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Board Walk

Hot Springs State Park has been making extensive renovations in the past few years to its structures. It is the most visited state park and is especially popular for school breaks. This boardwalk around the terraces is actually made out of recycled plastic and is VERY slippery on cold mornings where the steam has frozen on the surface. That is our famous Swinging Bridge across the Big Horn River in the distance. Do not walk out on it if you are afraid of heights, especially if you also are afraid of swaying structures. Fun, though for the rest of us brave souls.
Population/elevation ratio--insider joke

March 30th 2006
Our present Wyoming governor Freudenthal repeated an insider joke a while back that goes "Never trust a man (politician?) who comes from a place that has a higher number for population than it has for elevation" or words to that effect. Since he is a native of Thermopolis that should imply he can be trusted whereas those from Cheyenne and 15 other towns can't be because there are only 16 towns in ... read more
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American Flag Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more
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