Pick Me Up! Special

WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING

Looking in the mirror, I adjusted the cowboy hat on my head.

Now I look the part, I thought to myself, smiling at my reflection.

I’d come with a friend on the holiday of a lifetime to Texas, and I wanted to fully immerse myself in the country and western culture in the cowboy capital of the world.

Having grown up with horses at home in Kent, I really wanted to do the whole cowgirl thing properly.

We planned to travel around the whole state – landing on US turf back in June 2016, we visited Austin and Fort Worth before heading to a traditional southern ranch in Bandera.

The Mayan Dude Ranch was everything I’d hoped it would be.

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