Adventure 559: Catalina State Park/Post G

Bill Ganz, Cowboy

Another day, another move so we decided to go for an early morning ride. We rode just over  23 miles, and when we returned our spot was nearly open. We moved, had lunch, did the form, and by then it was time to enjoy the free Mountain Music concert put on by a guy named Bill Ganz. He played cowboy music for a straight hour ranging from Rawhide to Big Iron to Yellow Rose of Texas to Adobe Waltz to Tennessee Stud to El Paso to I love you, Arizona. He ended with Happy Trails. His version of Wildfire brought me to tears. In all, it was an extremely pleasant hour spent as it was with a couple hundred folks who looked like us. I recognized nearly every song, and Bill Ganz palmed each with ease and excellence. He had a practiced chatter between songs, and he didn't offend me until he said he would take any request except Rap, which as he put it, "If you combine cowboy music with rap, you get CRAP. That racist trope aside, which he meant as a joke (Well received by his audience), his hour was simply enervating. Judy and I walked to and fro to the concert along the Bridal Trail. That alone was worth the price of admission. In all, we enjoyed another good day in the desert sun. Surely, life is good, especially today.

 Selfie of the day.

 Falcon of the day.

Saguaro of the day.