Amanda J. Payne, of Cherokee descent , saw first light on a reservation in Pawnee, Oklahoma on May2, 1978.

Amanda started riding horses as an infant where she learned to keep up or get left behind. At age 18, as the only girl to follow in the Bandit's footsteps, Amanda struck out on her own.

Her son Patrick, the eldest and quite the rope, daughter Lyza Jane, daughter Rowdy and her youngest son Taos, can be seen with Amanda crisscrossing North America several times a year.

Both Amanda and Lyza Jane namesake is Grandmom Jane.

Should you get a chance to swing into Shidler, Oklahoma crawl up around a 16oz Steak at Amanda's Cafe known to the locals as Mandy's