No Rapid City, South Dakota ʻo Karen a he kamaʻāina ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Denver, Colorado mai ka makahiki 1992. ʻO kāna ʻoihana i nā kumuwaiwai kanaka a ma ke ʻano he kōkua hoʻokō ua komo pū me ka hana ʻana i nā ʻoihana waiwai a me nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai ma ka ʻāina ʻo Denver. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona manawa kaʻawale me kāna kāne, ʻelua kaikamahine, a me ʻekolu moʻopuna. ʻO kāna mau mea hoihoi e pili ana i ka hoʻomoana, ka hele wāwae, a me ka leʻaleʻa i waho.