Carbon County makes you tough

It is no secret I have lived in a fair amount of places in my life, but I really don't think I have ever lived an area that can have such different weather that is less than 40 miles apart. This includes going from coastal/tropical environments and traveling inland to nearby mountains that are higher than what we have in the Snowy Range.

Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow in the north of the county often have very different weather than what is in the Valley.

This was driven home about a month ago when I tried to come to work in the morning after an unexpected snow storm hit the town of Hann...