Kevin Rowland discovered a way to make his money go farther. He brought it all the way from Alberta, Canada, to Denver.

And then he tried to leave it all at the National Western Stock Show, along with his credit cards and everything else in his wallet - as well as the wallet itself.

Maybe Rowland should consider playing the Colorado Lottery while he's in town.

He got his wallet back.

Joyce Keyser, a vendor from Houston, found it.

"It's not really the money," Rowland said. "It's the credit cards and ID."

Rowland and his wife, Mary, both 50, were touring their first National Western on Wednesday. They're in business, looking for ways to stock up their store in Alder Flats, a burg of a few hundred about an hour southwest of Edmonton.

They own the Ah Wanna Be Ponderosa, a horse ranch and tack and gift store on 156 acres.

"I always wanted to be a cowboy," he said.

He started out as a baker. That's how he met Mary, who was a cake decorator.

"I threw a few doughballs at her to get her attention," he said.

It worked. They have been married 31 years.

Rowland fit right in at the stock show - big hat. He and his wife were touring the Hall of Education. Rowland was carrying his wallet in his inside jacket pocket when it wiggled loose and fell to the floor.

Keyser was taking a break from the jewelry booth she's working during the show. She found the wallet and collared a volunteer, who, in turn, escorted her to Information Booth 1.

Rowland had a business card in the wallet. Another volunteer called the number on it - twice. First time, no answer. Second time, the Rowlands' daughter-in-law, Ashley, picked up. The volunteer told her about the wallet. Ashley called Rowland on his cell phone. She passed on directions, saying the wallet was at the No. 1 booth.

The Rowlands went to the first information booth they spotted - No. 3 - to find out where No. 1 was. Another volunteer overheard them and took them to the correct booth, where Rowland and wallet had a nice reunion.

Keyser didn't think she did anything special.

"It's somebody's wallet. It had money and an ID in it," she said in a hurry because customers were lining up to look at her jewelry. "Somebody needed to get it back."

Rowland, who also is an ordained minister, was thankful.

"I'm a street minister. I minister to inmates and other people," he said. "The good Lord was watching over us."

The wallet?

"It's in a snap-button pocket now," Rowland said.