The Dirt Road Sport: Growing Up In Old Florida's Cow Country

See life through the eyes of a young cracker cowboy growing up in Old Florida's cow country during the 1940's and 50's. I put in thousands of miles on horseback chasing (and sometimes running from) old Florida's scrub cattle, (a mean and ornery bunch!) . This was my life from age 8 until my early 20's. I received a hard earned PHD in "Cow-ography" by the age of 15. Somehow I lived through being thrown off a horse at least 50 times; being bit, kicked, reared up and fell on, scraped off on trees, ran under tree limbs and yet came out all in one piece (well, more or less) . After being married at age 17 and suddenly being responsible for someone other than myself; I started the long hard road toward achieving the American Dream. That road was rough and rocky, sometimes taking one step forward and two steps backward. From a penniless beginning, I am living proof you can achieve anything you can dream. Read my story, laugh, cry and learn.