Gays defy stereotypes by communing with nature, cowboy style, at Circle J

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.dallasvoice.com/cover-story-kind-camp-1078507.html

It’s Mike’s 50th birthday, and so the usual Saturday night dinner bash at the Circle J Ranch is more of a celebration than usual. Not just because of the milestone birthday, either.

Mike, one of the four co-owners of this gay campground, had been in the hospital until earlier that week after a bad turn following chemo treatments, and it was touch-and-go for a while. Today, though, Mike appears to be the picture of health.

It’s hard to say how much of the promise of the outdoors contributed to his recovery, but you won’t find anyone here who doesn’t find something therapeutic about being out in the fresh Texas air.

Don’t expect log cabins and Conestoga wagons, though. Dinner here isn’t served out of a chuck wagon by a toothless cowpoke named Cookie slinging hash. The “farmhouse” (if you wanna call it that) is a rambling ’70s ranch-style with an enclosed porch, swimming pool and air-conditioning; across a field, a spacious but spartanly serviceable bunkhouse holds a dozen or so beds for campers who have neither RVs nor tents.

[joeybee12]

1. Circle J?

:blush:

[w8liftinglady]

2. There are a lot of gay cowboys here

http://www.tgra.org/cms_home/

[Ian David]

4. And here...

Wille Nelson's Gay Cowboy Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4CXlIYjyE

[WillParkinson]

3. Erm....

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Rowdyboy]

5. These guys are rabid tea-baggers.....There are too many cool gay campgrounds to give these fools

a nickle.

“We get people from all over. And we are conservative,” says Randy, who fits exactly the physical description of a cowboy. “And by conservative, I mean Sarah-Palin-Tea-Party-supporter conservative. Lots of gay people live rural lives and come from rural roots.”

I have rural roots and lead a rural life but I'm not an idiot like these "cowboys"