Hi. I live in the far north suburbs of Chicago. Not as rural as I would like but it will do for now. I was born in the wrong century. I would have been more at home in the old west. I am a member of the Single Action Shooting Society and I am know affectionately as the "Montana Grizzly" although I am NOT from Montana. Wish I were - at least there you can be a cowboy and it is okay - as opposed to here where you have to have judicial permission to have a gun!! I also work at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, MI. I work as a Wrangler up there on some weekends and with the exception of getting thrown by a horse with a mental disability, all the horses there just love me!! What's not to love? I am a lover not a fighter - unless you rub the Grizzly the wrong way!!