My love is hiking as far as I can in a single day, preferably in my back yard, the Wind River Range.

The Wind River Range are the most scenic of all the mountain ranges in the Rockies. Another reason I love the Wind River region is I feel alone here. It's quite lonely here. Wyoming is still considered largely a frontier by the U. S. Census Bureau. Only 530,000 people live in my entire state.

Last July on a weekday, I hiked to the world-famous Cirque of Towers, in peak season (July) and only saw a handful of people on the trail over Jackass Pass.

The Wind River Range is still a best-kept secret. This is a problem for me because I like to shout about all of my experiences in photos, videos and notes. I can't help myself. And yet, I really don't want a bunch of other people to flock to my back yard and crowd the trails. : >

P. S. Another reason I like to go far fast is because I need to be thin enough to wear a pair of those TUFF JEANS advertised on this site and the American Cowboy magazine.