Monday, August 3, 2009

Travel Notes: Bighorn National Forest » Yellowstone National Park

After coming down from the mountains, I dipped into a summery valley of tree lined rivers and vacationing anglers and followed the road along the river. The land gradually became hotter and drier and faded into a wasteland of drab rocky soil and little plant life. Apparently, oil can be found beneath this parched land; pumpjacks in the distance continued their ceaseless reciprocation. In the less rocky places, wheat was being grown. It looked like most other land that could be used was grazing land. On a side note, I noticed that when a large machine, like a tractor or a car, breaks in rural Wyoming, you simply find some empty land, of which there is an abundance, and abandon it. Over time, it will be joined by other failed or worn machines and left to rust.

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