Out Our Way: Answering the call - Mark 3:14-15

I remember that day when my friend Charlie discovered my interest in cattle, ranching and being a cowboy. By this time, I had Doc and an old used saddle that had seen many years of service and even rope - but no real cowboy experience. So, one day, Charlie told me he was heading up to the Tiger Ridge with his trailer and asked if I wanted to come along. No question about it - and so one morning he drove up with his truck, horse trailer, took me out to where I kept Doc and my rig, loaded up, and off we went.

(Comes now a favorite joke of mine: "So Charlie asks me, at near 60, if I want to c...