Summer of ‘63

About the Book

A Grizzly on the other hand just seems to have a cantankerous nature that causes him to challenge anything that enters his territory. I had been told that the last Grizzly in these mountains had been killed over fifty years ago. Someone was wrong in this assessment, because these claw marks were fresh. They had to have been made within the last day or two because the cuts in the bark were deep and still bleeding with sap. I stopped and pointed them out to Gale. She turned pale. She took out her camera and said. “Dad is not going to believe this.”

About the Author

R. James Roybal Born near La Vita Pass in Southern Colorado Attended University of Colorado – Major Civil Engineering Started working for U.S. Geological as an intern in 1962 in Southern Colorado Stationed in Saigon Vietnam 1964 – 1965 attached to the Department of the Navy working with the 5th. Marines as a cartographer Returned to the US in Oct. 1965 continued working summers for USGS Received an offer from Western Airlines in San Francisco to work in Ground Operations Started a company building muscle Cars and Racing boats, Bought into a Construction company move to Montana to start a log home business Built a large Bar and Restaurant – Moved to Southern California went back to College received a degree in Computer Science and Technology. Attended San Bernardino Sheriff Academy Worked in law enforcement specializing in Computer Fraud and industrial espionage Involved in Mortgage Fraud investigation and forensic appraising for the last 14 years