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| A girlfriend of mine is looking for a new job and has narrowed down where she would like to live to Colorado and Wyoming. She runs barrels and ropes so she is looking for an area that has regular jackpots, open rodeos, etc. I told her I would check on here to see what people thought... Ready... Go! Thanks in advance :) |
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| Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year.
What you talking bout?
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Location: Somewhere around here | I live in CO and I like the idea of moving to WY (just for a change of scenery) but I am a wimp when it comes to the cold! The southern part of CO (everything south of Denver basically) will be warmer but might be a little harder to be closer to barrel races unless you lived by CO Springs or Denver. I do like the CO barrel races and Mile High Barrel Racing Assoc. does pretty good with their races. They are getting bigger every year but I wish they would have more locations for their races. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I am near Lusk WY and we are 80's June and then July it gets into the 90's and Aug for a week or 10 days will hit 104 sometimes. No humidity, no rain (lol usually) and no barrel races. Lots of roping though it seems. I am 2 1/2 hrs from Casper (lots of wind/few barrel races) Rapid City (fun fun town, lots of barrel racing) and Torrington is 2 hrs and has a lot of barrel racing and roping with a super nice indoor arena. They are hot and humid though all summer long. Sheridan is the paradise of WY, but they do get a winter. Not sure of barrel races. Cheyenne is windy and cold, but the summers are gorgeous. Some barrel racing, but Torrington is only 1 1/2 hrs, Laramie just a little under an hour and Ft collins CO as well. I gew up in Chey until I moved here at 19. I don't do the big cities so could never gut CO. But I know the front range of CO has a lot of horse events.
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 11:16 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year. What you talking bout?
My in-laws live in Cokeville, Wy. Those people have to be tough, they were all out snowmobiling during Christmas in -20 degree mornings. But on the other hand Wyoming does have big bucks (as in deer, not dollars). Anybody want to see some deer pictures?
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:27 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 11:16 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year. What you talking bout?
-20 that is an Indian Summer haha. Where is Cokeville?
We have really nice bucks here too (obviously not dollars lol) but the biggest with those thick bases and black horns are in the mountains. My dad always called them timber bucks. Laramie, Medicine Bow is where we hunted when I was a kid. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | I live in Buffalo WY. We are pretty much 2 hours from anything Casper, Rapid, Billings but there are barrel races everywhere in those 2 hours. We are 35 minutes from Sheridan and there isn't much for barrel racing there. Buffalo is kind of a banana belt as far as the winter goes but we do get -20 weather often. I would not suggest moving to Buffalo if you are looking for a job. There is little to nothing here, I was very lucky to find my job.
If she is wanting to be close to rodeos/barrel races I would say Colorado. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 10:34 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:27 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 11:16 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year. What you talking bout?
We have really nice bucks here too (obviously not dollars lol) but the biggest with those thick bases and black horns are in the mountains. My dad always called them timber bucks. Laramie, Medicine Bow is where we hunted when I was a kid.
Cokeville is on the border of Utah and Wyoming. Closer to Evanston and Randolph Utah. COLD sucker there |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | UTAHCANCHASER - 2015-01-06 10:35 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 10:34 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:27 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 11:16 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year. What you talking bout?
We have really nice bucks here too (obviously not dollars lol) but the biggest with those thick bases and black horns are in the mountains. My dad always called them timber bucks. Laramie, Medicine Bow is where we hunted when I was a kid.
Oh yes,I know where that is. I have been to Yellowstone once and we went into ID to visit friends of my grandparents and came back in by Evanston and some cheese factory that was delish! Then across the no man's land of WY, Riverton and through Casper back home. Most of WY is gorgeous except that which was given to the Reservation. |
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| After living in Laramie for 2 years ... you couldn't pay me to move there!! LOL. Something about that much snow just got to me - mind you previous to that I lived in South Dakota (east side) and it was cold too but somehow a bit more bareable.
I really like the Ft Collins to Loveland area! It was like mecca when we'd haul down there and would continually be warmer by 10 degrees or more than Laramie!!
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| lindseylou2290 - 2015-01-06 12:34 PM
After living in Laramie for 2 years ... you couldn't pay me to move there!! LOL. Â Something about that much snow just got to me - mind you previous to that I lived in South Dakota (east side) and it was cold too but somehow a bit more bareable.
I really like the Ft Collins to Loveland area!  It was like mecca when we'd haul down there and would continually be warmer by 10 degrees or more than Laramie!!Â
Good Luck! It isn't for the faint of heart!
I'm from eastern SD as well and went to college in Laramie...I always thought Laramie's cold was easier to take than Aberdeen's! The air is so much drier out there!
Laramie to Fort Collins is a HUGE difference in climate...it's crazy what a difference an hour's drive makes. |
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The western slope has weekly rodeos during the summer and racing in the rockies and nbha. Avon, Snowmass, Carbondale, Fruita all have summer rodeo series. Winter there is barrel races. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 11:27 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 11:16 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year. What you talking bout?
And show us some deer pics.
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Location: Where I am happiest | I would take Utah over Colorado any day of the week. You couldnt pay me enough to live in Wy. Not only is it cold cold cold, but the wind is relentless as well. |
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| Taken during the weekend of Christmas in WY. This is the reason I like to visit wyoming, but I'd never live there.
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| k.maddocks24 - 2015-01-06 1:07 PM lindseylou2290 - 2015-01-06 12:34 PM After living in Laramie for 2 years ... you couldn't pay me to move there!! LOL. Something about that much snow just got to me - mind you previous to that I lived in South Dakota (east side) and it was cold too but somehow a bit more bareable.
I really like the Ft Collins to Loveland area! It was like mecca when we'd haul down there and would continually be warmer by 10 degrees or more than Laramie!!
Good Luck! It isn't for the faint of heart! I'm from eastern SD as well and went to college in Laramie...I always thought Laramie's cold was easier to take than Aberdeen's! The air is so much drier out there! Laramie to Fort Collins is a HUGE difference in climate...it's crazy what a difference an hour's drive makes.
I think it was the strange landlord who decided to "re-side" the house in January that forms my bias about Laramie ...  I wasn't that far from you just down in Brookings for 7 years previous to that. I do remember Ft Collins fondly |
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| WHITEBOY ... I WANT ONE FOR MY WALL!!!!!!!!!  |
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| lindseylou2290 - 2015-01-06 2:12 PM WHITEBOY ... I WANT ONE FOR MY WALL!!!!!!!!!
Me too, the problem is I can't find them during the fall! lol |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | UTAHCANCHASER - 2015-01-06 10:35 AM
wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 10:34 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:27 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2015-01-06 11:16 AM Whiteboy - 2015-01-06 10:11 AM Colorado, Wyoming is no fun for about 10 months of the year.  What you talking bout?Â
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We have really nice bucks here too (obviously not dollars lol) but the biggest with those thick bases and black horns are in the mountains. My dad always called them timber bucks. Â Laramie, Medicine Bow is where we hunted when I was a kid.
I live 28 miles from Cokeville on the Idaho side. YEP....COLD. Not too cold for giant horseflies in the summer but COLD. |
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