Fuck. That sounds like something out of a horror movie. :-)
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What part of WY? One of my best friends is retired up there near Pinedale, WY. We get together and fish the Green R. below Fontenelle Dam just north of Kemmerer every July.

Great country. And the fishing is great.

I've always thought about buying a small ranch in MT, but since I started visiting in WY, I've considered there as well.
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Yeah, it didn't take us long to decide on Wyoming. Apart from the wind - it is beautiful country. We, too, had thought about Montana but seems as though Californians have found out about Montana and are moving there in droves..... :-)
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Thanks! Yeah throat and neck cancer. 2019 was a real hoot for me. Chemo and radiation. I was out of touch with the world for most of the year. There were days that I wanted to check out, but my wonderful Wife kept me on an even keel. Then 2020 hit......what a mess...now, 2021, I get a case of shingles. On the right side of my face and in the outer parts of my right eye. Good news, however, is is treatable; but damn! Do NOT HESITATE to get a shingles vaccination!!! This shit is painful. Unfortunately I had no idea that my shingles vaccination was killed off with the cancer treatment.......

Hey..life goes on.
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Ummmmm.... Yeah. I’ll go ahead and beg to differ. They don’t call them the wind swept plains for nothing.


There is nothing between me and 20 miles of nothing. Not even a tree. Wind blew 40-65 for like 36 straight hours and calmed down last night.

It’s way better in town but yeah, out in the country, yeah I know about wind.
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Our ranch is North and West of Cheyenne about 30 miles (hell, there isn't a town anywhere near us) and we chose that for a reason. We drive about 35 miles to get groceries, so we stay fairly well stocked up. When we aren't there, our Son and his family are. He takes care of the place (livestock) and when we head out there, he comes back to Kansas.

That's where we are now - preparing to make the big move out there. Putting the houses here on the market, etc. I have to admit that I'm a little torn about the move - hell I love living here near KC, but the times, they are a changing my friend.......
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Yep....I'll never forget when my Wife and I were researching Wyoming. We were ups in the very north east part on the east of the Thunder Basin - and the wind was so damned bad - it literally blew my truck (a RAM 1500) off the road. Scared the hell out of us - but we had a laugh about it.
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You sound ornery enough to beat about anything. Had a Chemistry Professor who walked with a cane. He had radiation treatment back in the early 60's. First day of class he sits down, throws his cane on the table and explained why he needs a cane.

At the end of his introduction he gave his reasoning for still being around-
"God didn't want me because I am too damn ornery and the Devil don't want me because he fears competition".

You are in my prayers Flagg.
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That’s how you do it. :-)
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Windiest place in the US several years in a row not too long ago. (DDC weather station, close enough).

Was it 7-8 years ago we had 80-100 mph sustained non-tornado winds? Flipped every sprinkler that wasn't aligned around here. :-)

When people want to argue about wind, I just pull out the stats. End of conversation. It's not anything to be proud about, either. I ****ing HATE the wind.
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Yeah. Not great. Last 2 days were abysmal.
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That's a great story Randall! Sounds like your and my family think very much alike. We are certainly looking to get out of California in a few years when I retire. That being said, we live in a very rural area and have acreage as well, though not nearly as much. We are very self sufficient and prepared to make a stand as well. It's an amazing thing having privacy and not seeing the rooftops of your neighbors homes. LOL at the reference to taking a leak outside, do it everyday! Congratulations on beating your cancer. Not an opponent anyone wants to face, glad you were victorious. One of our trips in the next two years will send us into Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. We have about four states left to visit on our summer trips before we get serious about where we are going after retirement. We have a great home here with immense privacy but, make no mistake, we are out of here.
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Now thats what I call living the dream
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Damn, I get a tear in my eye when I think about all my weapons and ammo that fell into that lake..........

Now here I am, all defenseless...... :-)
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