MYSTIC TRAVELERS -- IMAGES FROM THE EDGE by Gail Crane beginning shining down on the sloughs

shining down on the sloughs

Large families mean piles of laundry

and a warm welcome by ranch hands who always had tales to share around the fire

Jon Crane painted this replica of a Norwegian Stavkirke found in Moorhead

Jon painted this original as reward to Betsy (owner of the Moonshine) for quitting smoking for a year

MYSTIC TRAVELERS -- IMAGES FROM THE EDGE by Gail Crane beginning shining down on the sloughsA Travelogue Memoir by Gail Crane Gail McNary, the future Mrs. Crane, stumbled upon the artwork of watercolor artist Jon Crane just before she stumbled upon the artist himself. Thus began an adventure this urban dweller could never have imagined. The pair embarked on an intrepid lifestyle in North America's most out of the way places. And Gail would never be the same. It's a life changing trip to the "edge" of everything inside and out.