I ran Cindy’s car down to Punkin Center and got the oil changed and knocked the mud off the insides of the tires so it would drive right. Ate some lunch and came home.
The little Halfie got another work out today. After I got done feeding cows this afternoon, I caught up Patches, the little ugly POA and rode her up west and gathered the other horses. She did real well considering that she hasn’t been rode for about 8 months and is not real well broke anyway. After I got the horses all gathered at the corral, I sorted off Colonel, the coming 2 year old stud colt (before he figures out he’s a stud and I get some unwanted colts next spring) and Beaver and Crackerjack and kept them in with the team and colts. Beaver and Ron should keep Colonel from breeding any of these mares he will be running with.
Then I got Rill caught and harnessed and hooked her on alongside Ron and Roz and we went around and around the corral, with me afoot, somewhat dragging and hanging on. Finally when I could get them all stopped and untangled, I hooked Rill to her older sister mate, Roz and again we went around and around while Ron looked on in interest. Roz got tired of Rill crowding her and put her in her a place a few times. Had several near catastrophes, but got them untangled and no good harness broken, just some old sorry pieces on the colt harness that evidently needed replaced. Finally they were working good so I quit. Rill had a much better attitude when I was done. And I sure wish I had a helper!
Cindy sez I stink and I bet I do, seeing as I was walking, trotting and dragging thru’ quit a little mud and bovine and equine excrement, mixed in! Oh well, mud means spring and that is fine with me.
Happy St Paddy’s day. St Patrick must have blessed me cuz I never seen one snake all day!
Dennisranch 
Happy St. Patty’s to you too! I would love to be able to watch how you train them. I’ll bet I would learn a lot. I have trained singles to drive, but never a pair.
Sure ain’t much different. Matter of fact, I really think I need to to drive these single a lot more to get them more comfortable with all the lines and signals and such. Bet you’d have no problem. If I had a helmet camera I could get some video.
Sometime when you are at Pumkin Center, take a picture. I think I have heard of it. I have it pictured as a small area where there may be a gas station, hardware store, and grocery store etc. Actually, in my mind’s eye I see a huge metal building holding all the things that ranchers may need. You are traveling there quite often. How far is it from your ranch?
About 14 miles Bev. Quite a growing concern. A Cenex station, a ranch supply store, taxidermist, cabinet maker, beauty parlor, post office and cafe. It’s name now is Union Center but it was Punkin Center before that and Dad always called it that and the name stuck with me. I buy most of my salt, mineral and protein supplement and building and fencing materials there at Cammack Ranch Supply and get my oil changes, fuel and oil at the Cenex.