Liberty Belle
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Jump in my pickup and take a trip to our summer pasture with me. It will only take about three hours for the over forty mile round trip. That's if we don't find anything wrong or have vehicle trouble.
This sign cautions you to slow down before you wind up shooting off the bank into the dry dam on Skull Creek, the first of several dry creeks I cross getting to our summer pasture.
The second dry creek, Brush Creek.
The road I follow runs parallel to the South Grand River. This is the bend by what we call "the bushes".
This wagon is at the Hackamore Ranch and was driven in the centennial wagon train in 1989 by one of my heroes, Guy Doll, a decorated WWII veteran who fought in the South Pacific. Slim Buttes to the south.
The horse is standing in the round corral built inside the rock corral I showed you in another post. That is the Slim Buttes off to the south of the Grand River. We have now driven eight miles from the main road. There are no other ranches or neighbors along the entire twenty plus miles I'll travel today.
Storms clouds building over Horse Creek, the next dry creek west of the Hackamore Ranch.
The historic Tom Ashcroft/Claude Olson Ranch off in the distance. We are now a little over twelve miles along our route and just about to turn north. That is the Short Pines and the Crow Buttes you see in the distance. We have opened and closed four gates so far.
We have just turned north. This is Soda Creek and if this creek isn't dry, you will not drive across it. The walk to the nearest neighbor from here is a six mile jaunt back to the Hackamore. You only make the mistake of trying to drive across in the mud once.
I'll end here and pick up the trail later on this afternoon. There's a lot to see yet. Hope you enjoy the ride.
This sign cautions you to slow down before you wind up shooting off the bank into the dry dam on Skull Creek, the first of several dry creeks I cross getting to our summer pasture.
The second dry creek, Brush Creek.
The road I follow runs parallel to the South Grand River. This is the bend by what we call "the bushes".
This wagon is at the Hackamore Ranch and was driven in the centennial wagon train in 1989 by one of my heroes, Guy Doll, a decorated WWII veteran who fought in the South Pacific. Slim Buttes to the south.
The horse is standing in the round corral built inside the rock corral I showed you in another post. That is the Slim Buttes off to the south of the Grand River. We have now driven eight miles from the main road. There are no other ranches or neighbors along the entire twenty plus miles I'll travel today.
Storms clouds building over Horse Creek, the next dry creek west of the Hackamore Ranch.
The historic Tom Ashcroft/Claude Olson Ranch off in the distance. We are now a little over twelve miles along our route and just about to turn north. That is the Short Pines and the Crow Buttes you see in the distance. We have opened and closed four gates so far.
We have just turned north. This is Soda Creek and if this creek isn't dry, you will not drive across it. The walk to the nearest neighbor from here is a six mile jaunt back to the Hackamore. You only make the mistake of trying to drive across in the mud once.
I'll end here and pick up the trail later on this afternoon. There's a lot to see yet. Hope you enjoy the ride.