What's your love story? Bruce and Linda Morrison

Unbeknownst to Linda and me, we had a mutual friend while we were both students at Brigham Young University. Jim was the one who decided that she and I should meet, and so he set up an unusual date for his two 23- and 22-year-old friends from Wyoming and Idaho.

The first part of the date would be a gymnastics meet at the Smith Fieldhouse on BYU’s campus. The second part of the date was a drive up to the base of the Y on Y Mountain in a lime green Volkswagen bug. We four fit snuggly, and in spite of the treacherous switchbacks and lots of laughter, we made it up and back. The blind date was a success — Jim had done well.

The 1975 school year was coming to a close, so the next month was filled with long talks and many dates that helped us get to know each other. I proposed to her in Island Park at a family friend’s cabin.

Linda worked in the Tetons that summer, and I worked in Lovell. Each weekend was packed with trips back and forth through the parks. We were married on August 1, 1975, and we have recently celebrated our 50^th wedding anniversary. Forty-eight of those years have been in Lovell, where we have made our home and raised our family.