Along Crow Creek Road

 

There are places where the "hand of man" does not have a big presence. Yesterday we drove along 40 miles of dirt road where we saw a pristine countryside. 

The landscape was not marred by houses--there was the occasional fence and lots of cattle.

The traffic was non-existent...only 2 cars the whole time it took us to drive the road...max speed about 15 mph.

Wide views of emptiness.

We joked this was $200,000 fixer upper!

As you can see, the countryside is dry. We've not had a good rainstorm in a long time. There are fires burning in other parts of the state. Two entrances to Yellowstone are closed as is part of Grand Teton National Park. But for right now the fires are not here and neither is big city development.