National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
So after we finally started to melt down in the heat at Fort Caspar, we drove a few miles to the “Trails Center“. The Oregon, California, Mormon, and Pony Express Trails used this area. Since it fit right in with our theme for the day, it was no question I’d bring the boys here after…
Fort Caspar
I’ve been planning this since last year… after the kids’ rodeo costume contest and our trip over the mountain to Fort Phil Kearney… Caspar Collins Day at Fort Caspar was next on my agenda. They canceled it last year, but held a virtual tour of the Fort at Christmastime which my troopers “attended”. Finally, the…
The Cavalry Returns
More to come tomorrow!
Hope
Still trying to recover from heat, smoke, and allergies. Bleh. Ready to cough this junk out and have blue skies and 75 degrees. It’s not gonna happen, but I can hope!
#TBT: Battlescars, v.2.0
This was first published July 20, 2010. I couldn’t resist reading and seeing “my girls” again… After my wreck yesterday afternoon, and then all the bawling I heard last night, I anticipated a big mess this morning. It must have taken them just til this morning to find each other… because as we rode out,…
Wordless Wednesday: “Cabin Wall”
How about a challenge puzzle? This is the wall of the “Greet Cabin” up in the Big Horn Mountains. What stories it could tell! For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Skylined
We gathered the Slope Pasture today, again starting early to beat the heat. Ninety pairs were scattered in sagebrush and juniper in probably the rockiest pasture! It has the steepest slope topped with a patch of fir trees at the top. As we split up to cover the area, Victoria was skylined with the small…
For The Record
It seems like forever since I haven’t ridden while taking our cows to the mountain! I drove the “chuckwagon” a few years after my mother-in-law passed away… and I think I remember my mom coming along once… Then my sister started doing it while she was up here visiting, and since she’s moved back to…
Kids’ Rodeo
Time once again for the local kids’ rodeo… This is for the local kids that don’t compete in regular rodeo. Yes, there are competitive rodeos for kids! This is more for local children whose time for barrel racing may be 30-40 seconds (or more) instead of 15! For those whose parents lead their ponies around…
Starting At Daylight
They had overnighted in the holding pen. Bawling for their mothers, calling to their calves, until through sound, sight, and smell, they reunited themselves and lay down… content. Their early morning peace was disturbed by the pickup and horse trailer that arrived and discharged its cargo of three ponies and five horses. Each gathered by…