Don Willerton grew up in a small town in Texas, surrounded by hundreds of square miles of open country, and the desire to wander has never left him. A successful career as a computer programmer and...view moreDon Willerton grew up in a small town in Texas, surrounded by hundreds of square miles of open country, and the desire to wander has never left him. A successful career as a computer programmer and project manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory gave him the opportunity to build houses, backpack in the high country of the Rockies, climb mountains, snowshoe, ski, and raft wild rivers. In retirement now, he has successfully combined three of the things in life he loves most: history, the wondrous land of the Southwest, and creating intriguing stories for young readers.view less