Here we go into another new year! As you can see, we are into January and still no sign of precipitation. The fluctuation in temperature has been interesting - to say the least. For example, this morning it was only 11 degrees when we went out. But if this day is like any other lately, it will be in the 50s or 60s before the day's end. We start bundled up and then end up stripping off long johns out on the desert somewhere. It's kind of a funny site to see cowboys stripping down in the middle of nowhere.
The crazy weather is hard on the animals though. So here's hoping we will get some storms in the near future.
The crazy weather is hard on the animals though. So here's hoping we will get some storms in the near future.
Today we gathered up the last of our herds that still needed to go onto winter range.
We had some of the neighbor's cows in our herd, so we had to cut them out.
Clearly this black and white bull does not belong.
Hang on cowboy Orrin! His young filly was having a hard time behaving this morning.
Hang on cowboy Orrin! His young filly was having a hard time behaving this morning.
Off we go.
Dave and I just helped get out of the fields, then shuttled the truck around. This is a picture of the "boss's rig"
We haul water to our cows on the desert. This is the Hampton tank where this herd will water for a while.
Happy New Year! Hope to blog more in 2018
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