Sending Lacey back to her reporting roots sent me back to mine—to the real town I call “Sagebrush.” Sagebrush has changed in some ways and remains frozen in amber in others. Landmarks I looked for had been torn (or burned) down. Fast food joints (and Wal-Marts) have sprung up like mushrooms. But the bleached bones of long-dead cows still dot the barren, sagebrush-covered landscape, the highway signs are still riddled with bullet holes, and the denizens still believe they live in God’s own country. Highlights: interviewing a legendary cowboy, Monty Sheridan, about the endangered cowboy way of life. Hiking through the sagebrush to find an old abandoned cabin—and a friendly wild horse. For  Death on Heels, I wanted to take Lacey for the Wild West, boots-and-saddles, Last Frontier ride of her life. I think she got it.