Corrals, Campfires, & Cowboy Coffee

by Jamie Ross In mid-May, 1983, I stepped off a train in Banff, Alberta, after a three-day cross-country journey. Dragging along a duffel filled with horse gear and tatty clothes, I strolled into town in search of work. I planned to reward myself for my recently earned university degree with a summer of adventure in this beautiful mountain town, not knowing then that one season would turn into ten years spent working as a cowboy, wrangler and mountain guide. These are stori