John Riding Off Into The Sunset

This is John Garfield. He is a REAL cowboy. He has a farm in Montana, breeds horses, and has a VERY dry sense of humor. Oh, and he is ALSO a mechanical engineer, AND has written a book - he's a smart, educated cowboy.

This is a picture of our last day on the PCT. John has to ride back 18 miles to the trail head where he has parked his trailer - we have to walk out 6 miles in the other direction.

The fascinating thing was that we have all been in the wilderness for three days and two nights, and we look and smell like range buffalo, and John packs his stuff and rides up in a CLEAN, STARCHED, and PRESSED, white shirt - now that's a cowboy.



Here's a picture of Logan taken the same morning for a visual contrast to the "starched cowboy" look. Logan is representative of the rest of the group.

I asked John about the shirt and he nonchalantly says, "I have another one if this gets dirty." Where did he keep the shirt? The mysterious cowboy lives on. Oh, and yes ladies he is married - happily.

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