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#thewigencowgirls

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great sand dunes national park 

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#horsesofthemedano

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#cowgirljessie

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#bisonofthemedano 

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my international champion trophy boots and favorite buckle; relics that rarely make it out of the closet. when they do, though, i can’t help but wonder what my life would be like if i chose to train horses professionally like much of the industry thought i would. i remember, too, that i very well could, if i wanted to. #cowboystilllife

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lunch break daydreams of upcoming trips to the desert. yes, i’m working on a saturday.

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sunday afternoon man-crafts. illuminating a skull i found in the west desert last summer to make a new wall hanging.

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a few recent gifts i can’t say thank you enough for; a glass print of my favorite remington from @danielammonpiper, a hatchet restored by @cooperhill, and the hide of a cow raised by @owlfaceowlface’s grandfather.

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josua tree national park in january.

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gambling at the faro table. white elephant saloon, bingham city, utah, 1906.

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harry lingbaugh (the sundance kid) stands next to the tree, while butch cassidy sits beside him.

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back on the road in southern idaho. granted i'm on the side of it waiting for a wreck to be cleared, but i'm no longer stuck in a hotel in twin falls in the middle of a blizzard. #roadsidebovine

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and then things went white, my knuckles included.

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2012, in tunes.

and my most favorite albums of the year, rather predictable if i do say so myself, from one to seven... 1. father john misty, fear fun.

2. lower dens, nootropics. 

3. beach fossils, shallow. 

4. tamaryn, tender new signs. 

5. damien jurado, maraqopa. 

6. dum dum girls, end of daze.

7. mount eerie, clear moon. 

honor-a-bro mention. awful truth, birthright. 

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even with feeling like the set of a bad murder movie, eastern utah sure is charming.