1. When the sun rises in Wyoming

Sunrise over the Mormon barns, Jackson, Wyoming
2. It’s a riot of gold, orange, and pink lighting up the sky

Wyoming sunrise (exact location unspecified)
3. And kissing the snow-topped mountains

Wyoming sunrise over the Grand Tetons
4. Wyoming is full of wide open spaces

Outside Dubois Wyoming
5. It’s home to fewer people per square mile than any other state but Alaska

Source Wikimedia user Wusel007
Thunder Basin National Grassland close to Douglas, Wyoming
6. Once you’re up and about you can set your watch by Old Faithful

Source Wikimedia user Debeo Morium
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park
7. But remember to watch your “pick-a-nick basket” if there are any bears around

Grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park
8. In Wyoming you’ll never have to ask where’s the beef

North of Riverton, Wyoming
9. Since we’ve got more cows than people

Longhorn cattle in Wyoming
10. And we’re also bringing back bison

Source Flickr user Greg Willis
Bison (location unspecified)
11. They’re so cute when they’re this age

Source Flickr user Nomadic Lass
Bison calf at Yellowstone National Park
12. Maybe all of the jackalopes were eaten by coyotes?

Coyote at Yellowstone National Park
13. Or perhaps it was mountain lions that chased them all off

Mountain lions at the National Elk Refuge
14. In Wyoming you can have a close encounter with America’s first national monument

Devils Tower National Monument
15. Shhhhhhh! Don’t wake the sleeping Mountain

Sheep Mountain (aka the Sleeping Indian) near Jackson, Wyoming
16. We’ve got four seasons here in Wyoming. There’s almost winter…

Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park
17. Followed by winter…

Big Horn National Forest near Powder River Pass
18. Then still winter…

Spring snow in Wyoming (exact location unspecified)
19. And finally, it’s no longer winter

Wyoming horse (location unspecified)
20. In Wyoming the wind blows wild and free

Wyoming windmills (exact location unspecified)
21. And the tumbleweeds tumble

Wyoming tumbleweed (exact location unspecified)
22. Our wildflowers paint the prairies with color

Indian Paintbrush in the Grand Tetons
23. They may look delicate

Sisyrinchium montanum on the Yellowstone River picnic area trail east of Tower Junction
24. But they’re tough enough to survive even the harshest conditions

Wildflowers in Grand Tetons National Park
25. Our sagebrush not only smells nice, but it also holds the dirt down

Pancake Summit sagebrush steppe
26. And our rushing waters flow into streams and rivers that span the entire U.S.

Waterfall at Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons
27. But we’ve saved the bet for last because our sunsets are truly spectacular

Sunset on the Green River in the shadow of the Wind River Mountain Range
28. Setting the sky on fire

Wyoming winter sunset
29. But as the moon begins to rise

Moonrise over Wyoming mountains (exact location unspecified)
30. You just might feel like a tiny part of this great big universe

Moon over Buffalo Bill State Park











