THE O'CONNELL RANCH

So much excitement, action, and mystery surround the O'Connell ranch, and to think – we nearly missed finding it! We were tangled up in the backroads like rats in a maze without cheese, and twice had to call him for directions. Larry O'Connell was a little perturbed with us when we finally decoded the instructions and rolled in.

Remember the Gehring Ranch – the only one of our installments where we were greeted by a landowner with a pistol? In the present case the landowner welcomed us with a tape recorder; in fact, he had invited a friend as a technician to record our conversation. We were fl...