We are located in a pretty nice spot.
Wyoming is known for windy areas. There are many jokes on the interwebs about it. Not to put Kansas to shame. After all, we had wind turbines on our lights in the Walmart parking lot…that’s serious wind right there.
(Walmart, Pratt, Kansas)
(Walmart Parking lot, Pratt, Kansas)
Now, our Walmart has this view in the parking lot:
(Walmart Parking lot, Cody, Wyoming. About 2 hrs away.)
In our little spot, we get some gusts of 20-25mph but we don’t really feel it as much as we did in Kansas.
Here’s a little view of where we are located.
(Brand House—were the interns live, old original ranch house. Camp Barn/Horse Stalls—two horses live there right now, is mucked in the morning and evening. Mineral Barn/Bunkhouse—Original shop with two bedroom 2 ½ bath attached to the end. Camp counselor cabins for the camp in the summers.)
(Arena/Shop/Office are the first buildings you encounter on our lane. Working corrals are always filled with horses or mama cows. Vet barn is for calving and doctoring. Guest House—one of the guest houses overlooks the ranch from the top of a hill/ridge.)
We are tucked back into a little spot between some hills and creek.
(The ranch. Picture is taken about five miles away)
To give a little more detail:
(The Big Horn Mountains. Paint Rock Canyon formed by the Paint Rock Creek from the top of the Big Horns. Main Ranch house where owners live. Guest House 1, Guest House 2 and our house.)
It’s a really good location. The archeological site, three miles north of the ranch, has about 34,000 visitors over the course of a year.
We can’t say it enough; it’s a nice little spot to be in. We get snow when no one else does (Mountain effect). We also get very little wind when everyone else is being blown away. Those hills, cliffs and canyons block a good bit of it. Better yet, the Paint Rock is right there. We are only a few steps away from some of the best trout fishing in the United States, or so we’ve heard.
Location, location, location!
