Forests, camps, dinosaur bones, furry critters and more. Wyoming is a huge living playground with so much to teach. Are you in love with all things horse? Wyoming’s got horseback riding, dude ranches, horse camps and even herds of wild horses. And, after all, Wyoming is the Cowboy State.
My 12-year-old daughter stands on the boardwalk at Yellowstone's West Thumb Geyser Basin, aiming a borrowed digital laser thermometer at the hot pools and mud pots simmering nearby. She clicks the trigger and reads the display: 120 degrees … 155 degrees … even 170 degrees. read more
Governor Freudenthal's welcome to the Cowboy State.
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The story goes that the very first jackalope was created by a Douglas taxidermist. But is that reality or myth? You see, if the first jackalope came from the inspiration of an animal stuffer, how come the animals have been known to sing harmony with cowboys riding the range? And why is there now an annual hunting season on the critters? Did they take on a real life after creation like Alice's friends in Wonderland? read more