Just about everything that's not human is bigger once you get to the Rockies. Scales change; this is why I tend to scoff when people talk about, say, the mountains of New York.
Also, if you have the chance, I suggest someday driving through the non-urban part of any of the Southwest states for at least a couple hundred miles. Like the Grand Canyon, you can't grasp it from images on a screen. Even a bus doesn't give you the right viewpoint.
Also, there are lots of junkyards and abandoned buildings in the desert, especially in and close to Las Vegas I believe. Some, or a lot of it, is the lack of rain and freeze making the area a good place to store/keep such stuff.
I did also have the thought of, oh, helicopters and aircraft seem so reasonable out here. Lots of space between places, and lots of space (to land) when you get to a place.
Just about everything that's not human is bigger once you get to the Rockies. Scales change; this is why I tend to scoff when people talk about, say, the mountains of New York.
Also, if you have the chance, I suggest someday driving through the non-urban part of any of the Southwest states for at least a couple hundred miles. Like the Grand Canyon, you can't grasp it from images on a screen. Even a bus doesn't give you the right viewpoint.
Also, there are lots of junkyards and abandoned buildings in the desert, especially in and close to Las Vegas I believe. Some, or a lot of it, is the lack of rain and freeze making the area a good place to store/keep such stuff.
I did also have the thought of, oh, helicopters and aircraft seem so reasonable out here. Lots of space between places, and lots of space (to land) when you get to a place.