{"id":16526,"date":"2021-08-25T00:09:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T00:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2021-08-24T20:10:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T20:10:39","slug":"my-favorite-pal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/25\/my-favorite-pal\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Pal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I took my place on horseback, riding next to the old man. He\u2019d wrangled for my father. Everyone called him Old Dan.<\/p>\n

His wrangling days were done, yet rode the pack line at the end. My father said, \u201cStay by his side. He might just be your friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s hot and dusty, riding back there for a while. But this will do you good and since you\u2019re with him, wear a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, Old Dan and I would always take our place there at the rear. Dan did all the talking and I gave a listening ear.<\/p>\n

I learned to call him Dan and Dan would call me Mr. Bryce. And every day I\u2019d get a scoop of old cowboy advice.<\/p>\n

One morning he was reminiscing of his younger days. He said he missed the gals and all his flirting cowboy ways.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know of flirting and was bashful to the core. If a pretty gal would smile, I\u2019d turn the darkest red, for sure.<\/p>\n

Dan could see my plight and said, \u201cI\u2019ve been there, Mr. Bryce. Most gals will see your bashfulness and turn from snub to nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI\u2019ve got some sound advice and use it as your guide. When it comes to gettin\u2019 married, find a farm gal for your bride.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never even had a date, what\u2019s more a full-time gal. But Dan\u2019s advice came from his heart. By then, my favorite pal.<\/p>\n

The summer ended all too soon. My pal moved into town. I\u2019d grab a six-pack, head on in. We\u2019d slam a Pepsi down.<\/p>\n

My time went by from boy to man and Dan turned ninety years. He asked me \u2018bout a farm-girl bride. Could not believe my ears!<\/p>\n

So I introduced my outdoor gal, Montana way upstate. And the twinkle in his eye showed me approval of first rate.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bryce Angell<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took my place on horseback, riding next to the old man. He\u2019d wrangled for my father. Everyone called him Old Dan. His wrangling days were done, yet rode the pack line at the end. My father said, \u201cStay by his side. He might just be your friend. \u201cI know it\u2019s hot and dusty, riding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16529,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16526\/revisions\/16529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}