Last week, in honor my late father-in-law, Harvey West Jr, I wrote a tribute to Mountain Men. Now I would like to address the mountain man’s better half, The Mountain Woman. When folks speak of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers dancing duo, the quip is often made: “Ginger was the better dancer of the two,…
Harvey West, Jr October 18, 1922 – April 26, 2011 The men who populate a mountain community are essentially country boys with altitude. They are the guys you turn to when stuff needs doing…or fixing…or building. They breathe new life into ancient transport and get you unstuck from snow drifts. Their vehicle of choice is…
Much of the attraction to Graeagle is its proximity to countless waterways in all their mountain glory. Water is everywhere, from the tiniest ripple of an easily forded summer creek to the hidden depths of glacier carved lakes, all abundant with recreational opportunities or transcendent in their meditative calm. The granddaddy of them all is The Feather…
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