My story is about me being The Luckiest Kid in The World just because I grew up in Estes Park, Colorado. Not only is it one of the most beautiful places on Earth, but this unique little town has always been a place where toughness, determination, and being willing to help and look out for one another were historic requirements just to survive. And people in Estes still had that Frontier Spirit in the 1950s and 60s, so I was the recipient of the best they had to offer.

I tell you about the freedoms I enjoyed, the honest and caring teachers, friends, and other folks living there who instilled their values and beliefs in me, and how being just outside Rocky Mountain National Park gave me a true love for Nature and the wonderful animals and plant life that exists in our magnificent environment everywhere. Rather than bore you with my verbosity, I show you what it was like with hundreds of photos while adding my crazy jokes and anecdotes to entertain you. Then I contrast what it was like back then to what many consider the over-populated, tightly controlled, and ever-deteriorating conditions of the present, just to be sure everyone knows and appreciates what they have left today.