CONTENTS

Chapter and Title Page 1 [So You’re Going to Aspen] 11 2 [Aspen: From Silver Dust to Music] 19 3 [Pleasures of Travel] 27 4 [First Glimpse of Aspen] 37 5 [A Rude Yet Pleasant Awakening] 52 6 [Karl] 66 7 [A Family Argument Happily Resolved] 77 8 [Smuggler’s Café] 90 9 [A Small Triumph] 99 10 [A Catastrophe with a Happy Ending] 106 11 [Judy, Amateur Psychologist] 124 12 [Ashcroft, The Ghost Town] 135 13 [The Huskies] 147 14 [“Confidentially Yours”] 154 15 [The Mountain Climb] 157 16 [Near Tragedy and Rescue] 170 17 [Clouds on the Horizon] 180 18 [A Dream Is Crystallized] 190 19 [Farewell to Aspen] 203 20 [Mother and Daughter] 211