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2naSalit

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26. Trees won't grow there...

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 07:38 AM

10 hrs ago

If they did, there would be a forest there. That's up along the Continental Divide and it's one of the windiest places in the contiguous 48. Even the grass is so stiff it could pierce a tennis shoe sole.

One of the reasons I hated I-80 across Wyoming, lots of big hills and wind.

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