Anyone doing any of these?  I usually look and delete.  This one I would really love to participate in:
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/events_calendar/event_details/cll_events/20120428_tuscon_stableford_cll.shtml?WT.mc_id=EM1204EO01001&RID=1-5PBLKE&CON=1-2AFF-751&PRO=&CID=1-5LRIPP

If I ever move from Texas, it would be somewhere like Arizona -- or Utah -- or New Mexico or --- you get my drift.   

The day at the ranch with cowboys herding horses really got my attention.  But -- wouldn't you know -- just when I have a paying gig.   

Back to the original question -- have any of you done any of these workshops, as a participant or an instructor?

There is a dude ranch here in Colorado that has a photography outing.  I have not attended.

Later this year I will be hiring a "cowboy" actor that has starred in various films to do a photo shoot.  He owns a small ranch about 15 miles from my home and has various costumes, firearms, etc.  I'm going to wait until July sometime before I book him (more because of my own schedule).

Sounds great, Ed.  Maybe you should offer to share the shoot -- and the cost, of course.