On Castro Valley Boulevard near Redwood Road, Rowell's Saddlery preserves a bit of California's cowboy culture while catering to the tastes of horse lovers today.
Enter the shop and smell the leather -- and be transported to the time and place when horsepower was four-legged.
Patch has written about the history of Rowell's Saddlery before.
Today accompany owner Janet Lemmons on a brief video tour of the world as seen from the saddle.