Amy and I spent this weekend in West Texas with all of her fellow fellows and their spouses (wives) at the Rocker b Ranch. The Rocker b is a 173,000-acre ranch that straddles the Irion and Reagan County line in West Texas (thats bigger than Rhode Island). The Rocker b is a working Ranch with Cowboys working over 1,000 head of cattle. The Rocker b also has a very successful game farm. The game farm offers Mule Deer, Prong Horn Antelope, Doves, Quail, and a few other regional sporting opportunities.
The hospital that Amy works for (Texas Scottish Rite) became associated with the Ranch when Texas Senator William A. Blakley purchased the ranch, originally known as the Bar S, in 1954 from the Sawyer Cattle Company, which had operated it for more than 70 years. When Blakley took over, he changed the brand to the Rocker b. Before his death on January 5, 1976, Blakley deeded the entire ranch, as well as the San Cristobal Ranch in New Mexico, to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. It was decided that income from the ranch would go into an endowment to be used for the care of children served by the hospital. 
It was really cool to see that every employee of the ranch wearing the Scottish Rite logo and how each of them takes great pride in knowing that their hard work goes directly toward helping the children that seek care at Scottish Rite. I always brag on how hard Amy and her peers work but it was really interesting to see other individuals making sacrifices and putting forward their best efforts for the same goals.
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