In the story "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" Luke Bomberger is a boy who crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times. He also crosed the Pacific Ocean twice. His friend Don Reist invited him to go on a trip with him on a cattle boat. In his point of view he thought it was an opportunity of a life time, so he couldent say no.

Don and Luke signed up to sail over seas to ship animals to other countries, states, cities, and more. On one of there trips they received their orders to New Orleans. But Luke turned 18 wich ment he could be drafted to military service. Luke kept going on his journies over seas instead of joining the military. Luke was verty exided that he went to a lot of places and crossed many seas.

On one of his missions it took about 2 weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. But they loved caring for the animals and sailing it kept them busy. Luke and Don had fun on board they made up games. They liked when after the trips when the animals have been unloaded. Luke thought being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more then an adventurer. Luke and Don loved what they were doing.