A 50 percent chance of rain in the desert west means half of the forecast area may get a light shower. A 50 percent chance of rain in the South means the entire forecast area will get hard rain half the day.

Armadillos just aren't very good at crossing the highway.

The reason those pronghorn antelope in Wyoming just stand and look at you is because they know they can be half a mile away before you can take a half step.

In the hot rod show parade in Wells, Nevada, the girls from Betty Lou’s Ranch stood in the back of a pickup truck in their nighties laughing and waving to the crowd as they cruised by. I’m not sure they were invited.

The Snake River (named for its shape rather than any creatures that lived there) may just be the prettiest river in America.

If Montana is Big Sky Country, then Washington state is Low Sky Country. The dense cloud cover can feel like its sitting just above your head, ready to smother you.

A mountain lion lying on top of a big pile of firewood, waiting for his lunch to come out from underneath it, looks you right in the eyes as you drive by.

That "sea salt" you can buy at the grocery store didn't come from the ocean. It came from ancient sea beds in places like Utah.

The "Sagebrush Basin" of Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Oregon offers such a variety of vegetation. You can have tall sagebrush, medium sagebrush, or short sagebrush.

One of nature's most intoxicating fragrances is the smell of the high desert sagebrush after a nice, cool rainshower.

Road runners don't make a "beep beep" sound, but they sure are fast.

The only thing worse than a deer in the headlights is a skunk under the bumper.

Wild turkeys are the coolest American bird of all.

The wind in Wyoming must have blown all the trees away.

If you want to see something amazing, watch a 300 pound truck driver get his money's worth at the all-you-can-eat buffet.