Gary Brumbelow

Gary Brumbelow grew up in town and felt cheated because he didn’t live on a ranch.

When he was ten, Gary’s family moved from Texas to a small town in northern Nebraska. Here in the wide open spaces, Gary grew a love for adventure in the outdoors. He roamed the snowy hills above the Niobrara River, swallowed in virginal, silent emptiness. In his preteen mind this was wilderness.

A dozen years later, Gary and his bride moved to wilderness cattle country in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. They lived beside the mighty Fraser River, eight miles beyond the power line and their nearest neighbors.

They befriended the owners of a nearby ranch of 350,000 acres that extended from the Fraser 75 miles west into the Coast Mountains. This magnificent ranch would become the setting of Someplace North, Someplace Wild.

He’s an extrovert who loves writing but gets restless without some physical activity. Winter finds him bucking, splitting and burning firewood. Summer is for kayaking and camping with family in the Cascades, or flying his stunt kite at the Oregon coast.