Cowboys and Oilmen

Yesterday's ride took me across the high plains of southern Wyoming where "extraction" rules the economy - coal, soda ash, potash, gas and oil. Easy interstate the first 250 miles, good two-lane from Rawlins to Casper. Supper at the Beacon "where cowboys sneak in." Cowboys and oil rig wranglers have the same lean and sun-baked look and even dress alike. The cowboys don't have as much money to toss around as the ten-on-four-off drillers. Today's weather looks like it could get wet late in the day. My target is the Black Hills (Custer SD).