>>1301744Red desert is pretty big mang. Northern edge of it is still pretty cool in summer and bitterly cold in winter. The elevation helps, almost all of the desert is above 5000ft ASL and Rock Springs is like 6700. I usually use Rock Springs as a jumping-off point to go into the desert proper and it stays high 80's most of the summer. Quite pleasant actually due to always having wind and no humidity. Can't speak about the southern parts, never been that far south in it since I'm coming from the NE corner of the state.
>>1301748I fucking love it. My job allows me to work remotely (I'm an oil pump maintenance tech, I get a truck and a trailer and drive around to all the small automated oil pumps and otherwise work/live alone on-site), pretty much the only times I see other people are when I'm in town buying groceries or stopping to chat with the ranchers whose land the pumps are on. Winters can be HELL though, where I live it's not uncommon to have wind chill down to -80 in the winter and ambient air temps down to -35. Diesel vehicles don't do well here as a result. Cost of living is kinda high but still better than most big cities, gas is usually pretty expensive and you will do a LOT of driving here because nothing's close together. Gas is my single biggest expenditure by far (I live in a company-provided singlewide on-site), I pay probably close to $2300/mo in gas but I'm also driving 30,000mi a year due to work and I drive a 2500-series fullsize truck with an 8' flatbed.
Wyoming is pretty damn diverse in landscape. The SE side looks like fucking Kansas, you've got the high sage in the north and NE, obviously Yellowstone and mountains in the west/NW, the desert in the SW...it's got something for everybody.
The fishing and hunting opportunities are excellent, well shit it has pretty much every /out/ activity you can think of except saltwater stuff (we've got a few massive lakes that people have yachts on and a pretty good sailing scene even).
