leanin' H
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Hope this isnt just a re-run for ya. We do it every year and i dont want ya'll getting tired of me and my pictures. Anyway, away we went this morning heading the cows for home across the desert. Spent a little time picking up a few tail-enders and pointed them south.
Most of those ol' sisters had put thier noses into the wind and struck out for home. We took 23 head that stayed put hoping we'd haul them and changed thier minds.
My cousin's daughter was home from Utah State University and she rode with us today. She's a tough lil' bugger as the pictures to come will prove.
We start out in Tooele county where we summer and the cow camp is at. Cross Juab county and end up part way through Millard county. The day was cold to start but pretty when the sun peeked out from behind the clouds.
Sorry this picture is kinda cork-eyed but my trigger finger musta been chilly. Looking west at the Simpson mountain range and Erickson Knoll in the foreground.
Looking south toward the pass we will cross over on Desert Mountain. That's funny right there.....DESERT MOUNTAIN!!! :lol: :lol: Freakin' ANTARTICA MOUNTAIN maybe? :wink: It was starting to cool off nicely at this point and the skeeters quit pestering us.
I was astride of good ol' "Bandit" today. He's a fine horse and i wish he stood in my corral instead of Phil's. But so far, he has resisted my offers to do a little horse tradin'!!!
I had to check on some snow for a second and managed to lag behind a ways. Makes for a less full bladder and a nice camera angle though. :wink:
I had to swing west a couple miles to check on some cows we saw. They were cattle that winter in the area we trail across and hadnt adopted any of ours. So i headed back to the drags where i belong. This picture makes me cold just looking at it. It had dropped down to about 3F above but atleast the wind wasnt blowing.
My future as a weather man or fortune teller was short lived as the wind began to blow shortly after i snapped the previous picture. :shock: It went from kinda chilly to oh my heck my ears fell off cold! :lol: :lol: We went through the gate and started for the pass.
But not so cold a simple-minded fella would be forced to quit taking pictures. I wished i would'a had gloves for my ears though. Dumb me had on a felt hat and only a collar on my jacket to turn up to protect my ears. But on the bright side, if they dont fall off when they thaw out i should be fine.
Topping out on the pass. Thought the wind would really be whipping through there but it was dead calm! :roll: Go figure. Made the pass just after 3 and only 7 more miles to go. Back there to the left is where we started from.
I guess that want'a be rainbow is called a sundog. Might be a suncat or sunsquirrel for all i know. I just know the sun didnt have much horsepower at this point and it was a cold sunofabadword.
The other side matched. We just kept trailing along headed south following their tails. And the wind started in again as we went down off the pass.
This one was taken about 20 mintues later as the sun went slinking off with it's tail between it's legs.
We approached the wire trap/corral we will leave them in and found better than 50 head scattered out looking for groceries waiting on us to open the gate. We ended up with 88 out 101. A pretty good day.
Pushing the slow-pokes through the gate and turning for the trap. Had a ton bale of oat hay laid out like a bovine buffet for them and they appreciated the supper.
My dad had come with us to jockey around trucks and Phil's nephew had come to help as well. They hauled the hay and scattered it. We got them there and they'll have a chance to have a bite to eat and lay around tonight. Tomorrow is a short day from one trap to another and about 12 miles. Then one more big push for home New Years Day. Had a blast even though it was a cold day with the wind. Sure beats sitting behind a desk waiting to die someday. Have a fine evening.
Most of those ol' sisters had put thier noses into the wind and struck out for home. We took 23 head that stayed put hoping we'd haul them and changed thier minds.
My cousin's daughter was home from Utah State University and she rode with us today. She's a tough lil' bugger as the pictures to come will prove.
We start out in Tooele county where we summer and the cow camp is at. Cross Juab county and end up part way through Millard county. The day was cold to start but pretty when the sun peeked out from behind the clouds.
Sorry this picture is kinda cork-eyed but my trigger finger musta been chilly. Looking west at the Simpson mountain range and Erickson Knoll in the foreground.
Looking south toward the pass we will cross over on Desert Mountain. That's funny right there.....DESERT MOUNTAIN!!! :lol: :lol: Freakin' ANTARTICA MOUNTAIN maybe? :wink:
It was starting to cool off nicely at this point and the skeeters quit pestering us.
I was astride of good ol' "Bandit" today. He's a fine horse and i wish he stood in my corral instead of Phil's. But so far, he has resisted my offers to do a little horse tradin'!!!
I had to check on some snow for a second and managed to lag behind a ways. Makes for a less full bladder and a nice camera angle though. :wink:
I had to swing west a couple miles to check on some cows we saw. They were cattle that winter in the area we trail across and hadnt adopted any of ours. So i headed back to the drags where i belong. This picture makes me cold just looking at it. It had dropped down to about 3F above but atleast the wind wasnt blowing.
My future as a weather man or fortune teller was short lived as the wind began to blow shortly after i snapped the previous picture. :shock: It went from kinda chilly to oh my heck my ears fell off cold! :lol: :lol: We went through the gate and started for the pass.
But not so cold a simple-minded fella would be forced to quit taking pictures. I wished i would'a had gloves for my ears though. Dumb me had on a felt hat and only a collar on my jacket to turn up to protect my ears. But on the bright side, if they dont fall off when they thaw out i should be fine.
Topping out on the pass. Thought the wind would really be whipping through there but it was dead calm! :roll: Go figure. Made the pass just after 3 and only 7 more miles to go. Back there to the left is where we started from.
I guess that want'a be rainbow is called a sundog. Might be a suncat or sunsquirrel for all i know. I just know the sun didnt have much horsepower at this point and it was a cold sunofabadword.
The other side matched. We just kept trailing along headed south following their tails. And the wind started in again as we went down off the pass.
This one was taken about 20 mintues later as the sun went slinking off with it's tail between it's legs.
We approached the wire trap/corral we will leave them in and found better than 50 head scattered out looking for groceries waiting on us to open the gate. We ended up with 88 out 101. A pretty good day.
Pushing the slow-pokes through the gate and turning for the trap. Had a ton bale of oat hay laid out like a bovine buffet for them and they appreciated the supper.
My dad had come with us to jockey around trucks and Phil's nephew had come to help as well. They hauled the hay and scattered it. We got them there and they'll have a chance to have a bite to eat and lay around tonight. Tomorrow is a short day from one trap to another and about 12 miles. Then one more big push for home New Years Day. Had a blast even though it was a cold day with the wind. Sure beats sitting behind a desk waiting to die someday. Have a fine evening.
