I’ve settled into my new home in Wyoming and I’m loving it here. The owners of a ranch here in Parkman, Wyoming were kind enough to host my entire team in some of the houses they have. The amenities are very nice! We have plenty of space, electricity and running water. We have satellite internet, but it’s VERY slow (slow enough that I can’t update my blog or check my e-mail). As far as I’ve seen, I get no phone reception. We’re about 40 minutes out of Sheridan, so it’s tough to keep up with friends or get groceries.
The nature here is really amazing. This is a grazing industry, so most of the land is used for cattle and such. However, the land is very hilly and green (except for recently - it snowed here, which was pretty strange). It’s great for running, which I’ve been doing every day since I arrived. Hopefully, the hilly, high-altitude conditions that I’m running in now will set me up for a great time in the AmeriCorps 5K that I’ll be running at the end of the year! I typically run when I get home from work, and then at night I sit on a bridge over a small river and play guitar until I’m tired enough to go to bed. Not bad, right?
Work has been pretty good, too. Our team typically splits, with some people going even farther down south to Buffalo, WY to work on constructing a house. The rest of the team stays in Sheridan, working at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, which is a surplus store that sends all of its revenue back into Habitat for Humanity. I’ve worked at both sites, and the supervisors at both of them are extremely approachable and appreciative. Habitat has a nice little community going on here in Wyoming.
This weekend I went hiking, which was amazing! We live right near Bighorn National Forest, which includes great canyon and mountain sights! Ryan, Lawrence and I went with Beth, an AmeriCorps VISTA from Virginia who will be working for Habitat for two months (pretty much like us). We hiked from the forested bottom of the canyon all the way up over the snow line and into the mountains! I don’t think I’ve ever had a snowball fight in June… On our way, we also checked out a really cool cave. I think it would be fun to spend the night in there one time.
That’s all I’ve got, for now. Hopefully these more frequent posts will eliminate the very long updates that I’ve been otherwise providing. Thanks so much for reading and remember to ask me questions!
-Scott
Above: Ryan under a porch clearing out dirt. Sometimes I call him Silver One's Ferret.
Above: Our dining room on the ranch.
Above: Horses on the ranch.
Above: Bridge with one of our houses in the background. If the weather's OK, I sit on the railing and play guitar at night.
Above: Hills near our ranch.
Above: Me falling off of a cliff. I survived.
Above: Beth, Lawrence and Ryan.
Above: The Black Canyon. At least that's what a Wyoming resident called it...
Above: Ryan exploring the cave that we found!
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