With some wind. Needed my vest this morning. Didn’t by later morning. After I got the horses in I worked on the loading chute. Rebuilt the piece in front that wiggles back and forth so that if a truck is a little crooked it still hits right and doesn’t leave a gap for a critterContinue reading “Cooler”
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Goodbye, Kelvin
Later I will take Kelvin o the airport. We had a last breakfast of bacon, eggs and fresh tomato’s. Then we drove out to look at the pairs. While we were working the calves yesterdays the horses that were out in the pasture all came running up, in the wrong pasture, so this morning weContinue reading “Goodbye, Kelvin”
A good day
Good friend, good hands. We got the calves all worked and had a great time doing it. It sure is nice living around here where you can call on these guys for help. Afterwords Kelvin and I took the bulls back that we had leased and tonight I feasted on Rocky Mountain Oyster, tho’ KelvinContinue reading “A good day”
Devil’s Tower
Another good one. Had Bill Cheney from down around Casper, Jim Hamilton from over by Decker, MT and Pat Meade from Iowa all come to sing and recite poems. Chance backed me up on his guitar with hot licks… Poor ol’ Bill had back surgery this spring and 5 days after he had a stroke.Continue reading “Devil’s Tower”
As Tom Russel sings…..
Tonight we ride! We saddled up after the moon came up and made a little peaser out west and north. Checked on a couple tanks and had a nice moonlight ride. Windy and warm, but a nice ride. Not many get to do that.
We went to war
Kelvin rode the Beav and I rode Woody. We took along the Aussie whip and after we found the heifer I let her know just what a whip could do. She seemed somewhat impressed but still had to test us. She was in a pasture about 2 miles long by a mile wide and weContinue reading “We went to war”
Hotter than Hades!
Got up over 100 today. Kelvin and I rode down south to the next door neighboring pasture and failed in our attempt to bring back a strayed heifer. Dumb little rip wouldn’t drive lead or drag worth a darn. Perhaps with the right application of some braided kangaroo hide tomorrow we will change her mindContinue reading “Hotter than Hades!”
Artist Ride
Whew!!! Kelvin and I went down to the Cheyenne River for the Artist Ride on Wednesday evening. Got our range tepee’s set up and an over head line between two tree’s to tie all the horses to. We took Pilgrim, Beaver, Mijo and Squirt, as Hope and Chance and children were coming down on ThursdayContinue reading “Artist Ride”
Got it about done
the reproduction saddle that is. It is setting in the yard, letting oil soak in. we used some stain on it to try and make it look older. It does, from a distance, but not so much, up close. Wish I had thought and bought some antique stain for it when I was in townContinue reading “Got it about done”
Further adventures…
Kelvin and I had to make a trip south to pick up some stirrups to fix for a man I sold them to some time back. the cleat in the bottom had come out on one. He sent them with a neighbor to the south so we ran down and picked them up, then cameContinue reading “Further adventures…”
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