Heading West: Grand Tetons

We drive out of Yellowstone through the south gate. For a few moments, the drive seems, well, boring compared to the visual feast that was before us all day long. But then, the highway bends and offers a glimpse of the peaks that form the Grand Tetons. Jagged mountains that rise a mile high from …

Heading West: Yellowstone

We drive into Yellowstone on winding roads between towering snow banks. The east entrance will close at 10 a.m., we are told, because of the risk of avalanches. I stare upward at the white slopes and wonder when they might come crashing down. I grew up hearing about Yellowstone but somehow, I never made it …

Heading West: Deirdre and her cowboy

<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 20 0px; height: 150px;” src=”http://evilreporterchick.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/deirdre32.jpg?w=300″ border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616037014890889698″ />We meet Deirdre Stoelze Graves in Casper on a day when the clouds have given way to sun for a few moments and the wind is blowing like it always does in Wyoming. Deirdre came out here many years ago to …

Wild West: first stop

From Denver airport, we drive to Steamboat Springs — a place that is as pretty as its name sounds. The slopes are closed for the summer but plenty of people are still around. As is the snow atop the mountains. On this day, everyone is excited about the sun. It’s the first day in a …

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