{"id":22304,"date":"2025-04-30T00:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=22304"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:13:56","slug":"maybelline-and-scoot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/maybelline-and-scoot-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybelline And Scoot"},"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

Maybelline was a pretty blonde with four white stocking feet. And Scoot, an older gelding whose good sense was hard to beat.
\nWell, Maybelline and Scoot were down in Goblin Valley way. The trail was long and winding. They\u2019d be gone most of the day.
\nMaybelline said, \u201cScoot, I\u2019d like to make a small request. I see it\u2019s almost lunchtime and these cowboys need a rest.\u201d
\nThen Scoot replied, \u201cI guess you\u2019re right. These cowboys like to eat. We\u2019ll stop here for an hour; get them off the saddle\u2019s seat.\u201d
\nTwo cowboys stepped on down and moseyed over to the rocks. They pulled out fish and crackers from an overstuffed lunch box.
\nThen Maybelline said, \u201cScoot, do cowboys always eat canned fish? It\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever seen \u2018em eat. Must be their favorite dish.\u201d
\nWell, Scoot said, \u201cMaybelline, a cowboy is a different lot. There\u2019s no predicting what they\u2019ll eat. Their stomachs must be shot.\u201d
\n\u201cAnd cowboys must be bashful, quite unlike both you and me. Each time that Mother Nature calls they go behind a tree.\u201d
\nThen Maybelline said, \u201cScoot, you\u2019re right. Sometimes they\u2019re quite absurd. But my rider tells a story better\u2019n any song I\u2019ve heard.\u201d
\nScoot then smiled. \u201cWell, Maybelline, does he stretch it just a bit? I heard my rider say to him, \u2018I think you\u2019re full of @#&*\u2019!\u201d
\nBoth horses gave a belly laugh. The riders looked their way. Each rider shrugged his shoulders, said, \u201cThat was a funny neigh.\u201d
\nThen Maybelline said, \u201cScoot, those cowboys really have no clue. \u2018Cuz if they knew what we\u2019d just said for sure we\u2019d both be glue.\u201d
\nScoot said, \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for us those cowboys would be lost. The best thing they\u2019ve seen happen is when our paths were crossed.\u201d
\nMaybelline said, \u201cScoot, those cowboys move just like a snail. Let\u2019s get \u2018em in the saddle \u2018cuz it\u2019s time to hit the trail.\u201d
\nThen Scoot said, \u201cMaybelline, I\u2019ve sure enjoyed our ride today. We\u2019ll get these cowboys back to camp. That\u2019s where they keep the hay!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bryce Angell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybelline was a pretty blonde with four white stocking feet. And Scoot, an older gelding whose good sense was hard to beat. Well, Maybelline and Scoot were down in Goblin Valley way. The trail was long and winding. They\u2019d be gone most of the day. Maybelline said, \u201cScoot, I\u2019d like to make a small request. […]<\/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-22304","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\/22304","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=22304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22305,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22304\/revisions\/22305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}