The summer of 1981 Sue & I had no place to live and was bouncing around from place to place! So we decided to spend it in the mountains . What a great memory making decision ! Jeremiah was not quite one year old and he thrived back there! Seeing his first bear at Rocky […]
Jeremiah & Aimee Johnson!! I don’t have enough time or space to say how much I love my two children! To say they are top hands doesn’t begin to describe them or their abilities .. Cowboy and Cowgirl through and through! They were raised when I never had enough help and we were struggling to […]
The moon rises over Hell’s A’ Roarin’ Outfitters! The day was long but fruitful’! I have paid my respects to the elk we’ve hunted today !! The horses and mules are all munching their all they can eat hay! Some are telling their own , end of the day stories, for instance old Sagehen nudges […]
Merry Christmas to all my Wonderful friends in this great country and to my Wonderful friends all over the world! I feel Christmas is a time for tradition and family and friends to share their love and happiness. Too boost someone up in life on this day is always a great feeling . For years […]
I met this guy Drew , from Italy, 20 years ago. He was camped up on the Blacktail Plateau in Yellowstone National Park. I was up there covering the country putting miles on a couple of rank ex bucking horses . His rawboned Appy, whom he borrowed from a guy in Gardiner had became lame […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and a few of my enemies! It has been a great hunting season . Saw a grizzly this morning . The eagle I roped last week is doing great. There is about 45 calves per 100 cow elk . literally 100s of young spike bulls ! Many different age […]
I just told a friend just recently , that in order to really live you must also must nearly die! I just read a sad story about four rodeo cowboys crashing their plane and all perishing. This happened in 1979 and I can remember it clearly . I think it took 6 months to find […]
The Hells a Roarin Spring , Summer , Fall season is over !!!!!!!! What a sensational year. We had a great spring bear season, sensational horse drive and dance , the summer trail rides were as busy as can be . Our summer trips into Hellroaring was as busy as we could hope for. And […]
This is a photo of Dave Poncin and I in 1985! We were in the best shape ever and never thought nothing of hooking an unbroken team up and cleaning the corral. This team was owned by Tom Venable , who still runs the horse operation for Xantera in Yellowstone Park. It was one of […]
Opening spoken verse from one of my favorite songs, ‘This Cowboy’s Hat’ by Chris Ledoux- “Well there’s always been groups of people that could never see eye to eye… An’ I always thought if they’d get the chance to sit down and talk face to face they might realize they got a lot in common.” […]