Mules come in various sizes and the loads they carried were based on the mule’s size and temperament. Alicran was a little tan mule with a temperament like a Labrador. She carried the fragile things we did not want to break or lose.

In 1979, Merle Haggard released a song called “I wear my own kinda hat” and the lyrics talk about there being many ways to look at things but “I stand right here where I’m at, cause I wear my own kinda hat.”

When the snow goes off the winter range the prairie dogs start popping out, and Coyotes are everywhere, cowboys start riding the hollers and the hidey holes listening for the bell mare with the mules, and to look for the horses.

My life’s been a great experience but sometimes I wonder how I lived through some of it.

August in the Yellowstone wilderness can be cold and that morning it was about 35 degrees...

There are three tables of primarily older men and (yes, I am eavesdropping) conversations are going on about politics, the economy, favorite old cars, best adventures, and other stuff men discuss.

It was about 9:00 am and I was riding a three-year-old horse I had started a few weeks back. He was coming along like a Labrador puppy, happy to please and learning every day. Experienced riders know these are the ones you need to watch the most because you get...

My cowboy hat gets complimented so frequently that it does not surprise me anymore, but a little girl in a café saw me and asked her mother if she could talk to the cowboy.

Sometimes it really is just a little moment, a small act of trust that makes the difference.

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