Seattle Times Ron Judd column.(summer travel)(Column) From: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) | Date: September 14, 2006| Author: Judd, Ron | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Seattle Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Ron Judd

Sep. 14--SOMEWHERE FLAT -- If memory serves, Wyoming has some very spectacular parts. The problem is, the vast majority of Wyoming is not among them.

This thought will occur to you approximately three days after you decide, as I did, to undertake the brilliant endeavor of jumping in your pickup and driving from Seattle to Colorado Springs, Colo., in the dead heat of summer.

Before you ever leave, you know it's a big, empty space --...

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