Over the years, I moved cows on horseback many times on the ranch, but riding with my rancher friends was usually a different story all together. With them I have ridden down icy slopes, in a lightening storm on top of the butte, chased phantom cows over snowy ridges in the mountains when it was below freezing, come home in the very dark after a long day’s ride, ridden all day without even water to drink – and I’m sure they were taking it easy for my sake. Cowboys are not sissy’s, I can tell you!

My cowgirl / cowboy friends are still going strong, and some of them are older than I am. Here’s to you all! Anyway, with those memories in mind, I made this a night time scene, deciding this guy was not nearly done with his day’s work!

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