Friday, July 29, 2011

Angel flying too close to the ground. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Angel flying too close to the ground. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Angel flying too close to the ground.

The eighty mile drive from Cody to Thermopolis covers the kind of territory you remember from old western movies. It is wide open sage brush land, with snow covered mountains in the far distance.

It’s beauty is a different kind of beauty than the dramatic craggy peaks of the Grand Tetons and the waterfalls and buffalo grounds of Yellowstone. But it has a beauty all of it’s own.

We found a radio station that came in clear the entire drive. It probably was a public station, since we heard only station identifications and no ads. And it played great country and cowboy music.

Dolly Parton doing a so-sad cover of the Everly Brothers’ Cathy’s Clown. And Willie singing Angel Flying to