Millions of people visit our national parks each year, and some never leave. Meet the biologist who came to know and understand Six, Yellowstone's charismatic and temperamental elk. See iconic landscapes through the eyes of bed makers, bridge builders, rangers, and wranglers. Rip through rapids, disappear inside canyons, and witness personal transformations from petrified forest to permafrost. Learn what it's like to ditch the mainstream and make a life in our nation's best idea. Volume I: The West, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain, Denali, Grand Canyon, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Wrangell-St. Elias, Petrified Forest, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon.