The orange cloud from blasting at the surface coal mine; signs warn you not to be exposed to it.... Hope that recirculation function on my A/C unit was working!
Wide open grassland.....
Yesterday we traveled from the Black Hills of South Dakota through some coal mining areas (ugly!) and then through the Thunder Basin National Grassland to the Platte River and Casper. Before Casper, we were in some of the lower elevations in Wyoming. The plains (grassland) are vast open spaces with nothing to cut the wind but artificial windbreaks. We saw lots of cattle, sheep, deer, and coal trains--but mainly lots of open space and sky and NO TREES.
We spent the night in Casper and I fell asleep really early, so of course I am awake in the middle of the night (it's 4 am MDT). I think the elevation is what is getting to me; I believe we're about a mile high here and going higher today as we head west to Lander. The Grasslands were lower but we climbed out of them before getting to Casper.
Daisy will stay at a kennel the two nights we are in Lander. We'll take our time getting there today. There are two ways to get to Lander from here, and both look interesting. Both also have side trips. So I have yet to figure out what we'll do exactly, but it will be beaustiful, I am sure!
It's been so pretty I have not had the radio on or played CDs much the past few days. However, today I will play my Peter, Paul, and Mary CDs in tribute, as Mary Travers died yesterday. What beautiful music they brought to all of us--even if you didn't agree with their politics!
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