David Womack, 15, right, spent Tuesday afternoon surfing on the North Platte River with his boogie board at the Casper Water Park. Womack said he makes it to the park about every day, but especially when it's hot. Wyoming is off to what's expected to be a long, hot, dry summer. Photo by Ryan Soderlin, Casper Star-Tribune.
Andria Siek, 16, concentrates on writing her hypothesis before a helicopter test in physical science class at Frontier Middle School Thursday morning. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Dan DeSorcy, of Jackson, gets some mid-summer telemark turns under the 12,514-foot summit of the South Teton in Grand Teton National Park. Photo by MARK GOCKE, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Lisa Hatchadoorian, new curator at the Nicolaysen Art Museum, hangs one of the final pieces for the show "Postcards of the Wild Wild West" on Thursday afternoon in preparation for the show's opening on Thursday evening. The show culminates with an auction and dance May 5.
The Nic is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and staff are in the midst of planning for a large summer festival June 15 and 16.
Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Dale Eckhardt in front of her van at the end of the summer in 1969. (Courtesy photo)
In this June 2007 file photo, a visitor to Grand Teton National Park photographs a grizzly and her cubs crossing the road. Yellowstone and Grand Teton officials are hoping marketing efforts enhance this summer's tourist numbers after a slow winter. (Jim Laybourn/Star-Tribune correspondent)
LD Cox works on a project on the computer during an English class on Friday morning at Frontier Middle School in Casper. Cox, 18, is taking summer school classes to earn lost credits and graduate next week. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
A bull elk continues its forage while a buffalo marches past him near Phantom Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
In this undated handout photo from Buena Vista Pictures, actors David Bailie, Mackenzie Crook, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley are shown in a scene from the upcoming summer movie Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest. Photo from SHNS.
Peach-Glazed Salmon (Photo courtesy of "2006 Taste of Home Annual Recipes," Reiman Publications)
Monty Green, 17, staples boards during the morning session of the Youth Build program that educates students during the extended school year in skilled labor. The program allows students to make up or get ahead in elective credits while also making some summer spending money. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
Jacob Orr cleans the Putt Putt Golf Course at Mike Sedar Park with a leaf blower as he prepares it for business on Tuesday. The course will be open from 10 a.m. to midnight Thursday, with free golfing for kids, in a summer solstice fundraiser hosted by the Breakfast Optimist Club. Photo by Ryan Soderlin, Star-Tribune.
The crescent-shaped moon sign will rotate inside the ring on the roof at the new Moondance Diner in LaBarge. The New York dining icon was relocated to LaBarge last summer and is undergoing renovation. Photo by Jeff Gearino, Star-Tribune.
Rene Finn, 8, takes a bite from an apple as her sister Aleena Finn, 11, looks on during lunch at the Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday in North Casper. Members of the Boys & Girls Club receive a snack for breakfast and a sack lunch. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
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