On a sunny, crisp fall afternoon in Vail, I was leaning over the railing of the covered bridge that spans Gore Creek. No matter how many times I’ve walked across that picturesque overpass, I’m habitually.
There was no one like Vianne Brown. Vi and her husband, Byron, were among Vail’s earliest full-time residents, moving to the fledgling resort in 1964. Those early days found the Browns living in a tent..
The Vail Valley lost arguably the most positive person on the planet on Oct. 10. Vianne “Vi” Brown was incapable of anything negative throughout her entire life. Life for Vi began on June 29, 1938,.