After the first half of the herd had been sorted and trailed to their pastures, we decided to break for lunch. Megan and Brandon and I had our horses, and they tied theirs with halters to the corral. I had no halter, and was too lazy to walk to the barn to get one. I…
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Broke
Cows were off the Mesa and settled in the Double Crossing overnight. We were to begin riding, gathering them and bringing about half of them into the corral. Half simply because our corral cannot hold them all at once. Vernon and I drove in to the home place and cows came running. We were driving…
A Few More
I hope you’ll forgive me a few more images… This is such a scenic spot and the light was nice… Don’t think I was purposefully ignoring Brandon or Daniel in my photos… they were, for the most part, way too far away to photograph. In fact, Daniel said he had the gate open for 33…
This Works For Me
I’m days behind in photos and activities. Some days I’m just too tired to make worthwhile posts! So Sunday was the day Vernon and I had turned off the water in the canyon… Then Monday, we gathered the Mesa Pasture and brought the cows down to our Double Crossing Pasture. Yes, it was Halloween. As…
Pretty Good Day
Down the hill one more time! Four cowboys and two four-wheelerboys. They had gathered the pasture yesterday and froze with a brutally cold wind. Today was much nicer, with a slight breeze and warmer temperature. While I didn’t shed any clothes except my neck scarf at the end, the beginning of the day really was…
Never Good
It’s never good when you are driving through a neighbor’s pasture to your own and recognize your own cattle. What the heck? We popped over the hill and found the reason… the gate lay on the ground, gate stick broken. So began a list of work. Herd our cattle back into our pasture. Remove neighbor’s…
Riding the Top
Late morning found us on the mountain pasture, gathering cattle for weaning and preg testing. As we decided which way various kids and adults were riding, I voted for riding the top of the ”Bar C” since I hadn’t ridden up there for years. You can’t hardly beat the view… except the Idaho smoke was…
Preg Test Day One
A panorama of the alleyway makes it look like it is u shaped instead of straight. On the left is the vet’s chute and the preg test crew… on the right is Vernon bringing the girls up the alley. I worked alongside, sending the girls closer to the chute, where Victoria encouraged them to enter…
#TBT: Shipping Day Scenery, v.2.0
This was first posted September 4, 2011. We headed back up the mountain to ship those cows marked as “open”, or not pregnant… as well as those cows we “mouthed out”, checking for teeth loss due to old age. The ol’ girls have done us pretty good. We had to sell our last two red…
Awards and Sponsorships
Early morning on the mountain on my long legged horse… Saddling at 5:30 was the plan, but saddling 8 kids’ horses is rather a chore and then tossing on our five saddles… the guys still ended up driving up the mountain with the sunrise glaring in their eyes. Not often do we have all the…
Cowboy Day
Cowboy Day! Everyone but Quinlan spent a gorgeous day on the mountain gathering cattle. Quinlan chose to spend the day with a friend before school starts tomorrow. Tired cowgirl!It was the perfect day to spend the ”last” day of freedom! It even rained on us at the end! Yay for rain!