Thursday, August 14, 2008

Wyoming Recollection 1: Burn

Though Montana is more commonly thought of as "Big Sky" country, that phrase always comes to mind when driving through, and thinking fondly of, Wyoming. There is never a shortage of patterned clouds and bright blue sky...

Pictured above is a photo that, upon developing, my wife called, "really beautiful." Upon further inspection, we both had an olfactory flashback, recalling that, directly in the center, just above the horizon, is one of the many oil refineries in Cheyenne. Then came the jarring recollection of how the air in the neighborhoods surrounding the refinery reeked of burn: oil and gasoline...

Breathe in, breathe out… YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!

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