Wind

When moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming, wind has to be your new best friend.  It is constant, either in a light, refreshing summer breeze, or a seventy mile per hour barrage of sleet in winter.  Spring and autumn bring winds with accompanying thundershowers and various sizes of hail, your cars’ delight.  Everything is affected by the wind.  It is obvious in winter when the forests of evergreens are snowy on one side and completely green on the other.  Plants and bushes are also one-sided, always leaning from the constant pressure of the wind.  As a result of this climate, residents usually have a jacket or sweater handy, dress casually with uncomplicated hairstyles, and hats.  It is a dry atmosphere without many umbrellas, which prove useless in the wind.  The most bothersome thing for me is the noise made by the rattling of metal objects on nearby air conditioning units, or rooftop fans.  The sounds remind me of childhood when roof shingles flew off and into the yard.  Ripping, tearing, and finally slapping down on the pavement. Settling in to the ever present moving air took some time, but I don’t mind it anymore.