{"id":21498,"date":"2024-10-02T00:03:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=21498"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:05:38","slug":"the-rangers-cabin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/the-rangers-cabin\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RANGER\u2019S CABIN"},"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

The higher-mountain autumn air came early with a bite. We made our stop at the ranger station cabin for the night.
\nThe ranger\u2019s old-time Franklin stove was ready for a fire. We chopped some kindling, lit a match, and watched the flames grow higher.
\nWe warmed our hands, then held our boots up to the stove for heat. I finally rubbed some circulation back to my cold feet.
\nThe rustic old guard station was now feeling toasty warm. We\u2019d stay here for the night and weather out the mountain storm.
\nOur Coleman propane lantern gave the needed light to see. It must have been nostalgia, at least a feeling over me.
\nI gazed around the quarters, not a plug-in on the wall. No Internet to check on and no cellphone use at all.
\nI only could imagine \u2018bout this cabin long ago. Two rangers eating biscuits, prob\u2019ly made from sourdough.
\nOne ranger was much older. He was tall and extra lean. His face was weather-chiseled, didn\u2019t show an ounce of mean.
\nThe other ranger, young in years, was smart enough to know he would learn more while he listened than a big mouth just for show.
\nWere they eating steaks of venison or rations from canned beef? Did the younger get a sip of gin that later caused him grief?
\nDid they talk about their lives out in the vastness all alone? The older ranger said this was the only life he\u2019d known.
\nI\u2019m sure he told the young buck, \u201cJust keep thinkin\u2019 \u2018bout your work. Those gals are mighty pretty, but they\u2019ll drive you plumb berserk!\u201d
\nThey finished eating supper. The older rolled a Bull Durham smoke. The younger ranger moved on back. The tobacco made him choke.
\nThey finished washing dishes. Dumped the coffee from the pot. Then they turned in for the evening, sleeping bag and army cot.
\nThe rangers used the cabin for their safety and for rest. Now it\u2019s used for recreation. Did the rangers ever guess?
\nHas the cabin seen life\u2019s changes from the day that it was new? Does the cabin miss the rangers over men like me and you?<\/p>\n

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

The higher-mountain autumn air came early with a bite. We made our stop at the ranger station cabin for the night. The ranger\u2019s old-time Franklin stove was ready for a fire. We chopped some kindling, lit a match, and watched the flames grow higher. We warmed our hands, then held our boots up to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,62,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-art","8":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498","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=21498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21499,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21498\/revisions\/21499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}