Rowdy Ranch, glad you appreciate the finer things in life...
and remember, there are different kinds of beauty.
I used to live where I drove up I-90 to Missoula. I hated that drive, many others think it is beautiful. We one drove up the Lolo Canyon from Lewiston, Idaho to Missoula. I bought a book to read, it was boring to me. Trees on one side, the highway and a creek and trees on the other. It was pretty for awhile, but for 200 miles, I got bored. I didn't think we would ever get out of the canyon.
Now I drive 80 miles to Miles City and I love that drive. The hour plus that it takes, goes by fast. You see a bit of everything. Plains, pine trees, cows, wildlife, dry creeks with cottonwoods, windmills, some old log buildings that make me always wonder about who built them and who lived there. I especially love it when the resevoirs are filled with water.
On my drive to Sheridan, Wyoming to see my dad, I often go via Colstrip. It's always interesting. It is nice country and usually I will see someone horseback moving some cattle and I like that.
So, different strokes for different folks.
Not to say I don't like mountains, because I do. But I like other country as well.