May 22, 2007 

After I arrived in Casper, I wasn’t sure if I was to go to Jackson or to Sheridan but for some reason I felt I needed to go to

Sheridan. When I arrived, I decided to go to the visitor’s information center and ask if they knew of anyone that had a ranch where I could stay for a couple of days, do some horse riding and some writing as well. One of the ladies knew a lot of people in town so she made a few calls. One man called Greg said that he might be able to do this but he had an injured horse he needed to attend and he would call me later.I decided to park my RV in the main street so that I could look at the shops. I love this place. It really has this western feel to it. In one of the shops, I saw a flyer for ball room classes. One class was that evening. At the information center I had picked up a flyer of a band that was playing that night and I had intended to go there but I felt that I needed to go to the dance class. When I arrived, Alex the teacher told me that I needed a dance partner. Corey, one of the participants said she would text message her friend Jess. When the class started, Alex used me as his dance partner and I had a great time with him. He is 77 but still full of life! He still has that glow in his eyes. One of the other participants was Maryke. She is from

South Africa so I had a chance to talk some Dutch with her.I felt very welcomed by the whole group and afterwards they invited me to come to Oliver’s across the road to have a drink. I had made some new friends!!! When we were in the bar, I saw a man that I had seen walking on the street when I had arrived in

Sheridan. When I had seen him, I thought to my self, what a beautiful man. He was having dinner by himself and I felt that I needed to talk to him. Why, I had no idea. So I went over and told him that I had seen him before and that I felt the need to talk to him. Thank goodness he was very open to this so I sat down and we had a wonderful conversation. He had just arrived in

Sheridan that day and was interviewing ranchers. I told him that I was looking for a ranch to stay. Garth (which was his name) said that he would visit Ucross Ranch the next day. I had heard of this before and felt that I needed to go there.So this morning Garth and I visited this ranch. This is a place where writers and composers come to create. It is a 22.000 acre ranch and you can fill out an application. If you get selected, you can come and stay for a few weeks and write. There is a cook who prepares your meals so all you have to focus on is being creative. There are no costs involved. It was just wonderful to be in this creative energy for a while and of course I will fill out an application.  

Earlier this morning, I got a phone call from Greg and he said that it was ok for me to stay at his ranch. I felt like a little kid whose dream had just come true. I am so excited about this. I will be staying at a real ranch in

Wyoming!! Wow!!!