ABOUT THE RANCH The BBQ Ranch started about fourteen or so years ago when this little guy Billy was born. Billy was raised on a large ranch in Texas.

A couple years later someone Billy didn't know was born In Arizona... Ryan, not on a Ranch but in a dog kennel, the key was they both liked animals and both owned horses. Ten years past so the story goes before these two hombres met. Billy still a sweet kid, and Ryan well he just wanted to save the world. What was funny is they both watched Hey Dude every chance they got. Now Hey Dude was a television show about the worst Dude ranch anyone had ever seen... but the friendships there and helping each other and the fun - caught the eyes of those two young cowpokes.

Strange as it may seem, both boys had just about anything they wanted. Neither was really rich so to speak, but the're parents weren't poor none either. Both of them had some funny ideas, and then it happened. Ryan was talking away one night to some other kids about his horse. He had seen Billy before but Billy was purty quiet for someone who couldn't sit still... but the moment Ryan talked about that horse Billy got so excited everyone thought he was goin' pop out of his pants! Billy wasn't quiet anymore, he found someone just like him.

Now Ryans' just as excited cause he talked about his horse and his dog alot but no one ever understood... but now he had Billy and over another two years, they became the bestest friends love could get. But that was how they met, the BBQ Ranch started because they

both wanted to grow up together and do things like real friends should. They thought about it together and alone and they came up building a dude ranch... The name was easy - Billy loves BBQ and Ryan don't mind cleanin up the mess that Billy makes while eating. Ryan kinda likes BBQ himself a touch, and gets more on him than in his mouth. They decided that not enough kids knew about Ranching and the fun horses could be - So they started working on the BBQ Ranch as only two young boys could - in a dream. Unlike most other boys, Ryan has a thing about dreams, if he sees it - it must be real - and Billys BBQ Ranch became a whole virtual world, one albiet that both boys want to see become reality. Welcome to the ranch, if your not wearing boots keep those tennis shoes on cause we move fast and don't have time for stragglers - lots of things to say and do and see - so get on with it! Written by NancyC and RyanM Oct 1999