If tumbleweeds were a cash crop

My family and I are new to this area and while we have lived in many areas of our beautiful country, we are also new to the “high plains” flora and fauna.

The first two things we noticed when we moved here were: a) The wind. My first week here I was told by no less than seven people that the wind “wasn’t always like this.” I soon realized that the unsaid end of that statement really was “it’s sometimes worse!” and, b) The weather. I have lived in southern California and South Carolina, Minnesota and Texas and more than a few places in between. I have grown to enjoy all four seasons. But never...