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    Guest Ranch
    Guest Ranch
    Guest Ranch
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    Guest Ranch

    By Don Hoglund

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    Guest Ranch is a short story. It opens with a married couple visiting the ranch. The husband is in a bad mood because he had been stopped and fined for speeding in the town. It takes him awhile to warm up to the experience of the ranch and a young guide. However, he gradually gets into the spirit of things.

    The story is in the western genre.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon Hoglund
    Release dateJul 30, 2011
    ISBN9781465836144
    Guest Ranch
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    Don Hoglund

    I am a retired Technical Writer who worked for the Department of the Army. I also had some background in newspaper work and business. My college specialty was American Studies and Graphic Arts.My wife and I moved to Wisconsin from Illinois when I retired.

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      Guest Ranch - Don Hoglund

      Guest Ranch

      By

      Don Hoglund

      Copyright 2011 Don Hoglund

      Published at Smashwords

      This short story is a work of fiction. Names, characters and incidents are fictitious and the product of the author’s imagination. The author has published the story, or parts of it in other places, but the content originated with the author.

      Guest Ranch

      They call it a guest ranch instead of a dude ranch.  Not much difference except that guest sounds more genteel than dude. But I didn't care.  If I was a dude, I just as soon be called one.  At that moment, I was sour on Western hospitality.  Call a spade a spade, I say. I felt more like a sucker than a guest. Not that it was the cost of the place. It was expensive enough but most resorts are.  No, what was bugging me was the local law enforcement.

      I don’t think Helen understood my mood. She was too enthused with the

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