Balancing Interests In The Wyoming Range

Most people know that my home state holds my heart; what many may not know is that my soul can be found in the Wyoming Range.

My family's cabin is nestled in a "bowl" off-the-beaten-path in the Wyoming Range and I have spent time there every summer for my entire life. It has views of the Wind River Range, the Tetons and the Gros Ventre Mountains. When I was young, I spent weeks of my summer vacation there – playing and hiking in the woods that are part of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, learning to speed a pickup down a dirt road without fishtailing, learning wildflowers, constellations and animal names, watching meteor showers and finding peace at a waterfall that I consider my very own. In the winter, it is even better – sledding, snow-shoeing, staring at the stars and reading in front of a roaring fire.