DUDE RANCH

     I finally got a chance to check out the dude ranch - The Flying E Ranch.  It is across the highway from the airport.  I went there on a day trip sponsored  by the Wise Owl Senior Center here in Wickenburg.  It was a most enjoyable trip.  We were served lunch after a tour of the ranch all within walking distance.  At lunch we got to meet and eat with the Dancers who were staying at the Ranch.  The troupe sang a song for us after lunch.  We did not get to ride horses. That tends to be very expensive.   We had free time to walk around.  I talked with a man who was a bird watcher and was part of our group.  He was excited because he had just seen a bird he had never seen before.  It was a cactus wren and a very common bird to the area.  He had looked it up in his bird book.  We talked a while about birds and wildlife of the area surrounding Wickenburg.  After that we boarded the bus to take us to watch a rehearsal of the Interpretive dancers.  It was similar to the dancers I watched at the Del Webb Center.  The practice took place in an Industrial building close to the airport.  Then it was back to the Wise Owl Center on the other side of town.