Tell Edna, My Horse Is Sorry for Eating Her Flowers!

Dennis M Stone

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• eBook ISBN:
  9781035876099
• Year: 2025

Akin to most epic stories, this tale launches in a seedy bar and quickly evolves into a bizarre story of wilderness adventures, venomous creatures, geriatric horses, a randy dog, utter stupidity, friendships, love, and family. John Blackwater first met Davy, his sister Mickey, and their drunkard friend Louie in a dive bar in Flagstaff, Arizona. A week later, they were volunteers studying fish with him in the Little Colorado River. There, they fished, shared their camp with a rattlesnake, became stranded overnight by a major flood, a scorpion stung Louie's right testicle, and John abruptly quit his U.S. government job. Thenceforth, they all hiked to the confluence to join a private rafting party and experienced the grandeur, rapids, wildlife, pandemonium, and camaraderie of a Colorado River expedition through Grand Canyon National Park. During the river trip, Mickey and Davy coaxed John into participating in a cross-country road trip to visit their aunt and uncle living in the Adirondacks of New York State. John was initially reluctant because he'd be trapped in a vehicle with that idiot Louie and Davy's repulsive girlfriend, but eventually consented because he adored Mickey and craved sharing this American adventure with her. During their transcontinental journey, they exhaustively explored Yellowstone National Park, provided rides to assorted hitchhikers, and had a divine encounter with a vagrant. After reaching their final destination, a series of chaotic events transpired, some having potentially devastating ramifications for everyone's future lives.

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Dedication
• Copyright Information ©
• Acknowledgement
• Chapter 1Spotted Owls, Skunks and Rattlesnakes
• Chapter 2Louie the Cowboy
• Chapter 3The Party Begins
• Chapter 4Little Colorado River Fishing Extravaganza
• Chapter 5Rafting the Colorado River
• Chapter 6Cross-Country Road Trip
• Chapter 7Bill the Bum
• Chapter 8Aunt Angie and Uncle Gus
• Chapter 9Mount Marcy Hike
• Chapter 10Louie Gets Arrested
• Chapter 11Adirondack Louie
• Chapter 12Davy and Julie’s Breakup
• Chapter 13The Wedding
• Chapter 14Louie Surrenders
• Chapter 15New Beginnings