03-26-2019, 12:51 PM
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15 hours ago, heavyhorse said:
I looked at the Rockies some many years ago.
1) Everything with tree one on it is Gov't Take; you can lease but never own. Property rights aren't yours, can go for timber or mining at any time. I don't think you are allowed to drill a well; everyone we visited had a water tank. You have to buy "water rights" to use natural water.
2) The Chinook winds are truly ridiculous. Think of on-and-off hurricane for months. Got pinned to the corral fence by a mattress that caught the wind. Sandblasted the finish off the passenger side of the car.
3) I'm not a winter person. Ever watch "Jeremiah Johnson" (Robert Redford I think, and the guy who was grandpa on "The Waltons")?
Oh, and there's something called Kansas between here and there. I became unconscious part way across. If geography has a vacuum, that's it. Tie the steering wheel down and put a brick on the gas pedal......
I did say "some". LOL! As for "winter", I actually get it deeper here then there, and longer (I've researched it) on average so it would likely be the least bothersome factor. The passes were a bitch though long ago. Yer first two points do make me luckier though, at least I own my mountainside farm. I never tried to buy land there, just bummed around after the service. Kansas, I'ts worse on a bike, or was back in the day.
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