I grew up surrounded by cowboy culture. My hometown is the birthplace of John Wayne, aka the Duke. My grandpa was a real life cowboy and drove cattle by horse well into his 70's. He had a dresser full of belt buckles won from his rodeo days. I never took to the cowboy life but now I can see that it represents good, honest, hardworking people. Someone that will look you in the eye, shake your hand, and tell it like it is. Someone like my grandpa. My nephews are now rodeo cowboys and these are some images from last summer.

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