Pat Walter:  

I know that those of you who do remember me, about 50% will do so because I was "Aut's girl"; the rest probably won't remember me because I pretty much kept to myself.... and that's okay................. things (I) am different now. Past Life: After graduating from hi school, I worked at Westinghouse for 2 yrs. I married my high school sweetheart, Alan Erickson, and we moved to Rochester where Al worked for Kodak for the next 14 years. We have 2 beautiful daughters; they are a year and a day apart. We moved to Colorado in the 80's where Al worked at the Kodak plant for the next 13 yrs. He passed on after a short illness, in 1994. When I remarried, my husband decided to quit his fireman's position in Loveland, CO and become a full time cowboy. Suprise!! We lived on a ranch in Steamboat Springs area for awhile, where I was a ranch wife. Then we moved to AZ where I worked for the school district and a sandwich shop and the eventually for a dude ranch for the winter as a waitress. Because of some people we met there, we went back to CO and were mgr/wranglers for a 75 horse stable in Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park for the summer and lived in a log cabin at 8,500ft. Then it was on to Phoenix, AZ, to do the same at a riding stable there for the winter; eventually we bought our own stable and horses and worked with a large hotel near the Mexican border. We ended up back in the Phoenix area with our own boarding facility for 40 horses and an arena where we put on events 2-3 times a wk, oh, and 40 head of cattle too. How's that for a Cheektowaga girl? Through a series of fortunate events, I ended up starting over in a new life; worked at a variety of jobs to pay the bills. Met a nice guy from Williamsville, NY who taught me how to shoot, fly fish and all about archery. We had a great time and he taught me a lot about patience and peace. We traveled throughout the US. Unfortunately he had a quadruple bypass and never was the same. He passed away not too long after from other complications. 2008: I had started another chapter in my life. I had lived in the Prescott for 7yrs and altho I liked it, and knew that I was where God had wanted me to be; I wanted to stretch my legs a bit. So I decided to move back to Colorado after leaving there 33 years ago. I moved in with a gal pa...Expand for more