More pictures from Mule Days, Part 3

[Soapweed]

Mules and munchkins

Lend me your ear

Mules heading out the gate

There they go

Suppertime

One of the highlights of the whole weekend was getting to see this gentleman. He and I were both part of the crew on a twelve-day pack trip through Yellowstone and the Teton Wilderness Area in late August of 1971. We had not seen each other since, and I very much enjoyed our visits during the course of Mule Days.

At the dance

Saturday night party

Sunday morning church

The congregation

Mules coming back for the Sunday afternoon sale

The sale in progress

Showing off the attributes of a mule

Lynn Weishaar, auctioneer, and Jake Clark, who conducted a very well-run Mule Days celebration and sale. My hat is off to both of these men.

Taking bids

Good looking gray

Bid on your choice or tie them both together for two times the money. These full sisters, six and seven years old, were broke to ride and drive.

High-selling mule of the sale was a very well trained two-year-old, which brought $12,500 and sold to nice folks from Washington state.

Horses along the road on Monday morning, as we traveled home across the Big Horns

Pretty view

Peach Blossom and our conveyance. For a nice Father's Day present, the Kosmo Kid let us borrow his car which gets 30 miles per gallon. Thanks, son.

View from the Branding Iron cafe, where we had breakfast

View from the Interstate

The new mule beat us home. All in all, it was a fun-filled few days that Peach Blossom and I thoroughly enjoyed.

[JF Ranch]

Man, the suspence was killing me! Unless I have missed something, you held off until the end to fess up about buying one. 'Don't know much about mules, but looks to be a good, big one. Did the two sisters sell as a pair, or did they get split?

[flrooster]

just curious what a good broke team sells for out there? here in fl you can buy a fair team for anywhere from 3000 on up.

[Soapweed]

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[Sundancer]

Sorry, I'm so "mule dumb", but what is the purpose of the mule on your outfit? All I know is the expression "Stubborn as a mule".

[Jinglebob]

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[Judith]

I've never hear of a fella buying a mule in a mid life crisis But I guess it's better than bringing home a lowline or some other fancy critter Good looking mule there Soap! He is actually rather handsome

[Sundancer]

Ah....thanks for the education Jinglebob and Soapweed! It is always important to learn something every day So can I interpret your answer Soapweed to be "a mule is an expensive toy" ?

[CattleArmy]

Last fall my Dad, Uncle, Grandfather, and my Uncle's hired man traveled to Iowa to a huge draft horse, team, harness sell that lasted days. My Dad was so impressed he thinks we should all go this year. I'm not sure he'd bring home a team of mules. However, I've heard they are smooth to ride. I think they'd give the ranch horses a heartattack the first time one went to braying, it took the ranch horses a bit to get used to the minature pony that PaPa and Grammie got for the young ones a couple years ago.

[Soapweed]