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ColoradoMy old stompin' grounds, from 1970 to 1999. Colorado is very western in attitude and geography, altho many of the folks there came from California and think like Californians. When I first lived there, I thought of myself more as a Mountaineer than a Cowboy. There is a difference, but it's pretty subtle. I can recommend a book -- rather a series -- that may help you to understand the difference. Brules is a shur-nuff mountain man who goes down into Comanche country and has a series of unforgettable adventures. Reading Harry Combs' series of books gave me a lot of insights into the "Mountain Man" mystique and the differences between them and the "plainsmen" we think of now as cowboys. Here in the desert, I think more about the weather. It is actually more intrusive. In Colorado we used to say "If you don't like the weather... wait a minute!" I thought maybe that was true here, but actually, you just hope it will change most of the time. + Pray for rain + Pray for clouds, to cool the 110 degree (in the sun) temp down! + Pray that it won't rain, when you're driving some road that's full of dry washes that turn into rivers You can see that I've gotten more religious here in Arizona!
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