Kelly and Kevin's Wyoming and South Dakota Adventure

Kelly and Kevin's Wyoming and South Dakota Adventure, a set on Flickr.

Our journey through the beautiful Wyoming and South Dakota countryside is almost over as we wait for our flight home to Sacramento.

The 11-day trip started in Cheyenne with Photojournalist Kevin Burke and me. Our first shoot was in Huntley, WY at a winery. We stayed in the small town of Torrington, WY for three days. It was mainly our hub because we had three shoots that were anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours away from Torrington.

Our meals out In Torrington were mainly at the Deacon, which serves great salads by the way. It was conveniently located across the street from our hotel. Besides the winery we visited a feedlot in Pine Bluffs and a family wheat farm in Torrington.

After we wrapped up in Torrington we headed to Buffalo, WY. Wow, is this town beautiful. We shot a story on goat grazing at a family ranch that was about 20 minutes out of town. This was by far the hottest day of the trip. It got to 105 degrees that day. Wyoming is really dry. I’m told the state only had about an inch of rain since January 2012 and it’s now July.

After we wrapped in Buffalo we headed to Sundance, WY. We stayed in the town of Gillette, which is about an hour away. It’s a fun little town. We visited the Livingston Ranch. What a great family and story. The area is gorgeous. Our final stop was in Rapid City, South Dakota. This was certainly one of the bigger towns we visited. The population is about 67,000 according to some of the local farmers I asked.

Timber!!!!!!!!! You got it. We did a story on timber with the Timber Baker Family. It was amazing to see some of those big ponderosa pines fall to the ground. As always, I am blessed to travel the country and let our farmers and ranchers tell their story about what it's like working the land.

Kelly Peterson
America's Heartland Field Producer

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