b"table of contentsAugust 2021 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: Too Hot to Trot ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATIONThis is that time of summer when you just want 8 The Old Storyteller: One of the Last to be in a cooler place for a month or so, right? Arizona is almost perfect 10 months of the Arizona Gunfights year, but the last two months of 110 plus 5 13Lee Anderson: Did You Know, degree weather does take it out of a person. In the Old West. So what do you do or where do you go 15A View of the Zoo: New Developments at to cool off from the HOT SUMMER heat? Wildlife World Zoo13 The last two weeks everyone I talked to I asked that question of and here are the 17The Arizona Duuude: Dr. Buck Montgomery responses. We go to our cabin up north, go to San Diego and the beach, go to a clothing-optional resort in Stuntman, Artist, Actor, and Storyteller Tucson, we go to Alaska and fish, I stay in the house in the AC in my boxer shorts, spend time in our backyard pool, suck on ice, read 18Alan Rockman: Samuel F. CodyThe a book at the mall, go to a movie, just suffer because I dont have AC in my house, skinny dip (my husband loves it), play golf in the Incredible, Sometimes Stranger Than morning, turn the sprinkler on as I sit in a lawn chair, take it like a man cause I work construction, wear fewer clothes, go to the White 17 True Story of The Other CodyMountains, were going on a cruise, going to Lake Tahoe, take off in our motorhome, SWEAT a lot and the final answer received was Im 24AZ Road Trip: Heber-Overgaard a woman Im always HOT. Lots of choices but can you remember that one summer vacation that was the vacation of all time? Lets start 26Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comics the music now, playing Holiday Road by Lindsay Buckingham from 28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source National Lampoons Vacation movie32COVER FEATURE: Payson Pro Rodeo 18 Well, I can remember growing up we always traveled in the family station wagon on 36Bill Roberts: One Lynched, Five Hung for 1883 Holdup vacation. We never flew anywhere. I think Iwas about 23 years old before I boarded my first 38 A Bite of Country: Moms Real Country Recipes airplane. Ok, back in the car where we drove to our vacation spot listening to the radio, playing 41Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olsons Collectors Corner: road games like trying to find a license plate from all 50 states, slug bug, I spy with my two Bowman Brothers and the First Rodeo Trailer little eyes and yes every hour hearing, ARE WE THERE YET. The funny thing is I dont have an 434-H: AKC Good Citizenship Test all-time favorite growing up, because they were all an experience of a kid's lifetime. Growing up in Nebraska, we had very little money but 43A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: my parents made the most of what we did have. Its funny because some things I can recall and others I cant. I remember we stayed Lawton William Cavalliere 24 in the Fair Oaks Motel in Minneapolis. Why do I remember that 45 News from Copper State Peruvian Paso Club motels name? Another time I remember waking up at a motel in the middle of the night. All the guests were outside because one room 48Glendale Equestrian Ride Report had someone break into it and the police were everywhere. The next morning, as we were driving away, my mom said, We will never 49 Running the Race: find a motel after dark again, Frank step on it and get us out of here. Frank is my Dad. We spent numerous vacations in Wyoming with Why is My Horse Floating in the Turns? aunts, uncles, and cousins. Way too many stories. On another trip, we went to California and it was my first ever time seeing the ocean, wow 50Justin Legler: Rain Dance, 90 Days, did that make an impression. Going to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City was another highlight as a kid growing up going on vacation. and MAYBE I AMVacation was an important part of summer! 52Financial Focus: Review Your IRA, Everyone needs to recharge in some manner. It was explained to me once that a person is like 401(k) Beneficiaries a rubber band and as you pull it, it gets tighter 41 53 96.3 Real Country Concert Page and tighter until it breaks or if you release some 54DIY: Home Improvements 36 of the pressure it can be pulled again. Enjoy your vacation time however you choose to spend it, clothed or unclothed! 57Classified Ads P.S. This month was pretty light, next month 58 Taking Care of Business: Im bringing the hammer down with research Ive found and the disgust I have about mass vaccinations and the corporations thatSpecial Advertiser Section are no better than Nazi concentration camps marking people tobe singled out.59 Advertiser Index60August 2021 Calendar53 61From the Back of the Box 49 Mike Barna, Publisher ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 August 2021"