I was thrilled that he asked me to join him on this particular morning. The best part of the tour was getting to walk up to the roof of the grand building and look out upon the panorama of the geysers and surrounding landscape. 1997 began at Old Faithful, then it was off to complete my book tour. I was on campuses in Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Idaho as I headed toward Montana to complete my schedule. I met Bruce and Debra Gourley.
Luck is a matter of doing the work needed to be prepared for an opportunity.
I will thus call it luck that created an opportunity where I became partners with Bruce in this site. According to Yellowstone officials, no bison have been slaughtered this year for having the disese brucellosis. The absence of any killings is largely explained by the mild winter which has not led many bison to seek to leave Park boundaries. Only a few have been ventured outside the Park.