This website will eventually go away. I built it to help me keep things organized.

The chapters that are ‘finished’ are near the top, which means they are closer to being completed. I'm trying to keep up with all the recent suggestions by friends. Thank you! I might not have all of the suggestions reflected yet in these chapters, but I am making sure that the very latest rewrites are on this website. (I have one other place where I have the latest rewrites. Then I transfer the rewrites to this website.) 

The order of chapters you see here will not hold... except for the first three. They will remain the first three. Right now the order of chapters has everything to do with how close they are to being completed, although 'completion' seems to change whenever I look at something I haven't seen for a week or two or when someone offers a suggestion that moves the needle.

 

I'm still looking for a title... although "My Private Outdoor Idaho" is a decent suggestion. Others: My Own Private Outdoor Idaho... Inside Outdoor Idaho... still looking.

 

My goal is to have the writing completed by the end of April. At least that’s my goal. In mid-May, I will be sharing with the Idaho Conservation League three of the chapters, as part of a presentation I'm giving. (Guessing I'll use Kinkos to bind the three.) Those three chapters are "Where's My Hat?" and "The Elvis Years: It's Now or Never" and "Old Man River." Those three chapters are understandably the closest to being 'completed,' although I'm sure suggestions after the May 15th event will definitely  be considered.

The plan is to have color photos for each chapter. Photos would mostly be from other people: Tim Tower, Rick Gerrard, Jim Hadley from the station, and others. I might have a few as well. I am receiving invaluable assistance from many friends, not only with photos and punctuation but with content as well. I realize how lucky I am.

I guess my latest thinking is this: if there's any doubt in your mind about writing a book, you may not want to start. I would think seriously if it's really something you wish to do. Can you make it to the finish line? If you can't, you might hate yourself for time wasted. Perhaps it's better to stand in line for hours and hours to fly somewhere where they hate Americans. At least you'll have some photos to show for it.

Will I complete this project? Vegas has the odds at +100, or exactly 50%. It might help if I'd quit adding chapters and rewriting the ones that are supposedly completed.  That is no way to forge ahead. Poor boy.