[Wyody]

Originally Posted by Wyoming53

Now I'm just trying to enform what you will encounter in Wyoming. Let me give you some history.

I'm diabetic.
My legs are weak.
I have cancer but it's only skin cancer. Getting it cut off next week.

I was down town trying to walk to my bank. The curb dipped for handycapped at the corner and I didn't see it. I went down.

Broke a knee cap. Broke an elbow. A finger. And a nose. I was out like a light. When I realized what was going on, I was being moved from an ambulance to the hospital door.

I was treated with the greatest respect. I was exrayed. I was bandaged. Bad road rash. I was checked on every couple of minutes.

I was charged, "$1600" for the wonderful treatment that I got. Wraps, casts, crutches, and helped out to my daughters car.

Their not out to make a million in Sheridan Wyoming. They charge what it's worth.

I respect them.

Course, I cut everything off when I got home and went about my business. haha

Not to disagree with you at all, 53 - but I'm not sure how much of this paints a picture of Wyoming ... except for the part about "I don't need no stinking casts!" which paints a great picture of Wyoming attitudes.
But then again, it gives an indication of what health-care can cost in your area - and also of the fact that they couldn't wait to get you out of their care-center and into your car.
And again, it gives a very quick glimpse into how hard it is to maintain sidewalks and ultimately, highways in the Rocky Mountain/High Desert climate.
And it also (!) touches on the extremely high UV Content of the Sun's rays at Wyoming elevations - which are high both summer and winter (reflection from the snow can cook you in minutes) - so, you have covered a few safety issues as well.
So, I digress - you're right - this is what to expect in Wyoming (Wyody) - a bunch of good-natured ol' mountain goats too tough to keep down even when it's for their own good and a whole mess of sometimes-nagging, sometimes-clucking, well-intention locals all trying to look after you and nurse you around because they know that, once you've been a local for long enough, you've become too onery for you own good!