How I Learned to Love Country Music on Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch

<p>&ldquo;Not my thing,&rdquo; was my standard response when someone mentioned country music to me. How could anyone enjoy all that twang? It seemed to me every country song was about broken hearts, hard-drinking, or hound dogs. I just didn&rsquo;t get it.</p> <p>So when my husband suggested we attend a motorcycle rally at Loretta Lynn&rsquo;s Dude Ranch I was less than enthusiastic. It was 1982 and we were in our third year of wedded bliss which meant I was still in &ldquo;good wife&rdquo; mode. Of course, I agreed.</p> <p>We rode a 1979 Yamaha XS 1100. Hubs had outfitted our bike with a Vetter fairing and saddlebags. Vetter was the company sponsoring the rally.</p> <p><a href="https://ksdowney.medium.com/how-i-learned-to-love-country-music-on-loretta-lynns-dude-ranch-36747982a4ae"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>