Born and raised in the Midwest, Steve Mitchell joined the navy after graduating from high school in 1969. He served nine months in Vietnam, then on a destroyer home ported in Pearl...view moreBorn and raised in the Midwest, Steve Mitchell joined the navy after graduating from high school in 1969. He served nine months in Vietnam, then on a destroyer home ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
After his six-year navy hitch, Mitchell attended Iowa State University and earned a journalism degree. He wrote for SolarUtilization News before getting a job at the Estes Park Public Library, where he now works as a reference librarian.
Mitchell, his wife Lori and his son Jeff live five minutes from the entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park.view less