A Drive Across DESOLATE WYOMING - Cheyenne To Cody
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Spent 3 weeks in Casper & a week on Casper Mt. They took us to Yellowstone, went back in 86 with hubby & kids.
Was a week in Lander, Rawlings & Kimball NE. Everyone was great. Drove across the mts at Ten Sleep to Worland for a week & kids took us to Thermop hot springs. Saratoga also has a hot springs, Hobo Pool.
Never made it to Cody, turned & went across the mts via Shell (beautiful drive) to Ranchester on way to Billings MT. I visited Jackson Hole before it became a celeb center. It was just another unique town.
Wish you’d have done audio. WY & MT are beautiful states & most friendly people. Took my laundry to laundromat & someone had taken my clothes & put in washer so they could use the washer. Never happen in the south they’d steal your clothes first!
Wish you’d have made it to the Tetons. Our drive from Casper to Lander was uneventful (except Hell’s Half Acre) until we topped a hill & saw the Tetons for the first time. They just appeared & looked so majestic! You also missed Teapot Dome & the river that runs uphill. Lander has the sinks of the Popo Aggie (Poposia) River. Also Hellfighters with John Wayne was filmed there.
Also they have ghost towns: Atlantic City & South Pass City. FYI: WY was the first state to have a woman governor & first female judge.
Date: 2024-01-28
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ZackJohnson
You were in the worst parts of Rock Springs. I wish you would have featured more of the city. If you went to foothill you would have seen the bustling side of Rock Springs. I challenge you to come back and look at the other side of Rock Springs. The college for example it has the dinosaur exhibit that is free to the public with full skeletons and fossils. You missed the wild mustangs that are here or the petroglyphs. There is so much more than the run down section of town.
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You were in the worst parts of Rock Springs. I wish you would have featured more of the city. If you went to foothill you would have seen the bustling side of Rock Springs. I challenge you to come back and look at the other side of Rock Springs. The college for example it has the dinosaur exhibit that is free to the public with full skeletons and fossils. You missed the wild mustangs that are here or the petroglyphs. There is so much more than the run down section of town.
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tedpreston4155
Somehow, your video doesn't capture the nature of the drive you made! As you experienced, that desolate landscape goes on and on for hours as you drive across the state.
It's a shame you drove through both Chugwater and Shoshoni on this trip, and you didn't stop for ice cream! Wyoming people make it a habit to stop for ice cream when they drive through Chugwater, Shoshoni and Farson, which have similarly quaint creameries.
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Somehow, your video doesn't capture the nature of the drive you made! As you experienced, that desolate landscape goes on and on for hours as you drive across the state.
It's a shame you drove through both Chugwater and Shoshoni on this trip, and you didn't stop for ice cream! Wyoming people make it a habit to stop for ice cream when they drive through Chugwater, Shoshoni and Farson, which have similarly quaint creameries.
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funguy4utube
Can’t help but think how brave the pioneers were. Imagine!
Just even imagine traveling by horse that distance. Even today one would be so dependent on your car not breaking down or running out of gas. There are so many long stretches without anything. Imagine the same mid winter and or at night.
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Can’t help but think how brave the pioneers were. Imagine!
Just even imagine traveling by horse that distance. Even today one would be so dependent on your car not breaking down or running out of gas. There are so many long stretches without anything. Imagine the same mid winter and or at night.
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jennyt7612
Thanks for a great video. I really like the frequent American flags flying too. Wish we were as patriotic here in Australia! This is a part of America I loved from the time I was a little girl growing up in a city on the other side of the world, & read the Mary O'Hara trilogy of the Goose Bar Ranch.
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Thanks for a great video. I really like the frequent American flags flying too. Wish we were as patriotic here in Australia! This is a part of America I loved from the time I was a little girl growing up in a city on the other side of the world, & read the Mary O'Hara trilogy of the Goose Bar Ranch.
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McIntyreBible
This video doesn't really show desolate parts of Wyoming. The word desolate means places barren of inhabitats-a wasteland. The highway from Cheyenne to Cody are not a wasteland, but picturesque! Some of the scenes remind me of the time when I drove through Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho!
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This video doesn't really show desolate parts of Wyoming. The word desolate means places barren of inhabitats-a wasteland. The highway from Cheyenne to Cody are not a wasteland, but picturesque! Some of the scenes remind me of the time when I drove through Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho!
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weeb9332
Wyoming is not desolate. It has some of the most varied unique landscapes anywhere. Also there is much land covered by forest as is covered by high desert. Even the Red Desert area of WY has some of the most breathtaking scenery anywhere. I would never consider living anywhere else.
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Wyoming is not desolate. It has some of the most varied unique landscapes anywhere. Also there is much land covered by forest as is covered by high desert. Even the Red Desert area of WY has some of the most breathtaking scenery anywhere. I would never consider living anywhere else.
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jurgenkuhlmann9194
I have written one of my comments that some small towns in the Mississippi (I hope I got the S's and P's right) were missing people. I did not know that there is worse than that: open country for hundreds of miles, 100% empty! That's really depressing, isn't it
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I have written one of my comments that some small towns in the Mississippi (I hope I got the S's and P's right) were missing people. I did not know that there is worse than that: open country for hundreds of miles, 100% empty! That's really depressing, isn't it
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longrider42
Been there done that, more times then I like to think about. I live in Cheyenne. The drive from Cheyenne to Casper isn't so bad. But then it's off to Shoshone and that part is not so good. After Shoshone its not so bad. Just don't do it in the winter time.
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Been there done that, more times then I like to think about. I live in Cheyenne. The drive from Cheyenne to Casper isn't so bad. But then it's off to Shoshone and that part is not so good. After Shoshone its not so bad. Just don't do it in the winter time.
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stevenjeffrey4637
I really wish this video had been made in the spring when everything is green, so much more beautiful. There are also so many other parts of Wyo that are absolutely beautiful that aren't represented in this video. Otherwise. very cool video!
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I really wish this video had been made in the spring when everything is green, so much more beautiful. There are also so many other parts of Wyo that are absolutely beautiful that aren't represented in this video. Otherwise. very cool video!
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donphillips5957
1974, Labor Day weekend we were heading east. Friday we went out in the Salt Lake desert, I got a miserable sunburn. Saturday we left SLC in the morning, it was drizzling and chilly. Saturday night we were snow bound in Rock Springs.
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1974, Labor Day weekend we were heading east. Friday we went out in the Salt Lake desert, I got a miserable sunburn. Saturday we left SLC in the morning, it was drizzling and chilly. Saturday night we were snow bound in Rock Springs.
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CosmicStargoat
Most people are under the impression that Wyoming is all tall, majestic mountains. Yes, you do have the Tetons, Yellowstone and Devil's Tower, but most of Wyoming looks more like Kansas and eastern Colorado. Desolate is right.
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Most people are under the impression that Wyoming is all tall, majestic mountains. Yes, you do have the Tetons, Yellowstone and Devil's Tower, but most of Wyoming looks more like Kansas and eastern Colorado. Desolate is right.
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MrReymoclif714
Remember a 1977 Bus approaching Cheyenne, Wyoming! Lotsa wooden small cowboy houses and then WHAM, The Capitol Dome Indians fighting for the tourists outside of the Bus Station. Not one of my longer layovers back then.
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Remember a 1977 Bus approaching Cheyenne, Wyoming! Lotsa wooden small cowboy houses and then WHAM, The Capitol Dome Indians fighting for the tourists outside of the Bus Station. Not one of my longer layovers back then.
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StereoSpace
Why desolate There's an inverse correlation between where people want to live and average winter temperature and snowfall amount. I'm not trying to sound snarky, but data from all over the world show that to be true.
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Why desolate There's an inverse correlation between where people want to live and average winter temperature and snowfall amount. I'm not trying to sound snarky, but data from all over the world show that to be true.
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davidphoenix5352
Will be doing that route in a few weeks' time ! Denver to Cheyenne, Casper, Cody, Yellowstone, Rexburg, Hailey, Boise, Bend, Eugene, Oregon Coast, Medford, Ukiah and onto SFO to fly back to the UK YIPPEEE!
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Will be doing that route in a few weeks' time ! Denver to Cheyenne, Casper, Cody, Yellowstone, Rexburg, Hailey, Boise, Bend, Eugene, Oregon Coast, Medford, Ukiah and onto SFO to fly back to the UK YIPPEEE!
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ruthlessgoat3702
I've made this drive. There is a wonderful Retro Motel in Riverton, the Paintbrush Motel. It is charming, squeaky clean and a perfect step back in time. Another great retro is The Rocket in Custer, S. D.
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I've made this drive. There is a wonderful Retro Motel in Riverton, the Paintbrush Motel. It is charming, squeaky clean and a perfect step back in time. Another great retro is The Rocket in Custer, S. D.
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OceanusHelios
I'm from Wyoming and have lived here for 50 years. I had to turn the volume all the way down because that musical score couldn't be more dijointed from the actual video or the feel of what Wyoming is like.
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I'm from Wyoming and have lived here for 50 years. I had to turn the volume all the way down because that musical score couldn't be more dijointed from the actual video or the feel of what Wyoming is like.
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scotcoon1186
I always thought I'd like to live in the middle of Wyoming, without another soul in sight.
Then I stood at Panorama Point in the wind, with the nearest visible place easily over 5 miles away.
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I always thought I'd like to live in the middle of Wyoming, without another soul in sight.
Then I stood at Panorama Point in the wind, with the nearest visible place easily over 5 miles away.
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kcn-qt6fc
Wyoming is beautiful! I have only seen a portion of the state and want to see more. I would also say that the downtown centers of the towns you drove through were thriving! A very good sign.
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Wyoming is beautiful! I have only seen a portion of the state and want to see more. I would also say that the downtown centers of the towns you drove through were thriving! A very good sign.
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ticnatz
I've done desolate drives across Nebraska, Kansas, & Colorado looking for abandoned farmhouses & barns, for photographic reasons. Perhaps Wyoming should be next.
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I've done desolate drives across Nebraska, Kansas, & Colorado looking for abandoned farmhouses & barns, for photographic reasons. Perhaps Wyoming should be next.
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ryanlevron1972
I used to live in Worland. i was renting for 18 months and drove thru Wind River Canyon many times. now we own 4 acres in Wyoming. its a beautiful state
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I used to live in Worland. i was renting for 18 months and drove thru Wind River Canyon many times. now we own 4 acres in Wyoming. its a beautiful state
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edwardmiessner6502
It doesn't look desolate at all! A drive on smooth, well-kept roads through a still beautiful landscape. They must be doing something right
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It doesn't look desolate at all! A drive on smooth, well-kept roads through a still beautiful landscape. They must be doing something right
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jimgrimes2987
Thank you for the negative publicity, hope it keeps people away. This is Wy greatest treasure, miles and miles of nothing and no one.
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Thank you for the negative publicity, hope it keeps people away. This is Wy greatest treasure, miles and miles of nothing and no one.
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user-qm9oo2fd2o
We made the same drive this past June. We’re moving to Cheyenne from California. BIL lives in Cody.
Love the wide open spaces.
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We made the same drive this past June. We’re moving to Cheyenne from California. BIL lives in Cody.
Love the wide open spaces.
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hughstephenson2957
I was born and raised 50 miles east of Cody (Greybull area) and live in NE Wyoming now. I still get over there fairly frequently
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I was born and raised 50 miles east of Cody (Greybull area) and live in NE Wyoming now. I still get over there fairly frequently
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davy2022
Hi guys, absolutely love your videos to parts of the USA we don’t think about. All the best for your travels. Davy, Glasgow (Scotland)
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Hi guys, absolutely love your videos to parts of the USA we don’t think about. All the best for your travels. Davy, Glasgow (Scotland)
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hdtraincam
awesome i felt like Jesse James just looking at the scenery your doing a beyond excellant job on your video cross country series
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awesome i felt like Jesse James just looking at the scenery your doing a beyond excellant job on your video cross country series
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yourock3962
This is my kind of trip. Driving through the west where aren’t many people. But the ones you meet are good people. I love WY.
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This is my kind of trip. Driving through the west where aren’t many people. But the ones you meet are good people. I love WY.
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gonzothompson412
If you stay in Meeteetse long enough, you can see the towns Family Treewhich is a Flag Pole right beside the post office!
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If you stay in Meeteetse long enough, you can see the towns Family Treewhich is a Flag Pole right beside the post office!
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Marilyns888
Thanks for the video. I'm most likely going to move to Cheyenne in 3 months. I'm glad to see videos and even drone footage.
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Thanks for the video. I'm most likely going to move to Cheyenne in 3 months. I'm glad to see videos and even drone footage.
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josiel152
kinda reminds me of the road from Reno Nevada to Las Vegas Nevada -nothing there maybe a little more on
your drive though.
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kinda reminds me of the road from Reno Nevada to Las Vegas Nevada -nothing there maybe a little more on
your drive though.
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alankelly-hamm2702
More amazing footage and good music. I get to see through your eyes parts of the US that I have never visited.
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More amazing footage and good music. I get to see through your eyes parts of the US that I have never visited.
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earthangel3234
I live in Southern Montana and love Wyoming and driving through it. A very beautiful State and the people are nice.
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I live in Southern Montana and love Wyoming and driving through it. A very beautiful State and the people are nice.
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marcusmassey231
You should do a trip up into the Big Horn Mountains from Sheridan. It's worth the drive. It is gorgeous up there
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You should do a trip up into the Big Horn Mountains from Sheridan. It's worth the drive. It is gorgeous up there
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donnasuzie64
I moved to Wyoming about 5 years ago. I love it out here! If you can handle the winters, it's beautiful country!
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I moved to Wyoming about 5 years ago. I love it out here! If you can handle the winters, it's beautiful country!
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