title: Rocky Mountain: The Story Behind the Scenery
author:  Michael T. Smithson 
description: Michael Smithson, a graduate of Evergreen State College with a B.S. in wildlife biology, also completed additional work in musuem studies at the University of Colorado. A career professional with the National Park Service, Michael served 9 years as a naturalist at Rocky Mountain National Park.
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  ![Baby, Be Mine: Thompson & Sons, Book 2](images/cover.png)
  
  
  
  
  
  Acknowledgment
  
  
  @mad4rombks: Look at this beautiful picture
  
  
  @lillie80: Oh, that would make an awesome cover
  
  
  @helenkaydimon/@VivianArend: I could write that story!
  
  
  
  
  
  …history in the making on Twitter. January 2013
  
  
  <3 <3 <3
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  _September, Rocky Mountain House_
  
  
  If any place was the epitome of a laid-back, good ol' boys, redneck tavern,
  Traders Pub fit the bill. Country music blared over the speakers encouraging
  those out for the start of the weekend to kick up their heels and let loose.
  
  
  Familiar sights, all too familiar sounds.
  
  
  Even more familiar was the ache in Gage Jenick's gut as Katy Thompson shimmied
  past, her trim body clad in nothing fancier than a pair of jeans and a western
  shirt, but he was still damn near drooling.
  
  
  He deliberately turned his chair away and picked up his beer, the Alberta
  equivalent of an ostrich burying its head in the sand.
  
  
  If he didn't look, she wasn't really 