1.   Along with his newfound career happiness, he found himself right at home with his cowboy lifestyle of jeans, boots and big trucks.

2.   His father, McClain believes, was something of an aberration, a single-generation departure from a cowboy lifestyle.

3.   His western landscapes of cowboys, horses, wildlife and scenery are becoming well-known for quality and accuracy in depicting the cowboy lifestyle.

4.   His observations about the Crown Ranch in particular and the cowboy lifestyle in general, are filled with humor as well as pathos.

5.   Some enjoy the lone cowboy lifestyle and the chance to see the country while getting paid to do it.

6.   They have friends who will help them if they need it because, though the cowboy lifestyle is shrinking, what remains of it is strong.