BOYS RANCH COWBOY POETRY GATHERING...
We met up with Cliff and Ricky to attend the events taking place at "Cal Farleys Boys Ranch". The boys ranch is in Old Tascosa, about 30 miles north of Amarillo, and since the 1930's it has been home to boys (and more recently girls) who need "a shirt-tail to hang on to!" . Basically, it is a community for 'wayward' or 'troubled' kids who have grown up without much parental guidance. In the surroundings of a working ranch, they learn a way of life based on southern values in a supportive environment.

Each year the boys ranch opens its gates to the public to show off its work. We were able to see some rodeo ('celebrity team roping'...id never heard of any of them, except Chris Isaak), and we enjoyed a chuckwaggon dinner. The coffee was a bit dodge though... very bitter and full of 'grounds'. I had to ditch mine in a 'Mellow Birds' kind of 'moment'......