Into the Pastures today.

This photo is actually yesterday.  Loved the reflections in a puddle.  There are a lot of puddles.

We did a gather south of Tosi this morning, and it was good and light when we crossed the bridge.

Hours later we got into the pastures.  This is the tail end crossing one pasture to get to the second one.

And this is where we left them.  We turned in roughly 1000 head.  Then is was a long ride of about seven and a half miles down hill to the trailers.  I'm sort of dead meat this afternoon.  Tomorrow we'll get behind Coke's bunch and probably take them somewhere past Tosi.  Their bunch is a long ways back of ours.  Which means they can keep the trailers sort of caught up.  Home around one p.m.

Easy ride this morning...

Crossing the Boulder Creek bridge

They go through a bunch of quakies that are a cuss because they're so close together.  Today's bunch moved so easily.  There was no fighting the trees.  We took them from past the counting gate where they'd been left yesterday to the end of the oil.  We were home by 9:30 a.m.  It was a gorgeous morning to be out moving cattle.

Barlow Hill to the New Fork Underpass

It was an easy gather this morning.

The ponds around Marsh Creek...

Through the underpass..then up about a mile onto the creek.

Then we loaded up to head back to the cutting grounds..and had a flat tire.  Kent has had a bunch of flats lately.

Today we got everything to the cutting grounds.

Bob mounting up just as it was turning light at a boat access on the Green.

 

Catching up to a few.

 

After the cattle drive today, we drove home, unloaded horses..cleaned up "somewhat" and went to the dedication of the Green River Drift as a National Historical Sight.  It was amazing how many people turned up.  The bbq was amazing.  As were the people.  Above is Harry Steele.

This is Verna Ruth Steele West.  She's Harry's cousin, an old friend of mine and a neat lady.  She also created a monster by turning me onto genealogy decades ago.

Riding the Mesa and down the Hennick draw.

Michal looking for cows about 5:30 a.m.

Found many..

Headed down the Hennick Draw.

Kathy Whipfler guarding a deep cut in the draw.

Quite a few got in it.

Holding herd hours later.  Jamie, Ty, Michael, Palmer Mikie, Barb.

Toots after packing me eight hours.

Sweeney Cr trail

We went for a short ride yesterday afternoon.  Left after lunch, got home in time for Bob to check his ditch.  The flowers were gorgeous.  I rode Snip because my horse wasn't in.  We'll bring them home today.  We start riding the drift tomorrow.

The Dam at Fremont Lake

I took this at the dam on Pine Creek the other night.  It was so gorgeous that evening.

New fence

It's gorgeous..and done!

Mike K and Mike M

Mike Krcil is replacing some windows for me.  They are soooo nice.

Meanwhile Mike McKinsey is here to begin working on a couple of our fences.  Bob was taking down the old.  Smith's will have it for firewood.

Tana with one of her chickens.

Aunt Betty and Tana..those aren't Tana's beers!

Grandma Gina with Thad..

Thad and Aunt Betty 

After the ceremony...Troy's head behind Nancy..Brent, Betty, Tana and Jane.

Thad and Mary

Thad with his folks, Nancy and Troy!

Tocos afterwards...then a MEAN game of spoons.  Such a fun bunch of people.