{"id":19876,"date":"2023-08-09T00:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=19876"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:47:51","slug":"dude-horses-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/09\/dude-horses-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Dude Horse\u2019s View"},"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

This dude ranch is much nicer than most ranches I have seen. The cowboys feed us hay and oats, yet keep us mighty lean.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I heard one cowboy say, \u201cA horse whose stomach\u2019s fat and round, will let the saddle slip on down. The dude will hit the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, stayin\u2019 in this corral is what I\u2019d like to do today. But haulin\u2019 all these city dudes is how I earn my stay.<\/p>\n

Today I\u2019ll prob\u2019ly get a dude whose sippin\u2019 on the sauce. He\u2019ll be hollerin\u2019 out his cowboy drawl, then wave and say, \u201cHi, hoss.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll be tryin\u2019 to impress his gal. She\u2019ll laugh at all his jokes. I wish they\u2019d give me earplugs. I would tune out all these folks.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d rather have a dude who\u2019ll sit the saddle nice and quiet. And maybe if I\u2019m lucky he\u2019ll be workin\u2019 on his diet.<\/p>\n

Well, there\u2019s a city dude I swear he\u2019s bigger than a tree. And chompin\u2019 down a doughnut. Now he has his eye on me.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s wearing Justin cowboy boots. Is that a Stetson hat? His shiny brand new belt buckle is pinchin\u2019 up the fat.<\/p>\n

He points in my direction, says, \u201cI\u2019d like to ride that horse.\u201d The cowboy says, \u201cHe\u2019s kinda rank. He might be your remorse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city dude walked over and then stood at my left side. He looked a little nervous, said, \u201cI\u2019m up for this horse ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ll lay my ears straight back and then I\u2019ll snort and show my teeth. That fella needs to know that very soon I\u2019ll be his grief.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>He tries to get a foothold but the stirrup\u2019s up too high. I\u2019ll keep my wits about me, then I\u2019ll fool him on the sly.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>He climbs up on the rail fence and then tries to make a leap. I do the side step, just in time. I really have quick feet.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>He hits all fours and bites the dirt. Oh, what a dusty cloud! The cowboys come a runnin\u2019, I\u2019m surrounded by a crowd.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>I could be in some trouble. Hope the city dude won\u2019t sue. \u2018Cuz the next job waitin\u2019 for me is a tube of Elmer\u2019s glue.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Two friendly dudes soon help him and he climbs up on my back. I guess the fun is over and we\u2019re gettin\u2019 back on track.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>So why am I expected to haul this biggest hunk of flesh? It\u2019s the life of every dude horse and for that I must confess.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s get this horse ride over and we\u2019ll finish out the course. It\u2019s just another day for me, a dumb and old dude horse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This dude ranch is much nicer than most ranches I have seen. The cowboys feed us hay and oats, yet keep us mighty lean.\u00a0 \u00a0 I heard one cowboy say, \u201cA horse whose stomach\u2019s fat and round, will let the saddle slip on down. The dude will hit the ground.\u201d Well, stayin\u2019 in this corral […]<\/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-19876","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\/19876","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=19876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19878,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions\/19878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}