On the Road - 2009 - Stampede Tour

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On our way up to Kanab, Utah to be a part of Western Legends Roundup we stopped by radio station KZUA in Hollbrook, AZ...they air out daily show...and spend the morning on air with Dee and Cindy, the Chicks on Route 66.

We’re on our way to Western Legends Roundup in Kanab, Utah. In the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s over 200 movies and TV shows were filmed in the area.

In the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s over 200 movies and TV shows were filmed in the area.

During the event I’ll be interviewing some of the locals who had parts in those films. We’ll be talking about their experiences with the likes of John Wayne and Clint Walker.

We have another new station carrying our daily radio show. It's KBSN AM 1470 in Moses Lake, WA. They air the show each day at 6:27 am and 12:37 pm. If you would like to find if the show is aired in your area go to www.ChronicleoftheOldWest.com.

To all of you who have wished me a happy birthday, I thank you. Although my body doesn't say sot, in my head I'm 37 years old.

Denny's has a free breakfast on your birthday. Of course, I had to take advantage of it.

KEDU in Ruidoso, NM just picked up our daily and weekly radio shows. Just to show you how family orientated the shows are, KEDU is a Christian format station. Thanks Harvey T.

Everyone in our family carries their own weight. One of Jake's jobs is to gather wood for the cook stove.

We're headed to Tombstone for Vigilante Days. We'll be visiting our friend Ben Traywick, Tombstone's official historian and cowboy singer Tom Hiatt.

Just got back to Benson, AZ from a month traveling around Texas. We ended up in San Antonio attending the Wild West History Association's Roundup. Had a lot of fun and learned a lot about the Old West. As with Texas it's hot in Arizona, but not humid.

We’re presently in Kerrville, TX, and is it hot and muggy. Even though we spend much of the time inside Monte, by the end of the day still we’re wrung out.

However, as you can see by the pictures, the area where the RV park is located is very beautiful.

Tomorrow we’ll be heading up to San Antonio for the Wild West History Associations Roundup.

We’ve spend a couple of days in Ft. Stockton, Texas. They have a 150th birthday coming up in October. We talked to some of the city people and the Chamber of Commerce about the event.

We also had a bracket break that holds one of the axles in place on Monte. Had to have that fixed before the tires were ruined.

The first night we were here a group of Boy Scouts from Louisiana pitched their tents a few yards away from where we were parked for the night. They were on a tour of the West. The next night they were going to be in Tombstone, Arizona.

Dakota offered to talk to them about the Old West and took them on an 1800’s cattle drive. He also talked about the Shootout at the O.K. Corral.

We just spent five days outside of Albuquerque attending SASS’s End of Trail. The event had a couple of highlights for us.

Yes, that first picture is of a buffalo…and he’s alive. It’s T. C. Thornton and his buffalo Harvey Wallganger. We set up a conversation thinking we would go to where they were performing. But, no, they wanted to do it in our tent where everyone else did their’s.

The other picture is of a stagecoach ride that I took. Yes, that’s a microphone in my hand. I take every opportunity to get in a segment for the radio show.

We’re sorry that we have been a bit delinquent about updates the last few days. We have been very busy getting a new project up and running. Those of you who listen to our weekly radio shows or read Chronicle of the Old West know that we’ve been promoting living your life according to “The Code.”

The last few weeks we’ve been putting together a new organization called “Living The Code Foundation.” If you would like to get more information, visit www.LivingTheCode.org.

We continue for a couple more weeks at Benson, Arizona. The area is considered high desert plains. During the late spring each day there is shower that usually results in one or more rainbows.

Last weekend we went to Tombstone, AZ to attend Wyatt Earp Days. Although the name doesn’t indicate it, the event is a competition for Old West re-enactment groups.

The first picture is of a group performing on the streets of Tombstone. The second is of Dakota and Terry “Ike” Clanton setting up for a radio conversation.

We’ve gotten back to Cochise Terrace in Benson, Arizona and are almost caught up from being away on our cruise.

Things sure are quiet here. The same park that three months ago was bustling with activity is basically empty.

As you can see by the pictures, someone arriving today would have their pick of the park.

We’ve returned from our cruse and we sure enjoyed ourselves. Just to show you that this wasn’t an all play thing, here are a couple of pictures.

While docked in San Diego we tried looking up Wyatt Earp. Unfortunately, they said he wouldn’t be around until later in the evening.

We’re currently on a Princess Cruise. Originally it was to be along the west coast of Mexico. But because of that pig thing we’re traveling the coast of California. We’re stopping by Santa Barbara, San Diego and San Francisco.

Dakota actually likes the changes. He can stay in touch with the world via cell phone and Internet.

Over the weekend we were at Melody Ranch Studios in Santa Clarita, CA. The event was the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival. Most recently Melody Ranch Studios was where the HBO series Deadwood was filmed.

We were exhibitors and didn’t get to see a lot of the performers do their thing. But we sure did get to see a lot of friends.

We took a trip up to Show Low, AZ…Our base of operations…to exchange winter duds for summer ones. When we got there, we encountered snow and temperatures down to the teens. I guess summer hasn’t arrived at the White Mountains.

When we got back to Benson, AZ the temperature was in the seventies. Ahhh! Spring is here.

We recently had our last grand party of the year at Cochise Terrace RV Park. We had cheeseburgers in paradise. It was a Hawaiian theme with a lot of Jimmy Buffett music.

Lately when I go to parties like this I have two thoughts: The first is, “Did my parents act like this when they were my age?” And the second, “What would my kids think if they walked in on one of these parties?”

On our recent trip to California we stayed at an RV park that was close to a swamp-like area. While there we went on some hikes in the area and Sunny took pictures of the wildlife we saw.

We’re not sure if we stumbled on Jurassic Park or not, but I think you’ll agree that they sure are some strange looking.

We went to the Chihuly Glass Show at the Phoenix Desert Gardens. It was just outstanding. Glass art was interspersed between the desert plants within the botanical gardens.

We got there in the afternoon and took a tour of the place. It was very impressive. Then when it got dark, the displays were lit up. Spectacular!

The end of last week and over the weekend we were at Festival of the West in Phoenix. Dakota did a slew of what he calls conversations…others call it interviews…before the event’s attendees.

The first picture is Dakota talking to three western actors at the celebrity stage.

He also did conversations at the Chronicle of the Old West stage. This second picture is his conversation with stuntman Buck Montgomery.

We’re traveling again…on our way to Phoenix and Festival of the West. Dakota will be having conversations before audiences and helping MC the main stage.

We had a lot of fun visiting our family and our weekly show regular Jim MacGregor and his wife Jodie.

While visiting our family we went to the grandkids’ basketball and baseball games. The pictures are of seven year old Quinn and her father just before she hit a grand slam homerun winning the game in the bottom of the ninth inning…or something like that.