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819 - States talking about Wyoming
By Bill Sniffin
   

    Montana has more coal than Wyoming. They produce 400 million tons a year south of us. And we only produce just 40 million tons. Why?
– Montana gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown.

    During my zigzag trip last week to Montana, Colorado and Texas, it seemed like every newspaper I picked up had major stories featuring Wyoming.
    Although my flight destinations were Kalispell, MT and Dallas, TX, as usual, we flew to Denver first from Riverton. As the old saying goes, even when a Wyomingite dies and goes to heaven, they first have to go through Denver. And typically, to fly north by air, you first have to fly south.

818 - My Wyoming Bucket List
By Bill Sniffin
   
We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.
Jack Nicholson.


    The concept of figuring out those things that you want to do before you die was the theme of a popular 2008 movie called The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.
    I found the movie inspiring and immediately put together my own personal bucket list.
    On the big picture I want to visit the Holy Land, South America, Africa, China, do some major charity work, make a movie, write a novel, spend lots of time with grandkids and well, you can see how this works.
    But I also put together my own ...
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