Winner - First Place - Houston Writers Guild- HWG Spring Manuscript Contest 2015 (Mainstream, Contemporary, Historical Fiction) In 1971, driven by the thrill of adventure, yet apprehensive of what lurks beyond, life-loving/lifelong friends Jim Mayfield, the searcher, and Bob Tomkins, the trailblazer, raised their thumbs high, departed Houston on a quest for Colorado, and got the ride of a lifetime. Diffident Jim, bogged in a hapless mire, is rescued...