Winter in Wyoming – wow, what a time for a long road trip

A lonely bald eagle near Kaycee, a long pile-up of semi-trailer trucks on Interstate 80 near Rock Springs, dry roads all around Rawlins and high winds between Douglas and Wheatland.

These were just a few of the adventures during a recent road trip around the state.

It started on the last day of the most beautiful autumn most of us have ever experienced in Wyoming. On Sunday, Nov. 9, I listened to the Bronco game while heading over South Pass to Rock Springs to stay ahead of a big snowstorm bearing down on Lander. The Rock Springs chamber asked me to talk during their annual monthly luncheon an...