[cows bells]
>> THESE PEOPLE IN TOWN,
THEY THINK IT'S ALL ROMANCE
AND STUFF.
IT'S A LONG WAYS FROM THAT.
>> WELL, LOW PAY AND HARD WORK.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW
ABOUT IT.
>> I LIVED IN THE COUNTRY
HALF MY LIFE,
THEN I MOVED TO THE TOWN 'BOUT
TWO YEARS AND I DON'T LIKE TOWN.
>> YOU GET TO PLAY EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO IT,
BUT, THE MOST THING I GUESS IS,
IT'S FUN TO ME.
YOU GET PAID FOR IT.
♪ HONEY, WHERE'S MY BOOTS? ♪
♪ I'VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ YOU KNOW THAT SPECIAL PAIR ♪
♪ I HARDLY EVER WEAR ♪
♪ HONEY, WHERE'S MY BOOTS? ♪
>> COME ON!
>> WELL, MY GREAT GRANDDAD
CAME OVER HERE FROM ENGLAND
AND STARTED PUNCHING COWS,
AND MY GRANDDAD WORKED FOR A
RANCH ALL HIS LIFE AND MY
DAD'S WORKING FOR ONE NOW,
AND IT'S JUST A KIND OF FAMILY
TRADITION, I GUESS.
>> MY GREAT GRANDDAD NOLAN
LIVED DOWN HERE AND, WELL,
HE GOT KILLED IN 1893.
AND THEN I'VE HAD TWO OR THREE
GREAT UNCLES AND THEN UNCLES,
AND MY GRANDDAD AND MY DAD,
IS BOTH, OR ALL OF THEM
HAS WORKED HERE.
SO THAT WOULD MAKE ME
THE FOURTH.
BUT, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> BACK UP, NOW. THERE YOU GO.
>> I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT
RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW,
OR NOTHING, YOU KNOW.
I'M NOT THE BEST COWBOY IN
THE WORLD OR NOTHING, BUT,
THERE'S A FEW GUYS AROUND
THE RANCHES YOU CAN PICK OUT
AND WATCH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE GARY.
HE WORKS HERE, YOU KNOW.
I KIND OF WATCH HIM A LOT.
JUST OLD COWBOYS WHO'VE BEEN
WORKING FOR A LONG TIME.
>> KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT
AND THEIR EYES OPEN.
AND WATCH SOME OLD PERSON THERE
THAT THEY THINK
KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
THAT'S WHAT MY DAD TOLD ME.
>> COWS ARE ALL DIFFERENT,
THE WAY THEY TURN
AND EVERYTHING.
HOW TO TURN ONE,
MAKE ONE GO A CERTAIN WAY.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE,
THERE'S JUST ONE SPOT THAT
YOU CAN BE IN.
YOU JUST KINDA, YOU CAN'T
REALLY TEACH ANYBODY THAT.
YOU JUST KINDA HAVE TO KNOW,
I GUESS.
YOU WATCH, LOOK AROUND.
[cows mooing]
>> A FELLER HAS REALLY GOT TO
WANT TO DO IT TO START WITH.
IF HE DON'T WANT TO DO IT,
HE SHOULDN'T EVER START IT.
IF YOU WANT TO DO IT,
IT'S A GOOD LIFE.
DON'T PAY THAT GOOD,
BUT IT'S A GOOD LIFE.
BUT IF YOU,
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY,
IT'S A BAD OCCUPATION
TO GET INTO.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE
A BUNCH OF MONEY, WHY YOU
MIGHT AS WELL FORGET THAT.
[cows mooing]
[food sizzling]
>> THIS IS THE SAME TYPE WAGON
THEY ALWAYS HAD HERE.
I WAS BORN HERE IN '52,
AND THIS IS THE SAME, SAME TYPE.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME
WAGON THEY HAD THEN.
IT WAS, I THINK THIS WAGON COME
INTO BEING IN THE LATE '50S.
[food sizzling]
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO
PRETEND OR SHOW, OR, YOU KNOW,
THIS ISN'T A DUDE RANCH SETTING
OR ANYTHING, IT'S THE REAL DEAL.
AND YOU CAN JUST LOOK AROUND
AND SEE HOW NASTY IT GETS.
I MEAN, IT GETS PRETTY NASTY
IF YOU STAY IN ONE CAMP
TOO LONG.
YOU KNOW, IT SITS IN HERE
AND RAINS TWO OR THREE DAYS,
IT'S NOT VERY ENJOYABLE.
WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A TRADITION THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO LET DIE.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST SORT OF PART OF THE,
PART OF THE COWBOY LIFE.
>> I'VE BEEN RAISED ON RANCHES
ALL MY LIFE AND TOWN'S NOT
ANY PLACE TO KEEP RAISING BOYS.
ESPECIALLY THOSE TWO OF MINE.
CAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW,
THEY PROBABLY WON'T COWBOY
FOR A LIVING.
I KIND OF HOPE THEY DON'T CAUSE
IT'S DYING OUT.
THINGS ARE CHANGING SO MUCH.
BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN
LOOK BACK LATER.
I'D GIVE THEM SOMETHING IN THEIR
LIFE THAT WILL REALLY AMOUNT
TO SOMETHING TO 'EM, I IMAGINE.
I HOPE.
>> JUST WATCH THOSE HORSES
THERE.
>> SO THAT MY KIDS
OR MY GRANDKIDS WILL KNOW
THAT I USED TO
COWBOY OR SOMETHING,
OR I STILL COWBOY.
>> I'D MUCH RATHER STAY COUNTRY
THAN ALL TURN INTO TOWN.
'CAUSE I LIVED IN THE TOWN
AND I DON'T LIKE TOWN.
WELL, NOT HEARING CARS
GOING BY ON HIGHWAYS
AND PEOPLE TALKING AT NIGHT.
AND LIGHTS AND ALL.
SO I'D RATHER KEEP THE COUNTRY.
>> IN TOWN, AFTER THOSE BOYS
MOVED TO TOWN, THEY,
AFTER ABOUT A MONTH,
THEY COME TO ME ONE DAY
AND SAID, DADDY, WHAT DO THESE
TOWN KIDS DO UP THERE?
THEY SAID, THERE AIN'T NOTHING
TO DO; THEY WERE USED TO
RUNNING AROUND THESE HILLS
DOWN HERE AND EVERYTHING,
AND IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT,
I MEAN, A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE.
[windmill clanking]
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE REFRESHING
THINGS ABOUT PLACES LIKE
THE PITCHFORK, THAT IT IS
UNCHANGING TO A GREAT EXTENT.
AND YOU SEE SCENES
HERE TAKING PLACE TODAY
THAT ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN
PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN
50, 60, 70 YEARS AGO.
♪ WHAT HAPPENED TO ♪
♪ THE TRESTLE BRIDGE? ♪
♪ WHO TOOK AWAY ♪
♪ THE RAILROAD TRACKS? ♪
♪ HOW LONG'S IT BEEN ♪
♪ SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK? ♪
♪ HOW LONG'S IT BEEN ♪
♪ SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK? ♪
>> THERE'S NOT A PERFECT RANCH.
NOT A PERFECT PLACE.
I MEAN, IF THERE WAS,
EVERYBODY WOULD BE
WORKING THERE, I MEAN,
OF ALL THE OUTFITS I'VE EVER
LIVED ON, THIS PLACE RIGHT HERE,
THIS COUNTRY RIGHT HERE,
TO ME IS AS CLOSE AS I EVER FELT
TO BEING AT HOME.