Today was the last leg of the trip across the desert. Got to Delta at 7 this mornin' to a bank of fog and frost. We unloaded the horses at the last corral and turned the ol' sisters out. They had humped backs and stiff legs but then again, so did I! Away we go with a bunch of "roan" cows.
It was foggy but we could make out east thanks to a vague glow where the sun should'a been. So we kept bearing southwest after we left the road. We did get to follow the road for about a mile.
But the road goes west too far and adds extra miles to an already long trip. So we drifted along in the brush. Without the fog ya have the power plant as a landmark. With the fog ya have to go on feel. We were headed for an old abandoned road up ahead about 6 miles and we only missed by 200 yards. But that was plenty close enough as anything under a half a mile in that pea soup was great!
A friend of mine sluffed church and rode with us today. That's Austin on the near horse and Melanie's husband Wayne out farther. 5 of us total and we were thankful for the extra help once we reached civilization.
They went off and left me while I attended to an over abundance of Pepsi and a frozen........................................................................................................................................................BLADDER! :shock: It's difficult to attend to things that need attending when the brush is a foot tall and there's a gal in the crew. :wink:
Finally around noon the sun burnt through. My left foot got warmed back up while my right one froze. Then we cornered on a fence line and went more south and they switched.
Coming under the power lines from Intermountain Power. The two far ones head to California while the newer one closer is from a wind farm bringing in expensive, green power to the substation to mix with the dirty, cheap coal-fired power! Wonder how they cut the two herds out when it gets to its destination? :???: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Sure! Now that the fog is gone another road shows up! :wink:
Ever notice how driving cows down a paved road is alot like going to Walmart? I can arrive at a Walmart at 2 am on a sunday to an empty parking lot. But when I head for the check out everyone for a two hundred mile radius is in line ahead of me! :shock: Hadn't been a car down this road all week til we turned the cows down it. Must'a had 2 dozen show up during the mile we trailed down it! :wink: It just must be me!
Trying to keep them out of the plowed feilds. Dang sodbusting farmers ought'a learn to build fences! :wink:
1/2 a mile til home. We broke them into three smaller bunches and they seemed to trail better. Sometimes you go faster by slowing down. :wink:
Up the alley past the feedlot and into Phil's place.
Scattered along a feedrow of hay in the saltbrush lot they'll call home for the winter. A nice trip with great company and beautiful scenery. But I may be a little bit predjudiced. :wink: As Christmas approaches and the year ends, it's nice to have the cows off the mountain and tucked in. I appreciate and love this lifestyle so dang much. I feel so honored to have freinds and family who treasure it like I do. I am indebted to them for allowing me to share it with them. I hope you all have success in your operations and love in your families! May the good Lord bless and keep you! Merry Christmas freinds!
