They make them in South Dakota too!

This one was made March 25, 2014 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the temperature failed to rise above freezing all the day long:

Amazing sunsets are not just for coastal locations like at our homes in Frogwater (Washington) and Clearwater (Florida).   They are for South Dakota too!  The cold, the wind, and the landlocked feel to this state make me think that the sun will simply run away as quickly as possible, sinking below the horizon for a brief respite before returning rather reluctantly the following morning.

Of course, my attitude about South Dakota is the problem, not the land, and certainly not the sunset. Anywhere, anytime, these sunsets can appear.  Here, in Sioux Falls, they splash beauty across an otherwise barren winterscape.  This particular sunset owes part of its beauty to the incredibly clean air, unique to sub-freezing temperatures and remote locations.

Tonight's sunset, captured at the end of a long day of traveling, reminds me to toss my stereotypes of places like South Dakota into the trash bin of the mind and instead open up my eyes with a clean slate to the beauty that lies everywhere, if only I would look more closely for it.