Cowboy was riding out of the west side of Mancos when a giant of a man came running toward him.  The stranger was dressed in dirty buckskins, and he had a torn sweaty beaver fur hat.  But when the stranger pulled his six-shooter and started waving it around, Cowboy got real nervous. Cowboy quickly slipped off the rawhide lace holding his own Colt 44 in the holster in case he needed to draw it real fast.  But the big guy thrust out his bare hand introducing himself as Jerome Higgins, a mountain man in the upper Gunnison.  He said, "Cowboy my horse stumbled and tossed me in the creek.  My old Dance and Brothers 44 fell in the water and hit the rocks.  Now the trigger is real stiff.  I hear you are a good hand with firearms, do you think you can fix it?"  Cowboy dismounted and the two found a shade tree to get out of the midday sun.  Cowboy spun the cylinder to make sure the gun was not loaded.  He said, "I once saw a pistol like this that was jammed by a piece of rock.  Looks like your shooter is too."  Cowboy took out his knife and eased out the stone.  He then tried the trigger and the gun worked perfectly.  He handed the pistol back to Jerome and said, "You should get a bit of grease to ease out the stiffness but it works fine".  Jerome thanked Cowboy offering to pay which Cowboy refused.  Then Jerome insisted that he and Cowboy have a beer at the local saloon.

08/24/2022 By Bucket dog
We had lunch at the Montezuma Mexican restaurant. Good food helps when you are G/C ing.

08/22/2022 By SpecialScooter
Had work in Dove Creek so I decided to drive to Delores and find a few of your new caches. TFTC

08/20/2022 By westgrimes
Found with K-PAX west on IGD. Thanks for the new caches.

08/20/2022 By K-PAX west
Another great story. Found it. TFTC

08/09/2022 By Orbitim
Well. This is my lucky day second FTF. TFTC

08/08/2022 By IgnotusPeverell
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