On September 28, 2001, I Toby Bethel, was a police corporal in Florence, Colorado. I left my home that evening a happily married husband of twelve years, a proud father of three wonderful children, and a 200+ pound weightlifter with few - if any- health problems. I found out just how quickly things can change. Ambushed by Evil - Saved by Grace is the story of what happened that night to radically change my life forever. It tells of weeks - no, months...

The Western Slope towns of Gunnison and Crested Butte are defined by their placement in the Colorado Rockies. Both are located in alpine valleys surrounded by 14,000-foot-high peaks with sparkling mountain-fed streams, and both dominate the Gunnison country, a unique wilderness covering over 4,000 square miles. Beginning over 400 years ago, Native Americans, fur traders, explorers, miners, railroaders, and cattlemen all made a place for themselves...

In this completely revised edition-now in full color and with new color tour maps-intrepid local writers and travelers Drea Knufken and John Daters are once again your guides to the pinnacles of the Rockies, the sandstone valleys of the Western Slope, and the windswept prairies of the eastern part of the state. Follow them through carefully crafted itineraries so you too can: Ski, hike, or camp in the massive 2.3-million-acre White River National...