|   Why I love Wyoming | moneyman
Sep 7, 2001 11:06 AM | | We have the best license plates! And you can't have them!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wyoming's cowboy plates rope a third title
By Kit Miniclier
Denver Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 07, 2001 - For the third time, Wyoming's license plates, with their distinctive cowboy atop a bucking bronco, are being honored as the "Best License Plate" in the U.S., Canada and their possessions and territories. The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association also singled out the state's plates in 1972 and 1978.
Colorado's mountain-range license plate came in fifth, behind the U.S. Virgin Islands, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, in this year's competition. Colorado won top honors in 1975 for the red, white and blue license plates honoring the state's centennial the following year.
In presenting the award to Gov. Jim Geringer at the Wyoming Capitol on Thursday, association president Michael Naughton noted that Wyoming is the first state to win the competition three times. The addition of a depiction of Devil's Tower National Monument last year made the difference, Naughton said.
The idea of adding Devil's Tower came from Lloyd Sanderson, who retired as manager of the Wyoming Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Services program in 1999. The cowboy atop the bucking bronco has adorned Wyoming plates since 1936, with various backgrounds.
Canada's Northwest Territories won the first "Best License Plate" competition in 1970 for its polar-bear-shaped license plate, which it still issues.
The contest is designed to encourage motor vehicle bureaus to consider legibility as well as attractiveness in license plate design.
"Some plates look great in your hands but are impossible to read while driving on the highway," association member Tim Stentiford said.
The license plate aficionados, who formed their group in 1954 and claim a membership of 3,000 people in 19 countries, invite the public to see their collection, and swap plates, during a meet at the Holiday Inn at 120th Avenue and Interstate 25 in Northglenn from noon to 9 p.m. today and on Saturday morning.
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| re: Why I love Wyoming | Someone
Sep 7, 2001 11:10 AM | | Are you in Jail? making license plates sad really |
| Hey, Bill is it? | AndyE
Sep 7, 2001 1:15 PM | | Don't you have to drop the mail off at the brokers desks? now go push your cart and leave us alone. |
| Yheee Hawww!!!!!! | ET_SoCal
Sep 7, 2001 1:25 PM | | Gotta pump? |
| Well, ya gotta find something to love about it. | Jettstream
Sep 7, 2001 3:30 PM | | Did I mention that I moved here for the cool license plates? No?
Colorado's plates have that entire sweet-looking skyline of mountains, while WY's now has but a single solitary one that (dare I call it "phallic"? Ummm, no.) is all that remains of what must have once been a quite impressive volcano. Go figure.
Actually, I came here 'cause the place has better hillclimbs than VA. Gotta start doing lots of them like I used to.
btw, Matt, this bears repeating: Get well soon, sooner.
-- dj (can stare at mean hillclimbs all day) |
| remains of a volcano? | fonseca
Sep 7, 2001 6:56 PM | | I thought it was an igneous intrusion.
Better hillclimbs than VA? You want MORE hills? I just got back from biking reddish knob, and frankly I would be happy if I never climbed
another hill again! That's a 9 mile climb. It took me several hours to say the least. The downhill was great but next time I'm taking two cars!
Aren't most of the valleys in WY flat? |
| Could be either, I think. | Jettstream
Sep 8, 2001 3:29 PM | | You'd have to ask a real geologist who knows for sure. I don't know whether it's the throat of an intrusion or an extrusion. I like to think the latter: the throat of a biiiig volcano, left behind after the rest of the mountain eroded away. Either way, it's pretty stunning.
I've driven to Reddish Knob a couple of times while visiting friends in H'burg, and yeah, that's a climb alright. My own favorite was the 7 mile, 2000' up to Mtn Lake over by Blacksburg. I was being kind've facetious with that statement, but seriously, once you get used to long sustained climbs, the ones out here become real challenges (meant in a good way). Sick, but true. |
| Take up flyfishing since you're out there! | fonseca
Sep 9, 2001 9:08 AM | | I spent some time flyfishing in WY, and it is awesome. So if you need another sport, I suggest you head to a fly shop and get some advice. The trout out there are about 3x larger than here in VA!
I don't know about "enjoying" the climbs; I can't tell if it's pleasure or pain, but I keep doing it :) |
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