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How Tom Olivo built the house that changed his life

a window and name the mountain range。 The triple-level windows below the cathedral ceiling of the great room frame the Gallatin Range。 Through the kitchen window the snowcapped Bridger Mountains loom close enough to tilt your head back。 From the Jacuzzi in the master bedroom the view stretches 40 miles to the Tobacco Root Mountains。 The dining room looks out on the Madison Range and the Beartooth Mountains in the Absaroka Range。

“If I ever take this for granted， there‘s something wrong with me，” says Olivo， who adds that he occasionally pinches himself to make sure he’s not still merely imagining his fantasy home。

In the giant mountain-rimmed bowl that is Bozeman， Mont。， Olivo‘s four-year-old house sits on five foothill acres at 5，000 feet above sea level， partway up the eastern side of the bowl。 Olivo looks down on propeller planes circling to land at a private airstrip and marvels at approaching storms that sweep in over the Continental Divide， convulsing the sky。 A neighboring rancher’s wheat spreads like a giant comforter over the land， just 200 feet from his bedroom。 But even better than the views is what lured Olivo to the area： the trout fishing down in the valley。 Abundantly blessed with spring-fed creeks and snowmelt-coursing streams and rivers， Bozeman is arguably the fly-fishing capital of America。 By the end of August， Olivo had already stepped into his waders some 35 times for the year。 He‘s not retired —— just determined enough and shrewd enough to hook himself nearly every entrepreneur’s fantasy —— raising his children and living the good life year-round in a picture-postcard setting far from the madding crowd。