Snow And Hail In Cheyenne Wyoming, Then Tornadoes

This is all because they do not want to pay their carbon tax Ha Ha

 

Am sure we will get full details upon his return.

 

Well..... he did say he would prefer that to the humidity of Florida..., so maybe he's loving it. Otoh.. it might be enough to make them change their minds at their ages and decide on somewhere more temperate

 

First, was in Cheyenne last Tuesday and got absolutely nothing. It was totally sunny, until we left the arena area about 3:30PM, when a thunderstorm was heading towards Cheyenne, but we got out of there before it hit...….if it did hit. T-storms and hail, both large and small, are just part of eastern Wyoming, eastern Montana and the High Plains states.

Holly, you are absolutely right, we'd rather live where there is t-storms and even hail, that in high, high humidity, tropical storms and the possibility of hurricanes...……..that we've already been thru since living here.

Thing is, people have their homes completely destroyed by tornado's, hurricanes and even a blizzard, but most rebuild and stay living in the areas. Sort of weird, but very, very true.

We somewhat liked Loveland, but like Ft. Collins quit a bit. Cheyenne can have a pretty rough winter, compared to Loveland and Ft. Collins. The demographics is much more to our liking, drivers are more courteous, all freshwater lake boating/fishing, some tattoos, but absolutely nothing like here in Jacksonville. We can wear our cowboy hats in either Loveland or Ft. Collins without anyone looking at us weird, like here.

Mention any part of Florida to those living in Loveland, Ft. Collins or even Cheyenne and all they say is "no way, with the humidity they get". Heck, the people in Loveland or Ft. Collins don't even want to talk about Denver, or as they call it "the other Los Angeles".

The rodeo was ok, but many people in attendance had never been to a rodeo and won't go to another one. They were the ones wearing shorts and tennis shoes...……..seriously. I notice that many would turn their heads away from the arena when an event was on, especially tie-down roping aka calf roping. The rodeo committee didn't care, they got their ticket money.

Did drive down to Parker, CO, 28 miles south of downtown Denver, and seen our old house. The entire area of Parker has really, really grown and some locals definitely don't like the growth that has happened.

Anyway, bottom line is...…...serious plans on moving to either Loveland or Ft Collins. Just can't live in Jacksonville or Florida or the South. Did find an apartment complex in Loveland that was nice and Boyd Lake is very nice. Bull Elk Crossing warning signs along a street where our hotel was.

 

hey Cody nice to hear from you, are you back home now?..did you enjoy your trip overall? Good that you've now decided on where you'd like to live. Do you plan on renting an apartment..and are the rents less expensive there?

 

We got back last night and boy did the humidity HIT both of us! To a point, we felt better at the 5,003 feet elevation in Ft Collins than here in Jacksonville where it is 16 feel elevation. Our arthritis pain was still there in Loveland/Ft Collins area, but could go away more with time living there. Some people's arthritis pain definitely gets better in the high elevations, while other don't or not as much.

The trip was overall nice and are glad we went. Outside of the rodeo grounds was pretty neat with a Chuck Wagon cooking championship going on. Chuck Wagons were used in the old, old cattle drive days when a cook would make meals for the cowboys on the cattle drive.

Will not have the money to buy a house or condo, so renting an apartment is the only thing we can do. Most apartments that look nice and are in descent areas, generally are not cheap to rent. It's about $100 more there than the apartment we are living in and we'd have two apartments above us. Since living here, we have been living in a 1-level apartment at the end of the 2-story apartment building.