Today is the annual car rally. Lawn chairs lined both sides of the street. The older folk sitting in the chairs protected by shade. The younger sitting in the sun protected by sunscreen but little else. Either way it looked awesome…

Made acquaintance with Richard and Jan Marz a former town councillor and his wife…born and bred in these parts…lives 3 minutes west of town on their ranch… He raised a little hell here in an earlier time - now lives the good life raising horses. (I believe he was riding before he was walking.) I told him I didn’t ride. He says there is nothing better than being on the back of a horse as she runs full gallop! He loves his horses and they love him. He has taken a lot of soil samples in his day.
Jan said she once watched him lay down on the ground face up in the corral with a wild horse running around. He waited until the horse came over and stood still next to him. He took his belt off and placed it over the neck of the horse. And then bridled him.

Richard had a twinkle in the eye as he invited me to come out to his place. “I got a new stallion,” he says. “Come on over - we can break the both of you in at the same time.”