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I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.

I like geography. I like to know where places are.

Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia.

I'm from a very, very rural place. There's really nobody out there, just roads and farms.

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

We have a wonderful district with lots of fun little stores and companies and farms.

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

The countryside, particularly, is very good for my head.

I've lived out West some... I've always liked the High Plains areas - eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska.

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.