Meet our young cowboy friend as he work his summer ranch job, then follow his journey alone with his horse and pregnant burro across a couple hundred miles to get home before school starts. The journey is adventurous, and the folks he meets along the way are all good folks...well, almost.
This book is a collection of short stories, all true, regarding ranch life, rodeo, the dude business and horses in general. This is a very humorous look at a modern day cowboy's life.
Join Honey on his continuing adventures of becoming a cowboy. He finally graduates from high school ... 'I didn't graduate with honors, but it was an honor to graduate' ... and takes on more responsibility at his summer ranch job, continues his relationship with his girlfriend Sally, and has many surprises in store for him---some good and some not so good,"--back cover.
Join Honey on his continuing adventures of becoming a cowboy. He finally graduates from high school ... 'I didn't graduate with honors, but it was an honor to graduate' ... and takes on more responsibility at his summer ranch job, continues his relationship with his girlfriend Sally, and has many surprises in store for him---some good and some not so good,"--back cover.
Ranching is hard work, and it gets harder for Honey as he becomes foreman. There are cows and horses to feed and calves to be taken care of -- especially during the hard winter. And with Bud's illness everyone has to take on more work. From horse thieves to bears to poachers -- Honey has his hands full. But he keeps in mind the old saying ... things always work out the way they're supposed to. Not to mention the big day -- he and Sally get married!"-- back cover.
Honey is busy doing the cowboy thing - breeding and branding cattle, horse training, and taking care of the dudes...that is, the ranch guests. Sally and Honey take over management of the ranch due to Bud's worsening condition and do a good job of booking guests for the summer and keeping the ranch running smoothly. Honey is growing up fast...and Sally has a big surprise for him!" -- Page [4] of cover.
The Wilson Ranch continues to be a successful working ranch and guest ranch, and all hands keep busy with the cows, horses, and "dudes." Thoughts of building a house in town so Ginny can go to school and another cabin for guests are being considered. The ranch gets more involved with the town's probation officer and using juvenile delinquents as ranch hands, to help the kids get their lives turned around."--Back cover.
They were all good hands, the kind of cowboys--or buckaroos--that could work on any cow outfit. They didn't all arrive together, they just sorta drifted in, one at a time. Tom hired them on in January to help with the calving, even though it was early, There wasn't much riding to do, just go through the cattle each day looking for something that might be wrong. The cows weren't supposed to start calving until the middle of February. The ranch already had a cook, a grizzled old timer. He was a pretty good cook and quite proud of his sourdough bread and biscuits. He talked a lot, mostly to the items he was cooking up. The most surprising hand to show up was of the female persuasion. Michelle, nicknamed Mike, said, "I have my own bedroll and my own tent. I can ride as good as any man and can rope better than most. I know cattle and horses, being raised on a ranch." When Mike had finished telling Tom about herself, he said, "I guess we could give you a try. I don't know how the other hands will react to havin' a woman in camp. But we'll give you a try. If you work out, you've got a job. If not, I'll bring you back.""--Back cover.
All the ranch hands stay busy with the new teams of horses, used to help feed during the long winter, and halter breaking the young colts. One of the colts gets the best of Honey, who ends up with broken ribs and a torn rotator cuff. Honey, Pat, and Chuck help to train Dale, another juvenile delinquent looking for redemption. Ginny, Honey's daughter, gets to experience her first Christmas parade and meets Santa, and the last big snowstorm of winter leaves three feet of snow on the ground. Honey learns about the "law of diminishing returns" and Bud and Sally lose their beloved big paint horse."--Back cover.
I tied one horse to the pack saddle on the other horse, got his lead rope, got on my horse and left the ranch. As I topped the ridge past the ranch, I took a look back at the ranch. It was to be my last look at civilization for the summer. I had no regrets about leaving. I set up camp and sat outside my tent until after dark listening to the sounds of the mountain. It was peaceful. The next day, I grained the horses, saddled one and started to explore the range I was going to be riding during the summer.""--Back cover.
Follow our young cowboy friend while he works his summer job at a dude ranch where he picks up the nickname "Honey" -- a moniker he doesn't much like. He also finds himself with a girlfriend -- a situation he does like. "Honey" follows our young friend on his journey into manhood, which includes nightly kissing practice with his girlfriend Sally.
Honey meets his brand new daughter for the first time! Enjoy the antics at the ranch while everyone settles in with the new baby, including Grandpa Bud getting a baby carrier for his four-wheeler, and Honey's sister, Betty, becoming a nanny for the little one. During the long, cold winter, Honey deals with the loss of his donkey, Matilda, badly frostbitten toes, and breaking in a troubled new hand. Finally, a Chinook wind blow in, signalling spring and the arrival of the summer guests." -- Page [4] of cover.
Ginny, Sally and Honey's daughter, is growing up quickly and becoming quite the little cowgirl. She helps to take the dudes out on horse rides on her Welsh pony named Pumpkin. Grandpa Bud lets her choose her very own colt, which she names Pumpernickel. She plans on breaking the colt herself once he gets a little older. Raising Ginny brings back memories for Sally and Bud about Sally's own childhood growing up on the ranch. And Ginny's going to get a new baby brother or sister! After Honey and his horse take a nasty fall that puts him out of commission for a while, unexpected help shows up at the ranch to help with the fall gather. Along the way, maybe there's a little ranch romance brewing."--Back cover.
The colt was a gruella, a mouse-colored dun. He had a black stripe down his back, like most buckskins. He had white socks on each leg and the socks on his hind feet went almost up to his flanks. The socks on his front feet went to his knees. He had a wide blaze on the front of his face that went from between his ears down to his nose. His mane and tail were black. He also had some black stripes around his front legs above the socks. He made an impressive sight, a rare-colored horse with a lot of white on him. When my dad let me pick out a colt the year before and I picked this one, Dad said, "Don't be fooled by the color. Good horses come in all colors." "That's the one I want," I said. I was eleven years old when I picked out the gruella colt and still had a whole lot to learn about people and livestock and life in general."--Back cover.
He'd been a good hand on the ranches he'd worked, and while he was out on the ranches, he'd stayed out of trouble. It was when he went to town and got drunk that he got into trouble. He was sitting in his parole officer's outer office weighing out his options when he was called into the officer's office. 'Had any luck finding a job?' asked the parole officer. 'Nope,' answered the ex-con. 'What kind of work are you looking for?' 'Anything on a ranch or farm. I ran a lot of farm machinery on the prison farm.' 'Have you tried herding sheep?' The ex-con felt a little insulted being asked the question. 'No,' he answered flatly. He was a good cowboy before he went to prison and had a distain for sheep and anybody that had anything to do with them. He almost felt like he should have been born a century earlier, when the cattle and sheep wars were going on. He'd never had anything to do with sheep, and had the old time cowman's opinion of them."--Back cover.
If he's found guilty, it won't be jail, it'll be prison," said the sheriff. "He actually might be lucky. If he'd stolen those horses seventy-five years ago, he'd be hung, right on the spot, probably without a trial." As Fred was being transported to the prison, he carefully observed the scenery on the way. He was depressed as he thought he wouldn't see the sagebrush, trees, mountains and desert for at least three years. He didn't make friends easily in prison. He pretty much stayed to himself. He was given a job in the laundry, washing other prisoners' clothes. It was there that he met Brad. Not trusting anyone on the premises, he was slow to make friends. He found out that Brad had murdered someone and, along with some other crimes that included stealing cars and robbery, was doing life without parole. Lou came to the prison every couple of months or so just to see how his friends was doing. On one of his visits, Lou said, "It's really good you didn't implicate me in our little scheme. I appreciate that." "Yeah," said Fred. Lou's visit did relieve the boredom for a time, but Fred was still restless. It was after one of Lou's visits that Fred got the idea for a rodeo."--Back cover.
Meet Will Claxton, the loner, as he works his way across the West looking for long-term work, preferably north in the summer and farther south in the winter, where it's warmer. Along the way, he runs into trouble and could end up with the nickname "jailbird." In his own words, "I didn't know where I was going, but had begun to think that working on the dude ranch in the winter, branding calves in the spring, and packing salt during the summer might not be a bad plan for the next few years. And I just have to take some time and learn how to cook!""--Back cover.
Roping had always held a fascination for him. Everywhere he went, he had a rope in his hands and was always throwing the rope at something. After a time, he wasn't missing too many throws, whether it was at sagebrush, a post or a moving object, like a calf. Quite often, as a small child, he would get the lariat wrapped around his legs and trip himself, much to the amusement of his parents, But he soon learned to control the rope, and it didn't end up on the ground very often. Each year, the youngster and his dad entered the father-son team roping at the local rodeo, and while they didn't win all the time, they generally placed in the money. When he graduated from high school, he had a talk with his dad. "I think I want to leave an' go out to Nevada or Montana or somewhere else," he said."--Back cover.
Meet Jimmy McIntyre, a young black kid that went from being a juvenile delinquent to starting a ranch for juvenile delinquents. You may remember Jimmy from the Continuing adventures of a young cowboy series. He was the original troubled teenager that started working on the Wilson Ranch who, with the help of Bud Wilson and Honey, got himself turned around and graduated from high school and ended up with a degree in animal science and criminology from college. [Jimmy is] creating the Juvenile Ranch Rehabilitation Project, the idea behind which is putting juvenile delinquents on a ranch instead of reform school, where they can learn social skills by working with animals, especially horses. The project gets its start with a donated rundown ranch that has a house in need of repair and a barn that is falling down. Jimmy and Mr. Mason, his former probation officer, have to figure out how and where to get enough money and donations to get the project off the ground. There's a bunkhouse and barn that need to be built, costly repairs to be made on the house, corrals and fences to be mended, let alone the cost of the horses and cows."--Back cover.
In the tradition of all great storytellers, Stu Campbell shares with us his delightful stories of western life-stories he's acquired from decades of ranching in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and elsewhere. The text is complemented with artwork by R. Loren Schmidt, who is a "Cowboy Artist" in the true sense of the word.
If you manage your own water supply, you’ve likely had, are having, or will have water problems. Whether it’s an issue of access, contamination, or taste, Stu Campbell has a clever solution, often enlivened by a charming anecdote. Campbell offers techniques for locating water on your property, as well as how to purify, store, and distribute it throughout your home. With an approachable style, expert advice, and money-saving strategies, The Home Water Supply has all of your water issues covered.
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