Stuart Mace describes his family background and education, his love of nature and artistic influences growing up.  He describes his many transfers in the army after being drafted in 1941 until he was joined with the 10th Mountain Division.  After the war, he describes moving to Aspen and Ashcroft, starting the guest lodge and material used for it.  He gives a history of the area and the people who lived there , the difficulties in educating his children from a remote area, movies made using his sled dogs, and his past and future views on the Castle Creek Valley.