“Do you ride a horse to school?”

Whenever I told people from outside the state that I lived in Texas, this was by far the most common question I received. I always found it very perplexing and, in response, I would stammer something about how I drove or rode the school bus. I slowly realized that people worldwide had a very unique impression of Texas and some really, truly believed that it was like the Old West. Or maybe that everyone lived on a farm? Or that the 21st century hadn’t reached us yet? The irony was that I grew up in a rather large cosmopolitan city, Austin, which was more of a hippie city when I was growing up but now is kind of a high tech mecca. And at no point did I ever ride a horse to school.

All this to say – the whole “cowboy” thing might be a stereotype that people associate with Texas, but not a reality. At least not MY reality. There are some places, however, where you can step back in time and the explore the state’s “cowboy” past. One of those places is at the Fort Worth Cattle Drive.