Colorado Eastern Plains.

2010RoadTripUSA. Part 10. Colorado Eastern Plains. August 24, 2010.
Music by Absolute Elsewhere.

The Eastern Plains of Colorado refers to a region of the U.S. state of Colorado east of the Rocky Mountains and east of the population centers of the Front Range.
The Eastern Plains are part of the High Plains, the westernmost portion of the Great Plains region. The region is characterized by rolling plains, divided by the South Platte River and Arkansas River valleys. There are also several deciduous forests and a few large natural lakes and rivers in the region. The Eastern Plains rise from approximately 3,500 feet at the eastern border of Colorado with Kansas, where the Arkansas River leaves the state, to 6,000 feet east of the Denver Basin.
The Eastern Plains have a continental climate and receive a moderate amount of rainfall. Summers are typically hot and humid, often bringing thunderstorms, which are often severe to the area, with some occasionally forming landspouts and tornadoes. Eastern Colorado winters are snowy, icy, windy and bitterly cold. Temperatures have occasionally plummeted to -40 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit in extreme cold waves.
Eastern Colorado was once home to many Native American tribes. The Plains Indians that lived in the region included the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux.
The original settlers of Eastern Colorado were German immigrants who farmed in the area. Many of the family farms in the region are still operated by the descendants of these immigrants, and German is still spoken in some areas.
The Eastern Colorado plains are among the most sparsely populated areas in the continental United States. Some of the region, with the exception of comparatively urban areas like Sterling, is experiencing depopulation, which in some areas began with the influenza pandemic of 1918 and agricultural price collapses after World War I. The Dust Bowl devastated the region and further accelerated this outmigration.
Eastern Colorado is mainly Caucasian, with German the largest ethnicity.
Most English speakers in Eastern Colorado use a Northern or Upper Midwestern dialect. (wikipedia)

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[videofilmik]

@BussMeAVid North - East corner. From Kansas to Colorado Springs parallel to I-70.

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Which parts of Colorado did you film this footage?