Bernie spent summers on his grandfather's 14,000-acre ranch in Eastern Montana. When the ranch was sold, he spent a couple of summers working in Glacier National Park before entering the Army. After being discharged, he began his airline career in Minneapolis with Northwest Airlines. Returning to Montana with the airline, where in his spare time he could be found hunting, fly fishing, and team roping either on the Missouri River or along the shadows of the Sawtooth. Spending time also packing into the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Transferring to Seattle, he assumed a position in operations, where he became familiar with flight crews and working MAC (Military Air Charter) flights arriving and departing to Vietnam, and retiring from the airlines after 38 years. A short 3 years later, he began working for the Griffin School District near Olympia, Washington. He now lives overlooking the Puget Sound in Lacey, Washington. Cover by Jayden McDonough