we stayed a night in a cheap motel but didnt get to see much of the town.

One thing I can comment on is there is not much out there. Lots of grassland open plains...no trees. Closest big city is Casper SW of Gillette about 2 hours away. Then Rapid City SD East of Gillette about 2hr 20 min. There are alot of cool state parks like the Big Horn mountains. East of you is Devils Tower. Which is cool, but IMO unless you are a climber...once you've seen it there Isnt much of a need to go back. Yellowstone I believe is around 4-5 hour drive but definitely worth it. Best of luck to you...a little too desolate for my tastes.

[Wullie]

Hauled cattle and did the cowboy thing N of Laramie for 4 years. Was riding one afternoon checkin the calves. Headed down wind and the old mutt I was ridin lifted his tail to fart and the wind blew the bits out of his mouth. Watched a 300lb woman get blowed into a five gallon bucket one day. Reason Gene Autry didn't want to be buried on teh lone prairie was because he was afraid he'd get blowed out of the ground.

Had some great times up there. They look down their noses at flat landers and Texas boys, BUT the saddle bums up there will buy you beer to dance with their womenfolk. I always thought of it as reparation for gettin feet stomped by some of amply fed dumplins.

Big country, good people. Men are men and sheep keep their rumps against the wall. ;)

Kind of touristy up around the park because of all the movie stars and such........

[K Baz]

Use to stay here when I went to sturgis. Never lived there but town seemed nice - remember I live in Saskatchewan so my nice maybe different then yours. The meth billboards I believe are there for a reason - heard from a couple of people that live there that I know that meth is a big issue there.

[ScoutHikerDad]

I think it's one of the most beautiful states in America, in its own desolate, high-plains, wind-blown sage-brush kind of way. The people there seem to still have much of that frontier, cowboy attitude (and quite a few are actual cowboys). Many of the tiny little "towns" have a sun-scalded, barely hanging on atmosphere, with a very PBR and cigarettes vibe. I saw "motels" there patched together from old school portables, and a good bit of electric blue eye shadow (hadn't seen that since the 70's anywhere else-strange).

But yes, as others have said, the scenery anywhere in the Yellowstone ecosystem is stunning (lots of it outside the park, and not all crowded-just hike a mile from the road!). Lots of wildlife (pronghorn, mule deer, elk, etc.), a lot of it laying dead in the road with all the traffic from the growing gas boom. If you can get down there, Cody is worth spending a couple of days in (saw the rodeo with the family, had a shot and a beer in Buffalo Bill's saloon before watching the shootout, and the
Museum of the West is fascinating).

I'd go back, not sure if I'd want to live there. Would definitely love to live near Bozeman, MT or Durango, CO, though.

[Shaving_CHENG]

I stayed a night in Gillette whilst driving across country in 2002. The people were welcoming, food was great, beer went down well, and the surrounding area is stunningly gorgeous. In 10 years things in town could have changed, but you will always be a manageable drive from Yellowstone and a short drive from some of the best fishing in the country.

As with anything new, enjoy all that it has to offer, and you'll walk away a better man.

[Wullie]

If I could find anything to do up there besides driving a truck or working the oil patch that paid anything, I'd go back to Wyoming. I LIKE that BIG country.

Besides, you can buy kid a pair chaps when he's little and he can wear all his life, because those high country cow hands wear "chinks". LOL