Saddle Sore: Together, Gramps and me

[jodywy]

http://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/13512970-113/trail-gramps-ride-cows

 

[Faster horses]

Touching article, jody, thanks. Anyone that has a grand child will appreciate it.

 

[rancher rick]

Thanks for posting that link. Got a bit of a lump in my throat thinking of good friends I rode with on Fall gathers who are no longer with us.[/b]

 

[jodywy]

this be the summer of 82 packing salt with my granddad

 

[mrj]

Nice story. thanks Jody. My husband got to ride with his dad and grandpa until he was 13 when his grandpa died in a car wreck (so many old cowboys of the era were atrocious drivers!) driving home from a July 4 Rodeo at Ft. Pierre. As it happened, my uncle was first on the scene of the single car accident.

Now, we have third, fourth, and fifth generations on this ranch working and riding together, with our two and a half year old 'gen. 6' cowgirl helping whenever she is allowed. She recently 'helped' her grandpa and great grandpa find a water line leak, driving the line in a pickup, freeing up her dad for more intense tasks better done without her ever so determined 'help'!

We feel very blessed to have them all working and playing together.

mrj

 

[flyingS]

Thanks Jodi, that's a great article. I don't remember my grandfather on my mother's side and my Gramps (dad's dad) passed away this last May. I didn't get to spend as much time as some do with their grandparents, but the time I spent was filled with lots of Love and great memories. Gramps was a WWII veteran, he lived a life of example and set the bar pretty high. Sometimes actions speak much louder than words.