Speeches were very short, only 2 minutes. A number of speakers had not yet gotten over their fear of public speaking.

Mike Massie, a candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction is a history guy by training but seemed in favor of teaching evolution. (Most of his riff was about supporting the schools not telling them what to do.)

The pie was excellent.

I saw people attacked because their hair was a bit too long, or wore saddle boots (square toe) instead of cowboy boots (pointed toe). When I learned of the boot distinction, I immediately started wearing saddle boots.

I worked with a person who was constantly being pulled over by the Cheyenne police for driving while black.

The people of Cheyenne went out of their way, to make sure us Airmen from the local base, were an unwanted ‘out group’, although the base provided a solid third of their economy.

My buddy and I once asked a citizen of Cheyenne why they disliked military people. The women’s reply: “You drink our whiskey and take our women.” We stared at her dumbfounded for a moment, then my friend said: “We apologize, we did not know the women were someones property.”

Since then, I’ve thought of Wyomingites as the rural cousins of Mississippi and Oklahoma. I’m surprised they are not already teaching creationism in public schools.