My birthday was on September 24, and as I celebrated another year around the sun, I formally announced my retirement from outfitting and guiding horseback riding adventures and retreats. After a 44+ year career, my life is moving down a different trail now, and I am looking forward to more time to spend with my family, working on my own horses and horsemanship, and putting the lessons I've learned in this business to use in helping others.

Winter in Wyoming, 2020. It started early, with -25 temperatures in late October, heavy snow and blizzard conditions at Thanksgiving, and continuous deep cold and powder snow accumulation since then here at winter headquarters. Fortunately I have access to necessary equipment to keep my road open, running water for the horses, and plenty of native grass hay that is easy to feed here by my house, so my mustangs show up every day to greet me and get their handout. I've made things as simple as I can so I'm not having to fight with the weather and the challenges it brings.

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