My-West Road Trip – First Impressions

By Bennett Owen

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Let’s just say that our love for the west and awe of those who inhabit it has been doubly re-enforced by the things we’ve seen, the people we’ve met and the stories we’ve heard over the past four days and 13-hundred miles…

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… starting in Salt Lake, straight into the high desert heart of Wyoming to Rock Springs and Lander, then upwards to the still-snow-capped Wind River Range, topping the pass at 85-hundred feet, and dropping into cow country at Thermopolis, Meeteetse and Cody.

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Pointing northwards we crossed into Montana, passing through Red Lodge and severe ‘weather’ to Livingston, the white-capped Absarokas, dropping southwest again into the Pioneer range that we call home.

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We will be telling you our stories in the days to come and believe me they are fascinating and compelling, including names like Amelia Earhardt, Butch Cassidy and the cattle baron Otto Frank. 

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Buffalo Bill Cody is also on our list and his story alone would take a lifetime to chronicle.

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If we’d had more time we would have taken longer! Here are some impressions to whet your curiosity.

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