Personal Narrative: My First Trail Drive

Today is the day I go on my first trail drive. My job is to work the night shifts. I guess you could say I'm a "nighthawk". My crew and I are headed to Central Kansas with about seventy head of cattle. We are traveling along the Chisolm Trail. My buddy ,Bengi, said, "This is not gonna be a short,easy drive." I sure hope my first drive turns out successfully. This morning was really easy for me. I woke up early and ate biscuits and gravy. Yum! It was so delicious. Our cook has really good taste. After I ate, I watered my horse and helped out our trail boss. He had me give out orders to some of the drovers. Soon night arose and it was time for me to do my duty on this drive. I corralled the herd and immediately watched for escaping cattle.