Relocating to Wyoming (Casper, Green River, Greybull: fit in, sale, townhomes)

[Earniefan]

LOL, that's funny that someone would equate Lake Tahoe in California to a place in Wyoming.

[casperbound]

I am not comparing lake tahoe to wyoming. I was just curious as to how much snow casper got on an average so that i could compare.

[4horseshoes]

Hi All

checking out several areas in WY. Our friends have a place in Lander and their family is from there. But the impression we got is that it is high desert.

Would rather it be some timber country...horse country small towns very ok.
We are disabled --don't have to go to work. My husband is a veteran so a VA hospital within a 75 mile radius would be good, tho not mandatory. He likes to fish, hunt, 4 wheel drive our Jeep, ride horses etc.

Cheap land would be good for our budget...

Does anyone have any ideas of where this sounds like? I liked Powell, Cody, but I know that is high desert.

Thank You for any info you may send....

Dee

[Treehugger]

Originally Posted by casperbound

Can someone tell me what the weather is like today, 1/13/08, and how much snow is on the ground? Do you know how much snow fell in Lake Tahoe in the last week? Did you get 11 feet of snow in the Casper area? Just curious.

It never snows 11 feet on the plains where large towns like Casper are.
Tahoe gets first crack at all of that west to east moisture from the Pacific.
Apples and oranges.

[sunsprit]

4horseshoes .... since most of Wyoming is high desert, and you didn't seem to like Lander, I'd say you've written off Wyoming as a place to be ... that's one of the wooded areas of the state.

[jeanie missouri]

My husband and I are thinking of moving to the Jackson hole area from Missouri.
We're coming out in June to look around for a place to buy that I can still get to and from work. Any specific area's that anyone would suggest that you know get's plowed so I can drive to and from all year round?

[casperbound]

Thanks. Was just wondering, on an average, how much snow does Casper get? Moving there at the end of Feb. beginning of March.

Originally Posted by Treehugger

It never snows 11 feet on the plains where large towns like Casper are.
Tahoe gets first crack at all of that west to east moisture from the Pacific.
Apples and oranges.

[Treehugger]

Originally Posted by casperbound

Thanks. Was just wondering, on an average, how much snow does Casper get? Moving there at the end of Feb. beginning of March.

Usually a few inches at a time. Spring storms can bring more, though.
I'm in Laramie, but I visit Casper quite a bit. Generally in the Rockies, mountain ranges get heaps of snow while the open plains get very little.
Storms tend to stall over mountains. Driving even 20 miles up into the hills you can go from zero snow on the ground to several feet of snow.

The wind is no joke here. A one inch snow storm can shut interstate highways down with zero visibility, black ice and multi-vehicle wrecks.

[casperbound]

thanks treehugger. You are the first real answer I got on this forum. I can do wind and cold snow and am looking forward to the summers. Can't wait to get there!!!

[nevadacrazy]

Does anyone know anything about some land that is for sale near Casper? According to the description, it is 15 miles north of Casper near 20/26. Haven't gotten a chance to come out and look but it sounds great. We live in northern Nevada now and are looking for some property possibly for building a house for retirement. Thanks!