b"table of contentsOctober 2020 from the PublisherMEMORIES5Ask the Vet: Pumpkin Season Happy October to you! I bet you thought I would 8 The Old Storyteller: The Doctor talk politics. NOPE! Right now my mind dwells on more important things like family, friends, and the Gold Mine and helping others grow their businesses. When I think about family and friends my thoughts 8 11The Arizona Duuude: Sylvia go towards the good times Ive shared with you all, and the great times I experienced as a kid Nobel's Arizona Mysteries, Part 2 growing up. Each weeknight at six I host a radio show on 96.3 Real Country that takes you down 12The Bottom Line memory lane. If you would have asked me 20 years ago, I would have 13Lee Anderson: Did You Know, 13 said I dont care about the past. Im trying to live and plan for the future. That is what I used to tell In the Old West. my mom. I would love to talk to her now and tell her I was wrong 15Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olson: Collector's Cornerand she was right. It is amazing what age does to your thoughts What is an Antique Firearm? and priorities. 16 Running the Race Someone sent us an ad from the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas 24 20Bill Roberts: Doc Day: and right away it triggered a Caring Roguish Pioneer 15 memory. As a kid, growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, we would take a 2-week vacation trip to see aunts, uncles, and cousins in Douglas, 23Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comics Wyoming. While we were there we spent a week taking sheep up to the mountains on horseback. The days were on horseback and by 24AZ Road Trip: Bowie night we slept in sheep wagons. Quite an experience! We were 26A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: able to do some fishing in the streams and we sat around at Anthony Wilford Brimley night talking and enjoying everybodys company. After 28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source that week was over, we spent 32 Buddy Uldrikson: Centering the next week attending and working the rodeo at the 35Justin Legler: Boogie Man, GO SPIT, and the Wyoming State Fair. After the work was done we would go into town, have dinner, walk around, Silent Majority and just hang out with the family. One night we were walking past this bar. A man came out, looked at all the kids, reached into his 384-H: Floating Farm Camp-AR26 pocket, pulled out some silver dollars, and then started to throw them onto the sidewalk. 39 News from Copper State Peruvian Paso Club What kid wouldnt hurry to pick up as many 40 A Bite of Country: Mom's Real Country Recipes as possible? He kept 42 A View of the Zoo throwing handfuls on to the sidewalk. Once we 44Alan Rockman: The Untold Story gathered up the money my mom told us to of Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, give it back to the man. She thought he was a Lew Wallace and the Notorious little drunk and that he probably really didnt mean to give the money away. The other Albert B. Fall, Part 2 man with him said NO, the kids can keep the money; he has many oil wells and loves to see kids smile. Whew, Mom what were you 49Charity of the Month: thinking? The man loves us. Throw some more.Amigos Trail Ride & Drive As I recall these memories, I wonder when we get to pass them 50DIY: Functional & Fun down to the kids and grandkids. Are we so connected to a TV, game 44 50Wild Rose Horse Obstacle Contests 40 console, or computing device, which includes the cell phone, that we forget to share these memories? 55Glendale Equestrian Club Ride Report Kenny Chesney has a song titled I Go Back and it starts like this: Jack and Diane painted a picture of my life and my dreams 56 Advertiser Index Suddenly this crazy world made more sense to me 57Classified Ads Well I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along'Cause every time I hear that song58 Taking Care of Business: I go back to a two-toned short bed Chevy.I GO BACK!Special Advertiser Section60October 2020 Calendar50 61From the Back of the Box 55 Mike Barna, Publisher ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 October 2020"