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SmokiesLife photo by Gary Wilson. https://www.stevekempwords.com/blog/budget monthly 0.5 2024-11-22 https://www.stevekempwords.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-10-14 https://www.stevekempwords.com/about daily 0.75 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673b9d130316e23249a7ba78/1074e16c-2f45-4b6e-9c2d-f5ec4a2db1c6/K-1+Catton%2C+Bogie%2C+Kemp+copy.jpg About Bannack, Montana. Friends from Signal Mountain Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, approximately 40 years after Bogie (L), Ted (C), and Steve Kemp met while gainfully employed in the lodge’s dishroom/kitchen. While all three of us have been fortunate enough to go on to live mostly rich, meaningful lives, we still wonder why it’s never been as much fun as that summer in the Tetons. 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We were competing against Paul McCartney, Woody Guthrie, the Beach Boys, and an incredible collection of African drum music for the Grammy. Hometown favorites the Beach Boys went home with the trophy, but they still let us stick around for the outrageous afterparty. Photo possibly by one of the Pop Ups’ entourage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673b9d130316e23249a7ba78/d2449ba5-815f-404a-aab9-02e0c0b36bb5/K-5+Ranger+Kemp+YELL+copy.jpg About Seasonal Ranger Steve Kemp in Yellowstone National Park with a mortified Wally, circa five months of age. Wally, who now lives in New York City, still unconsciously splays his toes whenever he sees a person wearing a campaign hat. Photo by Theodore C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673b9d130316e23249a7ba78/f1738e37-683f-4a45-8f09-852c5b345121/K-2+Grotto+Falls+copy.jpeg About Lunch at Grotto Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 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