Reflecting over his experiences with HIV and AIDS activism in Wyoming, Jim explains why Wyoming AIDS Walk was such a necessary and important fundraiser. Jim discusses the unique challenges of living with HIV and AIDS, and how Wyoming’s smaller communities and rural nature compound those difficulties.

Jamie welcomes us into her home to share a story about how one nervous Thanksgiving dinner turned into a thriving international family in Laramie. Led by faith, love, and a desire to welcome strangers, a small gathering of ten students has grown into a thriving community representing more than 45 countries. Friends of Internationals (FOI) was never part of the plan but it became their greatest blessing.

As a fifth generation Wyomingite, Don shares the origin of his family’s sheep outfitting ties to Wyoming, and is excitement for his grandchildren to be the seventh generation.

Geoffrey—alongside his wife Rebecca— shares his connection to Wyoming, and the magic he finds on Casper Mountain.

Karen Hostetler, the owner and founder of Mountain Meadow Wool mill in Buffalo, shares her enduring love of Wyoming’s open spaces and wool. Fom an Australian spinning wheel, to bales of dirty wool trecked across the Canadian border, and ultimately a full circle moment.

Bill reflects on a time when he and a friend played a prank in high school. In Martin, South Dakota, Bill and a friend put donkeys in the school one night to get them to poop everywhere. Bill went undiscovered as one of the culprits, but his friend got in trouble the next day because he’d left his gloves behind.