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JANIE SMITH
Chief Wrangler & Owner
Janie will be leading
the riders on the trails on her good buckskin
mountain horse Corona. Founder and owner of Beyond
Belief Ranch, Janie has dedicated this ranch to
bringing the experience of the old west to the
modern world. There are no hard and fast rules at
Beyond Belief other than to enjoy the beauty of the
mountains and to feel the fellowship of a shared
experience among friends.
BILL
PATTERSON
Country Western
Music Entertainer
Born in Booneville, Mississippi in a log cabin, Bill
Patterson learned to play the guitar at age 13 with an
old Stella guitar while sitting on a stump in a field.
His entertainment career began in the Air Force and
progressed across the United States to Phoenix, Arizona
where he played rhythm guitar and did vocals for seven
years with The Whole Thing band. Bill has been playing
and singing in New Mexico saloons for the past 15 years.
He has been playing in the
No Scum Allowed Saloon in
White Oaks, NM for the past two years and will be
playing and singing there and at Beyond Belief. Bill’s
country and western music repertoire is unlimited. His
skillful ability to relate to his audience draws them
into his performance not as spectators, but as
participants.
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CARLOS
ANCHONDO
OHS Certified
Farrier, Guitar Enthusiast
Carlos was born in Chihuahua, Mexico to a
family that raised horses. As a child he was born
with a love of horses and rode every horse he could
climb on. In November of 1988 he immigrated to Las
Vegas, NV and worked there for four years doing
landscape design. Then in 2002 he visited Lincoln
County, New Mexico and fell in love with the Land of
Enchantment. He determined to move here and did
where he bought 10 acres and a house. He started a
pottery business here, but his love of horses turned
him in a different direction. In Sept of 2005 he
went to the Oklahoma School of Farriery and obtained
his certification to shoe horses. Now his clientele
includes cutting horses, roping horses and ranch
horses that as working horses need good foot care.
Carlos also has played
the guitar since he was 10 and has a collection of
fine hand made Mexican guitars. He not only is the
farrier for Beyond Belief Ranch, but will be joining
us at the campfire in the evening.
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JOE KARNES
Poet, Author, Chief Cook
and Bottle Washer
Born in Missouri, Joe moved to California in 1944 where he
worked as a logger. Joe is also a horseman and became interested
in long distance riding. In1960-61 and 62 he cooked for the Buck
Stephens cattle drive a six day drive with 500 mother cows,
calves, bulls, the remuda, and an eight man crew. Joe continued
to cook for long distance trail rides in California until 1996
when he came to New Mexico
A friend of Joe’s asked Joe to come to New Mexico to help
him with a logging project. Joe arrived in The Land of
Enchantment in January of 1996 and the spell of New Mexico wove
around him and he never left. Today he is a woodcutter and has a
fine Quarter Horse that just about does it all. He continues to
cook for trail rides. One feature of Joe’s cooking is how much
he can do with so little and how fast he can get it done. Joe
will be cooking three meals a day of real cowboy chuck wagon
fare.
Joe is also a published cowboy poet. He will be camping near
the guests and will be available for the same campfire
entertainment that the old cattle drive cowboys had. In 1996
when Joe cooked for the historic Applegate wagon train he wrote
these words:
"So
let's go forth, with our heads held high,
And be proud of what we do.
Let's
show the world we have what it takes
To get these wagons through."
The wagons did get through traveling from Nevada to Oregon while
retracing the historic route taken 150 years ago by pioneers led
by the Applegate family. Joe kept them well fed on their
journey.
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