We always suspected it. Mom’s been saying it as long as I can remember. Now she has documentary evidence (supposedly, a whole case worth). They say it must be true if you see it in print, so Dad (Bill) must really be one of “Wyoming's Curiosities.” “His” article proudly sits on pages 112-113!
Several months ago he told us he had been interviewed by an author (and suggested he had dazzled her with his amazing stories of snowplows and Wyoming’s lonesome highways). Apparently, he and another long-time Department of Transportation employee had spent the better part of a day "astounding" the writer with their colorful experiences. Upon hearing him tell us of this, we suspected we were listening to one such “amazing” tale.
Fast forwarding to the present, a book suddenly appears at the Post Office with his name in it (as opposed to on it, like most things coming through the Post Office)! Seeing the title, we thought we immediately understood the author’s intense interest in my father. However, our first impressions were wrong and the book is actually an extensive register of many short anecdotes about Wyoming. Dad’s tale of surprising a stranded motorist during a white-out blizzard is but one small piece of the book (obviously, the best piece, though). The story probably won’t lead to any David Letterman appearances, but he usually goes to bed early anyway.
Several months ago he told us he had been interviewed by an author (and suggested he had dazzled her with his amazing stories of snowplows and Wyoming’s lonesome highways). Apparently, he and another long-time Department of Transportation employee had spent the better part of a day "astounding" the writer with their colorful experiences. Upon hearing him tell us of this, we suspected we were listening to one such “amazing” tale.
Fast forwarding to the present, a book suddenly appears at the Post Office with his name in it (as opposed to on it, like most things coming through the Post Office)! Seeing the title, we thought we immediately understood the author’s intense interest in my father. However, our first impressions were wrong and the book is actually an extensive register of many short anecdotes about Wyoming. Dad’s tale of surprising a stranded motorist during a white-out blizzard is but one small piece of the book (obviously, the best piece, though). The story probably won’t lead to any David Letterman appearances, but he usually goes to bed early anyway.
Hmmn, after reading his two pages of fame, now I’m wondering if he was on State time when this interview took place. . . . Anyway, we'll keep you apprised of his book signing schedule.
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Seems to me our Trey had something printed in the same book, no?
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