Bill Merrick is a retired air force pilot and educator. He graduated from, and taught at, the United States Air Force Academy, where he won an Outstanding Educator Award. He also home schooled his children. A veteran road warrior, he’s logged thousands of miles touring national parks, including Yosemite, Redwoods, Olympic, and, of course, Yellowstone. He’s currently working on an historical novel about a Buffalo Soldier and a Cheyenne girl, set on the Great Plains in 1867-68.