Home on the range
Cowboys, with their Stetsons and spurs, are familiar figures on TV. But what's a cowboy's life really like?
Cowboys spend most of their time outdoors, usually travelling from camp to camp. The camps are very basic - they don't have electricity or hot water, so the life of a cowboy is not a comfortable one.
A cowboy's day always begins very early in the morning: They get up, eat a big breakfast and get ready for the long day ahed. They spend the day looking after the cattle. After a hard day's work, they often relax around a campfire in the evening, singing songs and telling stories.
In their free time, there's nothing a cowboy likes more than a rodeo! At the rodeos they can show their skill with a lasso and win a lot of money riding the wild bulls and horses!
A cowboy's life isn't easy but no one can say that it isn't exciting. Most cowboys agree that they would never want to do anything else!