We just sold our home in the Idaho wilderness area and moving to property we own in the NE part of Wyoming. They do have snow in the winter but beautiful summers. I LOVE LOVE it there. We have 41 acres there covered in Ponderosa Pines. Less windy there than here in the mountains. Yes you have to drive to the bigger towns but I love the isolation. I have my mountain feeling, yet can look out over the prairie and see for miles and miles. We live 3000 feet lower so I can have a garden, chickens and not fear the wolves will come in and kill my animals. We have had the property for 7 years now and love it now as much as I did when we bought it. My best advise would be to travel ALL around Wy. and look at the many different places. I LOVE WYOMING.