tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147337494057024552024-03-15T20:12:22.766-05:00Falcon Flight Pathmichalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-90600385522075672472023-09-18T17:02:00.006-05:002023-09-18T17:08:00.211-05:00Horsin' Around<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Last year when we stayed in Buffalo, our neighbor, Carole Mariol, and I visited the pasture adjacent to the RV park at least once a day to visit with the friendly bay gelding that was kept there. Unfortunately, he went to a new home, so this year Carole and I have missed our daily “horse fix.” A couple of weeks ago, though, I was excited to see these two beauties munching grass on the other side of the fence. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, they are beautiful, but would not come to the fence for a carrot or a pat, so we have only enjoyed them from a distance. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIlyOuVemU-B77fDpRSEtp5bMKTZ8-s_cVMC90vFwoebR4I1m2-1E-jtnlZifVqnYSOKAlMVsHT_FKoovNcwqa6lcxH5vruTA850MazRB4OYgkKAx0dT8ghiIZdCCKI9YHc9u0LB0krgnXMBRG1YUIFlO1PMvcVOYrRFipbm78BIHfOGBBEnUu81PREvI/s4032/20230904-IMG_2446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIlyOuVemU-B77fDpRSEtp5bMKTZ8-s_cVMC90vFwoebR4I1m2-1E-jtnlZifVqnYSOKAlMVsHT_FKoovNcwqa6lcxH5vruTA850MazRB4OYgkKAx0dT8ghiIZdCCKI9YHc9u0LB0krgnXMBRG1YUIFlO1PMvcVOYrRFipbm78BIHfOGBBEnUu81PREvI/w400-h300/20230904-IMG_2446.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I found another way to get a horse fix, however. We went to Sheridan on September 4 with Ross and Carole to watch the final polo match of the year. It was a little damp, but we enjoyed watching our first polo match and learning a little about the sport. A polo team has four riders, and because they change horses several times during each match, every rider has an average of eight mounts. The ponies are small and agile, and come in all colors. Their legs are wrapped to prevent injury from the mallets, and their tails are also wrapped to keep them out of the way. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNWJUnhDgkNQm52zxZctK8Omd9H1UsWUu1xzDr0zD_X-8um32gl2am1MRa9qTxiszQxhF4NT3dfHHZCPUlMPdApmtN66ZrCuQpZ6kJfO_VEAsUZx5_KjVAneXRzYnPcsC3_sRVr2z3fKNfs5rCUiZfdRPl1ArHTvP_5qAf81Ep_ze0ncbQpBKKiNQ78by/s4032/20230904-IMG_2459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNWJUnhDgkNQm52zxZctK8Omd9H1UsWUu1xzDr0zD_X-8um32gl2am1MRa9qTxiszQxhF4NT3dfHHZCPUlMPdApmtN66ZrCuQpZ6kJfO_VEAsUZx5_KjVAneXRzYnPcsC3_sRVr2z3fKNfs5rCUiZfdRPl1ArHTvP_5qAf81Ep_ze0ncbQpBKKiNQ78by/w400-h300/20230904-IMG_2459.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There were some remarkable horsemen and horsewomen on the field. and the action was non-stop. Unfortunately, we had light rain most of the time and the pictures were taken with a cell phone, so the images aren’t especially good. However they will give you a flavor for the sport</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, then, between chukkars (the 7.5 minute periods of play that divide the game) and at halftime, we were treated to "Cowboy Polo.” </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Instead of polo mallets and a regulation ball, Cowboy Polo is played with padded brooms and a soccer ball.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>I’m not sure you can call it a sport, but it was a hoot to watch!</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">We ended our trip with scrumptious burgers and brew at </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Smith Alley</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in Sheridan and called it a day.</span></p></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-73622815191884744372023-09-17T17:26:00.001-05:002023-09-17T17:26:21.536-05:00Sheepherder's Rendevous & Dick Grabow Memorial Sheep Dog Trial<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">August 26 brought us back to Glenrock, Wyoming, for the 2023 </span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Sheepherder's Rendevous</i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJeAX-D2gx1Pdk5Pcu7J-FyOAZtFvowY6DNarCRCgV3kv_zZuyG8Z9QmO9b_MHby3qjZL2WOcr_FY0UZ7-G8Gx1AD1UbjghKo7lzQJTJ4ExATXdMrTXKIO6Il3bs2wj51BiH1H9pjPVgVA5OXtUGAPb0b92piIvkk10IkqrOPepHjjgjcckyhl4LozOlC/s3561/20230826-IMG_2263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2671" data-original-width="3561" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJeAX-D2gx1Pdk5Pcu7J-FyOAZtFvowY6DNarCRCgV3kv_zZuyG8Z9QmO9b_MHby3qjZL2WOcr_FY0UZ7-G8Gx1AD1UbjghKo7lzQJTJ4ExATXdMrTXKIO6Il3bs2wj51BiH1H9pjPVgVA5OXtUGAPb0b92piIvkk10IkqrOPepHjjgjcckyhl4LozOlC/w400-h300/20230826-IMG_2263.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Last year Cody and I had an excellent fun at the <i>Dick Grabow Memorial Sheep Dog Trial, </i>which is a part of the Rendevous, and brought home a beautiful championship buckle and some much-appreciated cash., </span><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1jQEVzTgNabEPSepK40pjPQ89XoUNy0FBAFG1ZAP56U5XBo55FUpOFyVnK_obytYTql5iuRq2uOxkBQ0Owen1adjnFlbp4Ta_xvzOnDbJYNOB7CkKiOFmcHCjl-9exKsDSFro6AqKFo1pEdv0pQpe3jJqX8vZOG_Tv7Vi9PqFJRnpdG1ZzXVGfOdDvYg/s2922/20230826-IMG_2260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="2922" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1jQEVzTgNabEPSepK40pjPQ89XoUNy0FBAFG1ZAP56U5XBo55FUpOFyVnK_obytYTql5iuRq2uOxkBQ0Owen1adjnFlbp4Ta_xvzOnDbJYNOB7CkKiOFmcHCjl-9exKsDSFro6AqKFo1pEdv0pQpe3jJqX8vZOG_Tv7Vi9PqFJRnpdG1ZzXVGfOdDvYg/s320/20230826-IMG_2260.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;">We again had a great time at the Rendezvous and the trial. It's a fun venue (probably the only dog trial held on a baseball field), and we enjoyed reconnecting with some friends we made here last year. There were lots of spectators watching the action. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_0B3A3GfcpZa-5iHDIhs9gWIHn6klOVmppia86nR6na5IayJDk07WlWYcgd6DQTXUQV_Ek9vqF5HOj2qEWQsh_I3KBNMbbNOfU2sqsKnB3aUMKrMxu13yqvnE_FKUu5LLJrzaCx6VhpxIssfSX6xeKHaDTLb0iIuW9Kmo-5kijgSxmKgfMCgj_35PGEL/s3418/20230826-IMG_2261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2564" data-original-width="3418" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_0B3A3GfcpZa-5iHDIhs9gWIHn6klOVmppia86nR6na5IayJDk07WlWYcgd6DQTXUQV_Ek9vqF5HOj2qEWQsh_I3KBNMbbNOfU2sqsKnB3aUMKrMxu13yqvnE_FKUu5LLJrzaCx6VhpxIssfSX6xeKHaDTLb0iIuW9Kmo-5kijgSxmKgfMCgj_35PGEL/w400-h300/20230826-IMG_2261.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;">But, unfortunately, we didn’t bring home the prize. Try as we might, neither Cody and I nor Dutch and I succeeded in putting sheep in the trailer. Wendy Auzqui and Quirt had a great run and took home the well-deserved prize. Those Rambouillet ewes were tough, but we hope to try again next year. Here are a few pics from our runs. First Dutch, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdHFSQyP3Eyd5f-NGgzDjlaw0GAg6xk2N2JYODcAPZiNnxxbyHT6g_w_LahrLxmKQsPsvxNxjsXkwoaMhmZZVSCifDWmLSel1hp39V4bXRIUnI3YDIWPTD2WvWmtLm0wI4AKB9bfuZrgyHjZhD36wosubBL7H2rcEL3gQ1Snkg0ajflpyPsmcDaaX7GY1/s2140/20230826-1016.Dutch-Glenrock-2259-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="2140" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdHFSQyP3Eyd5f-NGgzDjlaw0GAg6xk2N2JYODcAPZiNnxxbyHT6g_w_LahrLxmKQsPsvxNxjsXkwoaMhmZZVSCifDWmLSel1hp39V4bXRIUnI3YDIWPTD2WvWmtLm0wI4AKB9bfuZrgyHjZhD36wosubBL7H2rcEL3gQ1Snkg0ajflpyPsmcDaaX7GY1/w400-h225/20230826-1016.Dutch-Glenrock-2259-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">We had time after the trial to walk around the grounds at the Rendezvous and see some of the old sheep wagons that have been restored and are on display. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the mountains of Wyoming, sheep are usually pastured in the high country during the summer months, and are brought down in winter. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, shepherds usually made their summer home in these wagons while they tended their sheep. Here is a photo of the inside of one of the wagons.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPq0AWPbRh1jx4wqSJYEGXOQdIQDCDAenOQT0JqDWN3TEtotVO3VPJb36sJhrvQCkhKwUI15cXlywJTvw3RWZO_94z47UuDNC7NIpCzgTi2PlSlTVPl7Qnobp1erx1SxR33-01EHO9gbuiHq-OGLFQyMeT5LKTTsqrWcAr_qr1ADi6mYanHpGHwj7YnnX/s3964/20230826-IMG_2266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="3964" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPq0AWPbRh1jx4wqSJYEGXOQdIQDCDAenOQT0JqDWN3TEtotVO3VPJb36sJhrvQCkhKwUI15cXlywJTvw3RWZO_94z47UuDNC7NIpCzgTi2PlSlTVPl7Qnobp1erx1SxR33-01EHO9gbuiHq-OGLFQyMeT5LKTTsqrWcAr_qr1ADi6mYanHpGHwj7YnnX/w400-h300/20230826-IMG_2266.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There were also artisans at work, like this woman who was spinning wool.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And I also got to meet this lovely (and very pregnant) yak. She was a big hit with everyone.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkXWioRMqp01UmgiFAU2pziCxlCpSSA8eEGXMUVsdz7BP5YT_mh2z_qDbR81qraIid7CGjuQ32y51tM-8v6gAazpX-_Kb18iVF52Yk8S93wzsCnLOSSCui9E6TqSor87-O-26i0b2kOl_Pqw1PqOET6D0v9An6KEdQM0eRFTjg8dI3qQXdTH4RYZq_J6A/s4032/20230826-IMG_2274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkXWioRMqp01UmgiFAU2pziCxlCpSSA8eEGXMUVsdz7BP5YT_mh2z_qDbR81qraIid7CGjuQ32y51tM-8v6gAazpX-_Kb18iVF52Yk8S93wzsCnLOSSCui9E6TqSor87-O-26i0b2kOl_Pqw1PqOET6D0v9An6KEdQM0eRFTjg8dI3qQXdTH4RYZq_J6A/w400-h300/20230826-IMG_2274.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It was a great day.</p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-60989806731789586862023-09-17T15:59:00.003-05:002023-09-17T16:01:43.813-05:00Tensleep Falls and Beyond<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">There are almost endless opportunities for adventure here in the Bighorns.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> On Wednesday, August 23, we followed up our trip up Hunter Road with a visit up the mountain to <i>Circle Park Trail</i>. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qZp6XEjMGUiXxVVmjCe1Z2Fq-63l_FFM2LmQ19ijSfvcJ6r9oHza3hAb4U-DLokI0WbA0yZzAbs8sNqQhv9-6RG_xzoL36PxYqU2Ggh4sVVYzXm3xNtCb26deaH22rR7Zqr2nv6z89H7XeyqboNyWmLirQD7C9F_Tm3CvJ7Hd8FMfXrh6GwS9hWU-SHh/s5184/20230823-_1015366.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qZp6XEjMGUiXxVVmjCe1Z2Fq-63l_FFM2LmQ19ijSfvcJ6r9oHza3hAb4U-DLokI0WbA0yZzAbs8sNqQhv9-6RG_xzoL36PxYqU2Ggh4sVVYzXm3xNtCb26deaH22rR7Zqr2nv6z89H7XeyqboNyWmLirQD7C9F_Tm3CvJ7Hd8FMfXrh6GwS9hWU-SHh/w400-h300/20230823-_1015366.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Circle Park is off Road #20, and is a couple of miles off Hwy. 16. There are a number of dispersed camping sites on the way to the trailhead, a couple of which would fit our rig if we cared to drive the bumpy dirt road in. Leaving the parking area, we crossed a beautiful meadow with amazing views.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvTWJx_Fwf0fLLx042xIQ1LI81Y0XRBrSTBuePS9NruHmd83PIk0_ElD5EMKZZVHreQAAr8VkM-B8II2HZrzGl270e55vV6Vs8XGYyP-g1CpYTbtss0IuXj11JLfIPlg-Z88opNHFrw71m8M9pK7-78Bjv0LOQL5nO_FRo-hArg3K02EQPy8PaqWkLiWl/s5184/20230823-_1015351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvTWJx_Fwf0fLLx042xIQ1LI81Y0XRBrSTBuePS9NruHmd83PIk0_ElD5EMKZZVHreQAAr8VkM-B8II2HZrzGl270e55vV6Vs8XGYyP-g1CpYTbtss0IuXj11JLfIPlg-Z88opNHFrw71m8M9pK7-78Bjv0LOQL5nO_FRo-hArg3K02EQPy8PaqWkLiWl/w400-h300/20230823-_1015351.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9lml-phzuLeOxraNLwNn8ukPUGyPCnJE0L8iMgh21hliv55enqlZJf_uqfejaSYkw-_lpOjyOzuiXXFZwuvJNeqwACeer74yVqdPI607Bsu2UakfNOrBo-iIFdqmzqL5vtoLSXOvL3RxKhY7Eu5PRvrSdOxTKa4UjPVYuGmD1Gx-0VOaGkuUzecWQR0E/s5184/20230823-_1015354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9lml-phzuLeOxraNLwNn8ukPUGyPCnJE0L8iMgh21hliv55enqlZJf_uqfejaSYkw-_lpOjyOzuiXXFZwuvJNeqwACeer74yVqdPI607Bsu2UakfNOrBo-iIFdqmzqL5vtoLSXOvL3RxKhY7Eu5PRvrSdOxTKa4UjPVYuGmD1Gx-0VOaGkuUzecWQR0E/w400-h300/20230823-_1015354.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">We didn't hike far; the Circle Park trail is fairly steep, but <u>very</u> rocky. Even the horses we met on the trail found it slow going. It was really rough going, especially for Kota. Maybe we will go farther when she stays home to nap. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCvAV30q7hNORsx6o4tPrgG-zuLShdqhn3Eg2bLSaeRyhu8_kxL0Ym-jU1oIK9vkna5i3d2kwhjBXNQLoDTMCvUO22Zdt52tqqtAz5earNzD__LDpTBTjHm21Yzl9Al6A5yuzhaUH4a5zdRuTHrLD-F9zQozsQqleHDuYlzrpjmvxfpy_BreLvo-N1mQm/s5184/20230823-_1015348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCvAV30q7hNORsx6o4tPrgG-zuLShdqhn3Eg2bLSaeRyhu8_kxL0Ym-jU1oIK9vkna5i3d2kwhjBXNQLoDTMCvUO22Zdt52tqqtAz5earNzD__LDpTBTjHm21Yzl9Al6A5yuzhaUH4a5zdRuTHrLD-F9zQozsQqleHDuYlzrpjmvxfpy_BreLvo-N1mQm/w400-h300/20230823-_1015348.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Rc9BycndGy6LAH8xETK_Px2oIdAzeY9X1Gu0k7cW7wZKU-2ILdpbPuROFQSpWuL7Mc29ifGjGwBIOpdU_AvD6dbkfhZL5KLQqiwx7yp-0ZMSAfOczvAGZe0GWF9IiFs-fJncfpppzjfiYdFXFn2fuwSzfuPt8A1P0Lw7qB4_q5ctsSSo931f8ntKYoIz/s5184/20230823-_1015350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Rc9BycndGy6LAH8xETK_Px2oIdAzeY9X1Gu0k7cW7wZKU-2ILdpbPuROFQSpWuL7Mc29ifGjGwBIOpdU_AvD6dbkfhZL5KLQqiwx7yp-0ZMSAfOczvAGZe0GWF9IiFs-fJncfpppzjfiYdFXFn2fuwSzfuPt8A1P0Lw7qB4_q5ctsSSo931f8ntKYoIz/w400-h300/20230823-_1015350.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">On the way home, we took a short detour to <i>Tie Hack Reservoir</i>. The water is clear and cold, but not too cold for the young man and his float. At the far lift in the photo, you can see the dam. There is a trail past the dam and down along the creek that we took several years ago. It's pretty steep, though, and not something we wanted to tackle after Circle Park.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2HQAv0xdrKT7V10t0O1ZGqkoI8qlkto-VPMn1H8-R_ZdX9WWqoJPt51xmX5ZSKGxgAW9SNvIAfE1FmkX9s27P1xTMWXwDxQg5DEUXFQAvXqhhh8Dp6ioyMBxI8iT6xhj85wOU2-vMi5RPL7uu5mtNkqS2W-yQ83zE4g-vo4bfV37SQRXvRtm9bUc2y9F/s5184/20230823-_1015368.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2HQAv0xdrKT7V10t0O1ZGqkoI8qlkto-VPMn1H8-R_ZdX9WWqoJPt51xmX5ZSKGxgAW9SNvIAfE1FmkX9s27P1xTMWXwDxQg5DEUXFQAvXqhhh8Dp6ioyMBxI8iT6xhj85wOU2-vMi5RPL7uu5mtNkqS2W-yQ83zE4g-vo4bfV37SQRXvRtm9bUc2y9F/w400-h300/20230823-_1015368.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Then, on Friday we loaded the dogs and again drove over the mountain to the town of Tensleep.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">We had planned to have a beer and Indian taco at </span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Tensleep Brewery, </i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">but Linda’s taco wagon hadn’t yet arrived.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">We opted for lunch in town instead, then headed back east.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Our destination was Tensleep Falls.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The road up to the falls is a nice gravel road, and the falls are only about a mile from the parking area.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> Tensleep Creek meanders through a lovely meadow, and gives no clue that just below are impressive falls to the valley below. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXWHx-nMmzc-NtQf-o0Rk0TlR5ykvlkaNmpNBLv9_0zsTlOp0qiovFE6V6NRJSAX_r9JfT_maKfmrf_i69wadLb8YtE3MaC3pmZMClnC5yZTzsiM5bZAzpfEEE4qMnvm0UdKAjym8htWVIloo8jz5w72WZxb_FT6A6Cngx3sHwIbAYCo6lpjueHOYNUXf/s5184/20230825-_1015376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXWHx-nMmzc-NtQf-o0Rk0TlR5ykvlkaNmpNBLv9_0zsTlOp0qiovFE6V6NRJSAX_r9JfT_maKfmrf_i69wadLb8YtE3MaC3pmZMClnC5yZTzsiM5bZAzpfEEE4qMnvm0UdKAjym8htWVIloo8jz5w72WZxb_FT6A6Cngx3sHwIbAYCo6lpjueHOYNUXf/w400-h300/20230825-_1015376.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rcQpEoXElmU-eACFLqA3ZF5QPcRZm3FUosOuu9Ow6JKNocuT116vITICeoohhQ3HwhxyTaqA0bfV0HB7csZAhQ2T0Ycpj-Q2sCtqqaZDsYrojqQerJcO7vEvUA9i-Qvvzq2-lN-AqsgXSJA0ZX_fkIIz_xuwga1_APRQ8vfyFyS3SHixB6NL21M70eSa/s4958/20230825-_1015379-HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3719" data-original-width="4958" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rcQpEoXElmU-eACFLqA3ZF5QPcRZm3FUosOuu9Ow6JKNocuT116vITICeoohhQ3HwhxyTaqA0bfV0HB7csZAhQ2T0Ycpj-Q2sCtqqaZDsYrojqQerJcO7vEvUA9i-Qvvzq2-lN-AqsgXSJA0ZX_fkIIz_xuwga1_APRQ8vfyFyS3SHixB6NL21M70eSa/w400-h300/20230825-_1015379-HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The trail from the parking area (at 9112 feet) down to the falls is another, story, however.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">It is </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; text-decoration: underline;">steep</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> and rocky, but the walk down and the climb out is well worth the effort.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The views are breathtaking. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The border collie boys wore their </span><i>Ruffwear</i> packs, </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLAz-8zitnrET-ScNJbCzlonz-MwArnpBSUb7B_CvT50mnQynS2zcGL58umEKlxDK6o6Ru18Tl2xZ3py8SNfDEVD7fF-cW14kNxuVrc0JUoYLr7rmPyre279WVR2j0hMt-1erJHmnyg4D4fkC8uSZYMxdlBNzA4q-SA7zCaugLxV1kBicJWJFDpyyOK2V/s4723/20230825-_1015422.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and scampered across the rocks like mountain goats. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">John didn't exactly scamper like a mountain goat, but he, Rue and Kota explored the falls as well. Rue is excused from carrying any weight because of her heart murmur (which, thankfully, hasn't seemed to slow her down at all). Kota wears a <i>Ruffwear</i> harness with a padded handle that lets us help her over the rough spots. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpqXTlQy2b9HU5Yn5Riw_uxKtiTL88-CMVuOROudMA1t-grPorUei-HoSneKQshQVR217iPV_XGJscr1qOOxQMLM6fi7uQ_VSttYpemdNqfcdmqz1N0ilP1384h7USpZUgqLz_-r2nhOs8a5uv3vnQwRzDqH3CqcIWBdCaLKKrHuPjN_-f_PKk7i4QlkI/s1781/20230825-IMG_2242.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1781" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpqXTlQy2b9HU5Yn5Riw_uxKtiTL88-CMVuOROudMA1t-grPorUei-HoSneKQshQVR217iPV_XGJscr1qOOxQMLM6fi7uQ_VSttYpemdNqfcdmqz1N0ilP1384h7USpZUgqLz_-r2nhOs8a5uv3vnQwRzDqH3CqcIWBdCaLKKrHuPjN_-f_PKk7i4QlkI/w400-h300/20230825-IMG_2242.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">After the climb out, the dogs shared a drink in the back of the Equinox. I have seen all five of them drinking from this bowl at the same time, but it is a little hard to get a photo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQYJMoP_mxy5yWZFfswx6eFu2aMJ-D165re5MmGmZlN9DWp754PUwyCGeSlhno7gg28MoKFTEEnmRQ38uPcWylIsJ7pC1y-tH8TSEH-cLoVZDxj29tSI5sNO3juWkrQm6S8O8XuJKOiVtP5tKoleeKshreVl4MdkJiwsgg5Kkuyd91V9kkt95XnoPaF6d/s5184/20230825-_1015424-HDR.jpg" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQYJMoP_mxy5yWZFfswx6eFu2aMJ-D165re5MmGmZlN9DWp754PUwyCGeSlhno7gg28MoKFTEEnmRQ38uPcWylIsJ7pC1y-tH8TSEH-cLoVZDxj29tSI5sNO3juWkrQm6S8O8XuJKOiVtP5tKoleeKshreVl4MdkJiwsgg5Kkuyd91V9kkt95XnoPaF6d/s320/20230825-_1015424-HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I will say that I was a little apprehensive about taking this hike. The last time we trekked down and climbed out was the afternoon before I came down with a 24-hour bug that almost put me in the hospital. We never knew if it was altitude-related or something else, but it was nasty for a short time. This time was different, thank goodness, and I have only good memories of the day.</p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-46382215842161175782023-08-23T17:24:00.001-05:002023-08-24T16:13:31.103-05:00Beautiful Bighorns<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunday, August 20, dawned cloudy and windless. After going to virtual Sunday school at <i>One Church Bosque</i> with Pastor David Hill and virtual church at <i>First Lakeview Church</i> with Pastor Keith Yarbrough, John and I loaded up the dogs for a walk at <i>Mountain Plains Heritage Park.</i> The temperature was just right, and the dogs set off on a series of ready-gos. But then it started…target practice at the nearby Buffalo Gun Club. Our intended several-mile walk was quickly abbreviated to one short loop through the park.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Bighorns were socked in as we headed out of town. You could barely see the foothills, much less the peaks. Since it was almost noon, we braved the fog and drove west 15 miles and had lunch at <i>South Fork Lodge</i>. We highly recommend their Portuguese kale soup, and the not-to-be-missed pie (caramel-apple-nut for me and three-berry for John). Oddly eonough, the clouds only shrouded the mountains for the first 10 miles or so. By the time we reached the lodge, it was clear.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp3zdfobz44AtbdJdnEiMPtB1OBmwD2eAHErypXs0e37e2-dg8YS3BfN0YipT_Z1_L52-FmnZTFUQA6m4iGzx5z_f_OZ5PtTSalrsF14ymLZh-YyED3smgQ4tCEitsTJ3RWQKNTjeXF8Me25eauNc67XnDxYPRSs2Y8LHopGQmBeqfpzK_h7n0NthdSAV/s2152/20230823-IMG_2235.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2152" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp3zdfobz44AtbdJdnEiMPtB1OBmwD2eAHErypXs0e37e2-dg8YS3BfN0YipT_Z1_L52-FmnZTFUQA6m4iGzx5z_f_OZ5PtTSalrsF14ymLZh-YyED3smgQ4tCEitsTJ3RWQKNTjeXF8Me25eauNc67XnDxYPRSs2Y8LHopGQmBeqfpzK_h7n0NthdSAV/w400-h300/20230823-IMG_2235.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBGIVaF1jwCCIPkcjvE8DD82cOoLCsLe72diQyYOoRZ9mE1yzG5PhvhgZSaTIJReHtVFtwWHsCEFa7gRgS4vA4D5f467WEFMV72DDPDz2fmSY5aVunf-C5xX-5whiVWdJAtSwc9oUUic4PC1t4ZDt9L50BiSS_bpzRUI71M828L77g5kCk0RuYLgbKjLy/s4032/20230823-IMG_2227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBGIVaF1jwCCIPkcjvE8DD82cOoLCsLe72diQyYOoRZ9mE1yzG5PhvhgZSaTIJReHtVFtwWHsCEFa7gRgS4vA4D5f467WEFMV72DDPDz2fmSY5aVunf-C5xX-5whiVWdJAtSwc9oUUic4PC1t4ZDt9L50BiSS_bpzRUI71M828L77g5kCk0RuYLgbKjLy/w400-h300/20230823-IMG_2227.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After lunch, we took a side trip several miles down Hunter Road (also known as Road 19). It is a beautiful drive and the road is well-maintained. There was a small stream bubbling nearby and the road was lined in spots by large aspen trees. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdnq_15Rn02OwFQ8DHgeIpVCnR6Q8lBpP4G2OVJlCGLioslgYzYofqOcvrWlMrFAUrGgjPUyEnKkZsedSSK1F5907hu_eX4nyz23yq7ec93og6d-_oAVtFH6fCkPX57jfS1Y3sp-22jCKsRh9lZy7YdomSUEToWU75jOPKE8-zKPsoebMyjSH78GHf7WR/s5184/20230820-_1015338.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdnq_15Rn02OwFQ8DHgeIpVCnR6Q8lBpP4G2OVJlCGLioslgYzYofqOcvrWlMrFAUrGgjPUyEnKkZsedSSK1F5907hu_eX4nyz23yq7ec93og6d-_oAVtFH6fCkPX57jfS1Y3sp-22jCKsRh9lZy7YdomSUEToWU75jOPKE8-zKPsoebMyjSH78GHf7WR/w400-h300/20230820-_1015338.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg9jhn2jyDsunOvuH2xcKsPDkKuBV3hQGxrQUj8MdPaoaasl1nkSDI88MQ-TJplwBGNyK3-Vc9EUeKLgkdh32VZMCieRW-2U21udk47sBqZ6gFwZtYMUyf-oai86mrg39LaTQ-haOiRQ9DQ_WG3E1rRv50mVDizsM4VgxY76FS2yxfH5Puh9zAs0fhTPi/s5184/20230820-_1015345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg9jhn2jyDsunOvuH2xcKsPDkKuBV3hQGxrQUj8MdPaoaasl1nkSDI88MQ-TJplwBGNyK3-Vc9EUeKLgkdh32VZMCieRW-2U21udk47sBqZ6gFwZtYMUyf-oai86mrg39LaTQ-haOiRQ9DQ_WG3E1rRv50mVDizsM4VgxY76FS2yxfH5Puh9zAs0fhTPi/w300-h400/20230820-_1015345.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">There were high mountain meadows and deep, forested ravines. I thought sure we would see elk or deer, but perhaps it was too early in the day.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Rb0U1Pu4OboTdWHW9F24xdFtm-Dz7gNOHByMXfX52xKT_UhpL2VunOSjDtVGNY0q2mI4ZrqTvBAZz-ZZGp8uH9DTR8F5SfaEEZvEwN157ft7_7DMmo1YeijbGOHAJzpBtdsTbV1N2pjVK8nImIDpvm4zUuuYY96vsMVCHi7knQolOKpW2DprCg7ovgh5/s3198/20230820-_1015322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3198" data-original-width="2399" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Rb0U1Pu4OboTdWHW9F24xdFtm-Dz7gNOHByMXfX52xKT_UhpL2VunOSjDtVGNY0q2mI4ZrqTvBAZz-ZZGp8uH9DTR8F5SfaEEZvEwN157ft7_7DMmo1YeijbGOHAJzpBtdsTbV1N2pjVK8nImIDpvm4zUuuYY96vsMVCHi7knQolOKpW2DprCg7ovgh5/w300-h400/20230820-_1015322.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As we headed back to Buffalo, we again drove into heavy clouds. You can see them nestled in the valleys between the peaks. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But Hunter Road is just one of many beautiful roads and trails we have visited the last couple of weeks. Here are some images from our walks up and down Clear Creek west of Buffalo.</span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1O6ofZELKzjUNgyilHwfqEOHOF6rD-Bx28R_RAnQJw3F1TU7d8kv_Hk_rY-52A6eW6-jZDrIPT6g9ywexpLLGGmqVi0wKtxfSCkBPbGq6rg3Tjz63pwhtfh71zhBHyymNmP_51Paxt6RKLBPLodJWyUAyYbNjkcd8feUQ6FafKfdJPK5UpA0Ct0iyb0z/s4032/20230817-IMG_2176.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1O6ofZELKzjUNgyilHwfqEOHOF6rD-Bx28R_RAnQJw3F1TU7d8kv_Hk_rY-52A6eW6-jZDrIPT6g9ywexpLLGGmqVi0wKtxfSCkBPbGq6rg3Tjz63pwhtfh71zhBHyymNmP_51Paxt6RKLBPLodJWyUAyYbNjkcd8feUQ6FafKfdJPK5UpA0Ct0iyb0z/w400-h300/20230817-IMG_2176.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The impound at the turn-around for our walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP5wSHnDEThwbNzOlbsOOxd6Y7yfwbkdrBPvRvdz4zuPRZCH9ikpTYumJBB9mmjOhq6-R6UVkmsvw6PLVSmsywVHF140bOcqUPtNk4sxW76xosIRdcStSDHgQnlPREuBfCWayGyZPSG2k1p3IC985jQlP2i_cFtbJGJ4M3UfXnuVO-5j6hJyrW0LGmvQq/s4032/20230817-IMG_2172.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP5wSHnDEThwbNzOlbsOOxd6Y7yfwbkdrBPvRvdz4zuPRZCH9ikpTYumJBB9mmjOhq6-R6UVkmsvw6PLVSmsywVHF140bOcqUPtNk4sxW76xosIRdcStSDHgQnlPREuBfCWayGyZPSG2k1p3IC985jQlP2i_cFtbJGJ4M3UfXnuVO-5j6hJyrW0LGmvQq/s320/20230817-IMG_2172.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cody and I enjoyed the view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf459PeX1zTi9BMBB-yz23y4fMZz9_EA3xioUT_JJ52srs2sOR_aCkxydgWJ5hWxfPIOYFkYDmuZM054Td7uCH6Z8fR8mmIDXnw1xPBo-BgPgCSfJ7SyuXTwUAsrtnxA5CoDIF2EEt_ea0ohyO8PcyL-mf3UY8nTlk86qCdtiFWWlWSexFKqfOrU_O78dG/s3809/20230817-IMG_2177.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3809" data-original-width="2857" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf459PeX1zTi9BMBB-yz23y4fMZz9_EA3xioUT_JJ52srs2sOR_aCkxydgWJ5hWxfPIOYFkYDmuZM054Td7uCH6Z8fR8mmIDXnw1xPBo-BgPgCSfJ7SyuXTwUAsrtnxA5CoDIF2EEt_ea0ohyO8PcyL-mf3UY8nTlk86qCdtiFWWlWSexFKqfOrU_O78dG/w300-h400/20230817-IMG_2177.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think this is lupine, the Wyoming version of bluebonnet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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It's a beautiful area.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-11882333837015877702023-08-21T17:27:00.002-05:002023-10-09T13:07:03.997-05:00Sheep Camp<p><br /></p>
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One of the highlights of my visits to Buffalo is the time I get to spend
working sheep with my dogs. For several years, “Sheep Camp” has taken
place with Wendy Auzqui on their family’s ranch east of Clearmont, WY, just a
short half-hour drive from Buffalo. In addition to her work on the
ranch, Wendy breeds, trains, and trials working border collies. If you
look back at previous blog posts, almost every year has photos and
descriptions of my time picking her brain and learning how better to work my
dogs.
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This year, on my first visit I was greeted by a litter of seven-week-old pups
from the outstanding bitch, Quirt. I first met Quirt in the summer of
2019 when she was just beginning her training as a working dog. She and
Wendy have gone on to success in many dog trials, perhaps the most notable was
her first-place finish at last year’s
<i>Calgary Stampede World Stock Dog Champion-ship. </i> (I had wondered
why Quirt didn’t compete in this year’s Stampede, and now I know; she was
concentrating on motherhood.) I’ll bet these pups will go on to become
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Cody, Bo, Dutch and I have already had several working sessions with
Wendy. Here are a couple of photos she took of the boys working sheep in
her arena.
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Saturday, we had an opportunity to get in a little impromptu trial work at the
annual Big Horn Basque Club celebration. As part of their gathering,
they had arranged for a dog trial demonstration that we were fortunate to be a
part of. We were happy to have neighbors Bill & Sherri and Ross
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The fresh lambs were a challenge for all the dogs, but gave them good
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He brought his lambs around the course and to the pen…but then the
youngsters realized they could fit between the rails of the enclosure. Two
of them slipped through and escaped, and the third ran to the set-out pen
and jumped back in with her friends. I sent Cody out to retrieve the
escapees and put them back in the enclosure, but we lost the opportunity to
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Bo had a difficult time with his lambs. They stuck to the setout pen
like glue and he wasn’t able to get them headed down the course. I
finally helped him to exhaust them, but our run was over.
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Dutch was only one of two dogs that penned their sheep, but we missed
winning by three seconds. In reviewing the video of his run, I
concluded that most of our problems were due to his handler not being clear
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<span style="font-family: arial;">It has been a great couple of weeks, and we look forward to more "sheep
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michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-22317176763730700442023-08-18T14:06:00.005-05:002023-08-18T14:06:58.212-05:00Friends in High Places<p><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the beauties of Buffalo is its proximity to the majestic Bighorn Mountains. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rue made it a point to check out Buffalo’s version of a fluffy cow.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After our morning walk, we had an especially pleasant afternoon with friends and neighbors (in <i>Deer Park RV Park</i>), Ross and Carole Mariol. On the advice of another friend and neighbor, Bill Sage, the four of us set off for one of the highest places around, <i>Sheep Mountain Overlook</i> off Hwy 16 between Buffalo and Tensleep. We had a few opportunities to pause for road construction, but we soon turned off Hwy 16 and were on our way up the steep, bumpy and winding Route 28. It is a beautiful area, and the road culminates at the old Sheep Mountain Fire Tower, which is now available as an overnight destination if you want to rough it.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One can certainly get a top-of-the-world feeling standing on the mountaintop.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carole and I were busy taking photos of the expanse of Wyoming visible from Sheep Mountain, while Ross and John looked for unusual rocks and examined small plants and wildflowers.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I especially liked the vibrant color of the lichens at this altitude.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9235aQwrzX0OGRBvrh9YrbIzcv0l96VcTrrXe73CSTpXYFvazyFOuriBX7UregfPurL09SD6CI_ZIsuRYY0zjNHVMa9FWhNbIIcVA7uh0zjdQgRzciUhWSzcdtS2t_ieT-eVu3zLV1gw_Bqwii9H6seY_HFsrxZ4aDIdzq1wxduV0MKyxO17VPUjdyNq/s3820/20230816-_1015284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="3820" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9235aQwrzX0OGRBvrh9YrbIzcv0l96VcTrrXe73CSTpXYFvazyFOuriBX7UregfPurL09SD6CI_ZIsuRYY0zjNHVMa9FWhNbIIcVA7uh0zjdQgRzciUhWSzcdtS2t_ieT-eVu3zLV1gw_Bqwii9H6seY_HFsrxZ4aDIdzq1wxduV0MKyxO17VPUjdyNq/w400-h300/20230816-_1015284.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As well as the Western Giant Puffballs. Here is one about to split, and I think the next photo shows what is left after the floral eruption.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya79xO-18vxWmGfLuYghyPgdiieuzbC6dCoBz7AdfzY03D4f6RlpZzVaauPCUAmME_9HxXmGu6gjgJSEjJVW70IH0cHmcV8atWAin3s0v34Fs2K-nHJBTfrC4VUPZlTYqG50lZlYD0KpXrsXEDq6Wcn3ajwgtDSzpYlBMTs0njbICLyiTxyLvakAxdSYy/s2399/20230816-IMG_2152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2399" data-original-width="1799" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya79xO-18vxWmGfLuYghyPgdiieuzbC6dCoBz7AdfzY03D4f6RlpZzVaauPCUAmME_9HxXmGu6gjgJSEjJVW70IH0cHmcV8atWAin3s0v34Fs2K-nHJBTfrC4VUPZlTYqG50lZlYD0KpXrsXEDq6Wcn3ajwgtDSzpYlBMTs0njbICLyiTxyLvakAxdSYy/w300-h400/20230816-IMG_2152.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbHIuDYvCBf7rtot6Jry8ShwFHNVDgF_2JduT6bR_gAS_aG0sb-J6HizcquWyBi9OFxcGh6WZr0V-DHKeTr-T8qF6GYPZRcJqdwPWPn0-TA7XK5_I8dUw-rZ9bvvM7f_JvbT3FvTuKujgcsCgMGGD9PEzzsMrNspUgAucHSXvnpTQZAuT3wk03SD08vCB/s5184/20230816-_1015294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbHIuDYvCBf7rtot6Jry8ShwFHNVDgF_2JduT6bR_gAS_aG0sb-J6HizcquWyBi9OFxcGh6WZr0V-DHKeTr-T8qF6GYPZRcJqdwPWPn0-TA7XK5_I8dUw-rZ9bvvM7f_JvbT3FvTuKujgcsCgMGGD9PEzzsMrNspUgAucHSXvnpTQZAuT3wk03SD08vCB/w400-h300/20230816-_1015294.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We enjoyed our half-hour or so at the top looking at the amazing vistas, delicate wildflowers and rock formations. The weather was beautiful, without too much smoke form fires in northwestern Wyoming and adjacent states. But, a</span><span style="font-family: arial;">s you can tell, it was a bit windy on the summit.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a great afternoon with friends in high places. We thank Ross for driving, and Bill for his advice on the trip. </span></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-51406782459442727112023-08-15T15:38:00.003-05:002023-08-15T15:38:55.167-05:00Don't Pet the Fluffy Cows!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Everywhere you look in Custer and </span><i>Custer State Park</i><span>, there are bright yellow signs with the silhouette of a bison and the stern admonition, <i>DON’T PET THE FLUFFY COWS</i>.</span><span> </span><span>We had been looking for the fluffy cows on a couple of our drives through the park, but had not seen them…nor any other wildlife except for an occasional prairie dog.</span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>A couple of days before leaving, we finally had a good weather forecast (no rain before afternoon), so I packed my camera and we set off to try one more time for wildlife photos. </span></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0hfBE3wODUXarFcQCV29Uzh3Ksx3El0u9QM3vsSIehgqK1iESaVZgZrc5hw9axTw4-B_DchyMG5SYgS9iQZeSCeVNV1EfnsWAENl-5UP_3PUw3T2EbtMMg_6b2_sJOl8R5Y1eCoK_d3TLl4ebTeO4Oam-2ZERUZjEveAmfDW0QOdfHr4ojLmqFxeecUP/s4371/20230806-_1015055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3278" data-original-width="4371" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0hfBE3wODUXarFcQCV29Uzh3Ksx3El0u9QM3vsSIehgqK1iESaVZgZrc5hw9axTw4-B_DchyMG5SYgS9iQZeSCeVNV1EfnsWAENl-5UP_3PUw3T2EbtMMg_6b2_sJOl8R5Y1eCoK_d3TLl4ebTeO4Oam-2ZERUZjEveAmfDW0QOdfHr4ojLmqFxeecUP/w400-h300/20230806-_1015055.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneLZs_YQuJ5Com4qxt4f03ClYGE2DRMhyKI2aQX3ES5hyVBgYu2xd4dKCugqoqSD3NeG6AFvK2unAhYlcTqBFI8fpDgy-URkfU6SM2hX9znUgs3SXU6wmEEfB3iaVzD5KPXfLiIfscRUZowCFyAg2xppePNmVmP5cakKbwzu2HPBarnt51t4PUlY3NZjT/s5184/20230806-_1015056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneLZs_YQuJ5Com4qxt4f03ClYGE2DRMhyKI2aQX3ES5hyVBgYu2xd4dKCugqoqSD3NeG6AFvK2unAhYlcTqBFI8fpDgy-URkfU6SM2hX9znUgs3SXU6wmEEfB3iaVzD5KPXfLiIfscRUZowCFyAg2xppePNmVmP5cakKbwzu2HPBarnt51t4PUlY3NZjT/w400-h300/20230806-_1015056.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> We had success as right away, as we saw the herd of bighorn ewes and lambs. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-2CP1lrZ8lDhiEgPxyhS2ohcFv_lrPH01kByMo6VlkBYSbTXgNJJUxcGQpOrX8sQNh3uCT2zs6BU7gsIAFGIaPUBG_kFcO3vy7DIbL8bQl5jZpXpu7SMFbqF9Izu9IVnxvwobu2gJeswElhobwvuiKrjKYC6fmvaKyk7TI7AbpeBtowgjvKQLCrj7bgp/s4362/20230806-_1015194.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3272" data-original-width="4362" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-2CP1lrZ8lDhiEgPxyhS2ohcFv_lrPH01kByMo6VlkBYSbTXgNJJUxcGQpOrX8sQNh3uCT2zs6BU7gsIAFGIaPUBG_kFcO3vy7DIbL8bQl5jZpXpu7SMFbqF9Izu9IVnxvwobu2gJeswElhobwvuiKrjKYC6fmvaKyk7TI7AbpeBtowgjvKQLCrj7bgp/w400-h300/20230806-_1015194.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They were using the road along with the cars, and grazing among the campsites. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-XAfLYHkwBjX3CTyOwdoLmoThdjGQlOa9F1XlGyk9rL9N24QJAY-oeRMuhFORQB4sGvvtrlciBc2MhrIlzjSiBnfSYAu7qyAhhJeTMOD0v-62OEoGcpMwItSyh9fDNORQRX1mYN3s8JcWZY8axLZimAgbmUlSynpmKeBVrRsK4hPK-ko5P3aZta9_Pdc/s4770/20230806-_1015059.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3578" data-original-width="4770" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-XAfLYHkwBjX3CTyOwdoLmoThdjGQlOa9F1XlGyk9rL9N24QJAY-oeRMuhFORQB4sGvvtrlciBc2MhrIlzjSiBnfSYAu7qyAhhJeTMOD0v-62OEoGcpMwItSyh9fDNORQRX1mYN3s8JcWZY8axLZimAgbmUlSynpmKeBVrRsK4hPK-ko5P3aZta9_Pdc/w400-h300/20230806-_1015059.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We were also fortunate to see some of the park's pronghorns. They were lounging beside the road, unconcerned about the cars streaming past.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidC903Gjrtt_o8erxXTzQ-TKcGiEpKmVQykaadqsZz6mm7GzdlNWltwbb6RIbhVgUwRV9W9MltpKg1cjJ8Hd5cyD2sQSR9GZrQb8o0Kes5aaL1sUlLENEC9_IFhxZ7X_ZrBwPys9O6zSxA6rYq4Fe-9W4OvEoE67q_43-qaOv4OKWYDcW7iD5QONYlsV7d/s5184/20230806-_1015158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidC903Gjrtt_o8erxXTzQ-TKcGiEpKmVQykaadqsZz6mm7GzdlNWltwbb6RIbhVgUwRV9W9MltpKg1cjJ8Hd5cyD2sQSR9GZrQb8o0Kes5aaL1sUlLENEC9_IFhxZ7X_ZrBwPys9O6zSxA6rYq4Fe-9W4OvEoE67q_43-qaOv4OKWYDcW7iD5QONYlsV7d/w400-h300/20230806-_1015158.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A trip to the visitor center gave us information about where to look for the bison herds, and they were spot on. A few minutes down the road, we found ourselves in the middle of the bunch. </span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh9pf_fzC_tzBdf8c82MrxrL2PesXfhUZxnJiFjFSygbesKXd2mkTxAHecDaS9gxonLLOUqKPGoBt4mjnhzqayY-vbqL5thXeyqLioQpt8l34gnTB9j3tJAIN1oFa9v7OviGE9ufEZOF6nTawQt6xB4g8psmXNW1Wnt2q8gc_kMX8UsehpE3d5ZH_-NFG/s5184/20230806-_1015063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh9pf_fzC_tzBdf8c82MrxrL2PesXfhUZxnJiFjFSygbesKXd2mkTxAHecDaS9gxonLLOUqKPGoBt4mjnhzqayY-vbqL5thXeyqLioQpt8l34gnTB9j3tJAIN1oFa9v7OviGE9ufEZOF6nTawQt6xB4g8psmXNW1Wnt2q8gc_kMX8UsehpE3d5ZH_-NFG/w400-h300/20230806-_1015063.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, it is the beginning of the bison breeding season, so the bulls are mixed with the cows and calves, so we could see all of them. (At other times of the year, the bulls generally keep to themselves. ) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwcoxwRPZHQv2xwWogCRTdMfUO0aSeeyWqqE8hUtKIyF8Vuqhx4hzBhnDDquyHO-sIHkohasEv_viPxucQhKQbEGHP27lqhBQdLuxX4dyaDZqTZOqviXMoeat1JZ4sKlN8tpe21dnIKiAqajwzmWBIBKG87A7mXFOFKvuzOS7bisCmW-GsEj5SwuflqFh/s4951/20230806-_1015172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3713" data-original-width="4951" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwcoxwRPZHQv2xwWogCRTdMfUO0aSeeyWqqE8hUtKIyF8Vuqhx4hzBhnDDquyHO-sIHkohasEv_viPxucQhKQbEGHP27lqhBQdLuxX4dyaDZqTZOqviXMoeat1JZ4sKlN8tpe21dnIKiAqajwzmWBIBKG87A7mXFOFKvuzOS7bisCmW-GsEj5SwuflqFh/w400-h300/20230806-_1015172.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, though, there was plenty of courting going on, with the larger bulls sticking close to the most receptive cows and threatening other bulls that came too close.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iz1z5jX7g5skfBhUo9tAVLNQn1o66yOc7enKJy58X5IkWgGYA2eucxAkWjPfKR9Pdyms1bL4FHDQhLTY7JyuLCz8G9f4XGzTIKm-StV4kKX548aJ-3aI1Ss7Sym9PnnwryNpEHfA1zFQpFqedoLw5B5pQ3UGM-B14j-s821hOBf-4Mjie0aVoFW6VgFs/s5184/20230806-_1015147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iz1z5jX7g5skfBhUo9tAVLNQn1o66yOc7enKJy58X5IkWgGYA2eucxAkWjPfKR9Pdyms1bL4FHDQhLTY7JyuLCz8G9f4XGzTIKm-StV4kKX548aJ-3aI1Ss7Sym9PnnwryNpEHfA1zFQpFqedoLw5B5pQ3UGM-B14j-s821hOBf-4Mjie0aVoFW6VgFs/w400-h300/20230806-_1015147.jpg" width="400" /><br /></a><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5Y-U1lppDv8M1xHKtHFfsVBahRzRCFIfyNqkfls53bFjYU8plrJ5DdTUe7nMiDKQAyVsmFs5id0E_MrPddaH79VOgHvWzVrUZQSEB65QKkbQJAIQIDZd4Cij3UktqXPojwXX2AFmJDQZ6_VgwvPGnTwmI_GBSyq4GPA81neZFsDfN_w-OagBBqxFkECV/s4860/20230806-_1015082.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3645" data-original-width="4860" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5Y-U1lppDv8M1xHKtHFfsVBahRzRCFIfyNqkfls53bFjYU8plrJ5DdTUe7nMiDKQAyVsmFs5id0E_MrPddaH79VOgHvWzVrUZQSEB65QKkbQJAIQIDZd4Cij3UktqXPojwXX2AFmJDQZ6_VgwvPGnTwmI_GBSyq4GPA81neZFsDfN_w-OagBBqxFkECV/w400-h300/20230806-_1015082.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This bull must have thought a dust bath would make him more attractive, but the lady seemed unimpressed.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvc9epN8nf5WwOm0SsgOvZkzEX-YXwJo0TlTzLMDm03w9-47afRZ9-HQP4oVJLxpCXcHhLgO7aQwOWN8Uj38IfHGXaJuA4caRCqViyhKqTJ76RSzdH64m0W8dlnBPRM2WoKi0jyIwkWO9OPrBNEfyjsrQ_yDBWEc_GwWfncwrMTGgfd0VM-kTFIPWKYKTk/s2355/20230806-_1015136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2355" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvc9epN8nf5WwOm0SsgOvZkzEX-YXwJo0TlTzLMDm03w9-47afRZ9-HQP4oVJLxpCXcHhLgO7aQwOWN8Uj38IfHGXaJuA4caRCqViyhKqTJ76RSzdH64m0W8dlnBPRM2WoKi0jyIwkWO9OPrBNEfyjsrQ_yDBWEc_GwWfncwrMTGgfd0VM-kTFIPWKYKTk/w400-h300/20230806-_1015136.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAgVlRe3iE9UJS2NIwOryhQguVbbRra6sKue_AN4EUpaQVaEyiwomJu-00Zie9iAnZCgJyPpv_-3jzL_kPyzvcNu3XIL1C7NX4ntNOIL6bOGk-02ZiuSBS-fOdaJ8xURDZ_HEkgfLuXkU18nZpadJL0ZmpqLmt9ZL4lc_nTvKEQixJOxZRFzgZJRfU-bs/s4277/20230806-_1015143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3208" data-original-width="4277" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAgVlRe3iE9UJS2NIwOryhQguVbbRra6sKue_AN4EUpaQVaEyiwomJu-00Zie9iAnZCgJyPpv_-3jzL_kPyzvcNu3XIL1C7NX4ntNOIL6bOGk-02ZiuSBS-fOdaJ8xURDZ_HEkgfLuXkU18nZpadJL0ZmpqLmt9ZL4lc_nTvKEQixJOxZRFzgZJRfU-bs/w400-h300/20230806-_1015143.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We stopped, along with several other vehicles, because the bison had claimed the road. As we sat there, one cow walked up to the car and began to lick the front grill. I don’t know what she found so tasty unless it was the dead grasshoppers and other bugs stuck there. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a few licks, she rubbed along the driver’s side of the car, while Dutch, who was along for the ride, looked on, unconcerned, and John worried that she might “key” the side of the car with her horn. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not to worry, though, she just proceeded to the rear of the car and gave a few licks to the back bumper before sauntering away. </span></p><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another of the park’s cows was looking very festive, with a tiara of leaves adorning her horn. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhvPzE5u_2IwSzg8W9tQ1AgxawBgz2Ne0gixoO4xgIMO0fSrJppVcmy3l_06vWf6MAu4fXgxabQbFZg77uV_k2pClXcGQrpZHon9o_S80_gXu82X735Kf_SP1v5nD-_FfmQs1rRN3GGdI2EWRCE_-q4W9O0HcM5vzVz5PGDpMT7sChciuYHxdpTrov7TT/s3888/20230806-_1015127.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2916" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhvPzE5u_2IwSzg8W9tQ1AgxawBgz2Ne0gixoO4xgIMO0fSrJppVcmy3l_06vWf6MAu4fXgxabQbFZg77uV_k2pClXcGQrpZHon9o_S80_gXu82X735Kf_SP1v5nD-_FfmQs1rRN3GGdI2EWRCE_-q4W9O0HcM5vzVz5PGDpMT7sChciuYHxdpTrov7TT/w300-h400/20230806-_1015127.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She must have been one of the ones favored by the bulls. Like several cows we saw, she had the tell-tale open wound on her flank left by the bull's dewclaws, as evidence that she had been mounted and bred.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg479KDf9fuc7JCdJlq5NAlGqai5DmPrFBWavCS2s9FhmcR_opqzWk5x_HJbwPnb_gGaYfrzjAXKaEEPOQ5XVmJO11uqwnRmRYitjtff5NUqbq_ru1bjvlzi3shXP3T-MxiKHctAsblBGkpBT8sKA2n4WeZh6c3MVeEVm9wZfd2I3yO5bvKUQzBOVJ5QKiU/s4421/20230806-_1015125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3316" data-original-width="4421" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg479KDf9fuc7JCdJlq5NAlGqai5DmPrFBWavCS2s9FhmcR_opqzWk5x_HJbwPnb_gGaYfrzjAXKaEEPOQ5XVmJO11uqwnRmRYitjtff5NUqbq_ru1bjvlzi3shXP3T-MxiKHctAsblBGkpBT8sKA2n4WeZh6c3MVeEVm9wZfd2I3yO5bvKUQzBOVJ5QKiU/w400-h300/20230806-_1015125.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a lovely morning, and we enjoyed our up-close-and-personal encounter with the fluffy cows, even though we didn’t pet one.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-29691754882719130332023-08-08T20:50:00.002-05:002023-08-08T21:04:30.217-05:00Beautiful, and Sometimes Deadly<p><span style="font-family: arial;">It seems like each time we spend a few days in the Black Hills we discover another not-to-be-missed attraction. Some of them are obvious, like Custer State Park with its abundant wildlife and amazing rock formations and forests. Others, we have passed by for years, like last year’s discovery, <i>Bear Country</i> and this year's…<i>Reptile Gardens, </i>located between Hill City and Rapid City. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are a number of beautiful aspects to this attraction. The obvious are the botanical gardens themselves. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They must have a whole army of gardeners to keep all the plants healthy and in bloom.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then there are the beautiful creatures, some of them deadly. <i>Reptile Gardens,</i> started in 1935 as a small display of reptiles,<i> </i> has been listed in the <i>Guiness Book of World Records</i> as the largest reptile zoo in the world. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAYwX2XXqRDTYF2tPRdmJR_FTYuvm3lLCsY-xf-CTZxvV2bQLk2LEwJKWl1B4BxD1Q-vS0jZJv1q0Ar42VEtRRGp5yakGp_oEN6JkrH45PNu3njIYvmlSLWooCNMs3FEL35R6l0EM7ZKdc7dPTxkH-JUyon6kJrYs2eSK30PuHCVQRYhIeIec9yGXbOIL/s2080/20230804-_1014991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAYwX2XXqRDTYF2tPRdmJR_FTYuvm3lLCsY-xf-CTZxvV2bQLk2LEwJKWl1B4BxD1Q-vS0jZJv1q0Ar42VEtRRGp5yakGp_oEN6JkrH45PNu3njIYvmlSLWooCNMs3FEL35R6l0EM7ZKdc7dPTxkH-JUyon6kJrYs2eSK30PuHCVQRYhIeIec9yGXbOIL/w400-h300/20230804-_1014991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We began our visit with a show at the 'Gators and Crocs Arena. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4yLAizRygLdKD4w95E9sgOGQeMIYdm2UcVYvwo05cKuNuRld5dsZb9-RWfniZ0IAUUPNC8lX7oDz4-Q6D_Sdc24eBMflk81L0SVSgKW7U8masBY8Esk_axq5KIMJqr-eKppOq-22FYwwnusah0XfwIQny5dn8Sz8sIUDvhiKAwlOElepz859Tp3vw0dJ/s4742/20230804-_1014993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3556" data-original-width="4742" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4yLAizRygLdKD4w95E9sgOGQeMIYdm2UcVYvwo05cKuNuRld5dsZb9-RWfniZ0IAUUPNC8lX7oDz4-Q6D_Sdc24eBMflk81L0SVSgKW7U8masBY8Esk_axq5KIMJqr-eKppOq-22FYwwnusah0XfwIQny5dn8Sz8sIUDvhiKAwlOElepz859Tp3vw0dJ/w400-h300/20230804-_1014993.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our host showed us how to catch an alligator, how to keep from getting bitten, and how to release the croc or 'gator you’re sitting on (You cover his eyes and look to be sure another 'gator isn't close by before you dismount.) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also learned that, like our cows, the crocs and 'gators are bucket-trained. When thekeepver bangs his stick on the bucket, the big guys come running,</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and you’d best have a piece of chicken to treat them or they may come after you!</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From there, we went to the Avian Exhibit. They don’t have many birds on display, but those that were were up close and personal, and some even being hand-held. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2pheLTQHgo2XMTyCNI66WkucMmGd-Q9YOlHc0E3IPCiiWaRcg4NRyLRYpRoPyeRV4aai4TREjzlbosxSyZVoRJAFtuQlyJnxO37p5TPvZ0TD8efKQ9EriXFWq4IipsN2fOmLo6uwo2OqRqzIn9CIvOcmCXdRDDJS3L7uLk-K2IQKrvrJpU5OLcgmIl-k/s3429/20230804-IMG_1970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2572" data-original-width="3429" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2pheLTQHgo2XMTyCNI66WkucMmGd-Q9YOlHc0E3IPCiiWaRcg4NRyLRYpRoPyeRV4aai4TREjzlbosxSyZVoRJAFtuQlyJnxO37p5TPvZ0TD8efKQ9EriXFWq4IipsN2fOmLo6uwo2OqRqzIn9CIvOcmCXdRDDJS3L7uLk-K2IQKrvrJpU5OLcgmIl-k/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_1970.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Yellow-billed Vulture was “sunning” with one wing outstretched. The keeper explained that not only does this activity allow the bird to regulate its body temperature, but also to air out and dry its feathers.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Great Horned Owl and Barn Owl were happy to pose for us,</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">as was the Red-tailed Hawk,</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And a couple of parrots and rock doves.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think my favorite, though, was the King Vulture. A native of Central and South America, he has a wingspan of 4-7 feet and weighs 6-10 pounds. Like other vultures, he feeds on carrion. King vultures a minimally sexually dimorphic, with no difference in plumage and little in size between males and females. I think this one is a male.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A little later, the same keeper that had hosted the crocs and 'gators show gave us a short lesson on snake handling, and displayed some of the deadly and not-so-deadly residents of the zoo. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODoC5s4MeLzD1w78aCutFYoBAxLpfSTzrst4aZic_GlDpuY0BydqoGaQIZgRkbdnjprki4pXDbqdqBKaI6pxmg8vw1yvt4M2wjiVskcIDc0v5g0sIY4J7oEAIWfMNDbOeknwZXWDXiD4EtYLfpJVr6_2DE1dR8n_PRCV8L8qcVIj3iJEVeQaPSMFZ-52x/s4032/20230804-IMG_1991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODoC5s4MeLzD1w78aCutFYoBAxLpfSTzrst4aZic_GlDpuY0BydqoGaQIZgRkbdnjprki4pXDbqdqBKaI6pxmg8vw1yvt4M2wjiVskcIDc0v5g0sIY4J7oEAIWfMNDbOeknwZXWDXiD4EtYLfpJVr6_2DE1dR8n_PRCV8L8qcVIj3iJEVeQaPSMFZ-52x/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_1991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He finished off his presentation with a snake-petting session featuring an albino boa constrictor (or maybe it was a python). Any any rate, it was very popular with the kids. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was misting rain, and the prairie dogs were all underground, so we headed for the Sky Dome, </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRs5ct3opxiVL30MJF3cQJ7YM3dlxME0XTGtvzd5qpDFv0tvS3GVmUDqiUCZV-qtURe7EzMYHqTDlfFgu4b-zTUL6nlpXc8nMvuYca658Dn0awRwtO-plnfSdP7PRyXEumebpmBs86_4rEVKnakLGwsMobUR9jSPnmFJ1hkKXUq1tTHrZlmtDWzzdzqPHi/s4032/20230804-IMG_2027.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRs5ct3opxiVL30MJF3cQJ7YM3dlxME0XTGtvzd5qpDFv0tvS3GVmUDqiUCZV-qtURe7EzMYHqTDlfFgu4b-zTUL6nlpXc8nMvuYca658Dn0awRwtO-plnfSdP7PRyXEumebpmBs86_4rEVKnakLGwsMobUR9jSPnmFJ1hkKXUq1tTHrZlmtDWzzdzqPHi/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">which, along with exotic plants, snakes, frogs, toads, lizards and insects, houses the Giant Crocodile, Maniac.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFaMAVrMB5W0pA1twg5EzKm6bJrnZRUn_GrGjP1251jzHYPdkTMp0woODwDxWEDxJNk0D9CLtbKZiDfnDpR10vJ3s33AFlMhRhP_3K7vzF8z6rS-oeKKwkBHDoG8_4byDftdiEa5yJDSwlgiwOKT4CLlgeh_e379aw46U8GEIYWOoY1DYC47l3hFo2EiK/s4032/20230804-IMG_1998.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFaMAVrMB5W0pA1twg5EzKm6bJrnZRUn_GrGjP1251jzHYPdkTMp0woODwDxWEDxJNk0D9CLtbKZiDfnDpR10vJ3s33AFlMhRhP_3K7vzF8z6rS-oeKKwkBHDoG8_4byDftdiEa5yJDSwlgiwOKT4CLlgeh_e379aw46U8GEIYWOoY1DYC47l3hFo2EiK/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_1998.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkbKLmYN8bBwyqsxhM42wrpJMSm4OKLlywlQRhQ5TTyi1BubcZUHYmCtJBkrI8B8EZa9DuFbGkMQKf0oHzzmi-GpDLkiu-O2h0ijL5LKjBd2-VqpkIiFMqngSm_Gu0N37hWGVoaqUjIOzWP0lIOu-aBwpwaa6bYbF0q_2u4K0PQ-6zIB4zXkkSufn46K-/s4032/20230804-IMG_2005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkbKLmYN8bBwyqsxhM42wrpJMSm4OKLlywlQRhQ5TTyi1BubcZUHYmCtJBkrI8B8EZa9DuFbGkMQKf0oHzzmi-GpDLkiu-O2h0ijL5LKjBd2-VqpkIiFMqngSm_Gu0N37hWGVoaqUjIOzWP0lIOu-aBwpwaa6bYbF0q_2u4K0PQ-6zIB4zXkkSufn46K-/w640-h480/20230804-IMG_2005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At over 16 feet in length, he is one of the world’s largest saltwater crocodiles in captivity. He was acquired in 2004 from a facility in Australia. He was born in captivity in 1970, and could possibly live to be around 100 years old and 22 feet long. All the crocs and 'gators have both indoor areas and outside pens where they can go to sun or people-watch. Fortunately, Maniac was inside soaking in his pool when we visited, so we got a good look at him. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nearby are more scary critters. The Gila monsters were well-camouflaged, as were this tarantula and a number of the snakes.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkHBN_hG_jGrfuanMHMgfatlP6R0ypxWwkKgCDePNCIDxf8Ip9TCQhTmrEhBQ3DJle19oV7MR1XlCIuvNmeY7JtbY95evdVibwYATQ3EnrsMpmXzEpn-BT4Ril6C-n5ojdwHicfQGxidBoquH3YAdDVpsjh4WhdyOByWcOPjIg8Ql95Ht6O-jkHMv8PfO/s4032/20230804-IMG_2006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkHBN_hG_jGrfuanMHMgfatlP6R0ypxWwkKgCDePNCIDxf8Ip9TCQhTmrEhBQ3DJle19oV7MR1XlCIuvNmeY7JtbY95evdVibwYATQ3EnrsMpmXzEpn-BT4Ril6C-n5ojdwHicfQGxidBoquH3YAdDVpsjh4WhdyOByWcOPjIg8Ql95Ht6O-jkHMv8PfO/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1O-lsMEbJReNb2aEz-FCTB3D5XAEUuPUQI4IcWvTwhBnwRcsovA_0gBwJB3-l7Xmbd3q-OqHawQVSXcths9nKc4CHCFAnfEIR95ImYiBTWXxI8bn75w5R8647Z-MrXYAGcvY8COQDYdV3OAjd1LzqyGXT7agKVNPr00CBuJ3C_1eT4zS1m7IJ5jQR2xq/s4032/20230804-IMG_2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1O-lsMEbJReNb2aEz-FCTB3D5XAEUuPUQI4IcWvTwhBnwRcsovA_0gBwJB3-l7Xmbd3q-OqHawQVSXcths9nKc4CHCFAnfEIR95ImYiBTWXxI8bn75w5R8647Z-MrXYAGcvY8COQDYdV3OAjd1LzqyGXT7agKVNPr00CBuJ3C_1eT4zS1m7IJ5jQR2xq/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: arial;">The facility houses not only reptiles, but amphibians. This toad reminds me of Jabba the Hut of <i>Star Wars </i>fame. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mkuYOurIE053f6Efsfkq_1wVTZ0aO1B6L81BtXNZnRVqmWn9sALgM6rgBROKFiJMi_iQuPlj4lgxI0T_HlvQ8WkLRo5CsqK-cOSvPabhCq0HK7u_N6hRu1ABcYcsNRl3ZwBCjQyicDrMz-Z2NmPjZPA-RdpFQxtLEhc2g3iB-N2HzRV9Ubo2YynUU_Pt/s4032/20230804-IMG_2022.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mkuYOurIE053f6Efsfkq_1wVTZ0aO1B6L81BtXNZnRVqmWn9sALgM6rgBROKFiJMi_iQuPlj4lgxI0T_HlvQ8WkLRo5CsqK-cOSvPabhCq0HK7u_N6hRu1ABcYcsNRl3ZwBCjQyicDrMz-Z2NmPjZPA-RdpFQxtLEhc2g3iB-N2HzRV9Ubo2YynUU_Pt/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, we admired the very beautiful and equally deadly poison dart frogs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhP5CjHuR6L63_6BO_unDPYqjjflST7D1D5v3VYBAqxfNJPVWpx4IKEjf-0AGriE9ObCp3u0xdwkcUIelG9cJhz1mQN__WGgWqM8TujOG-wgXa2LEi9HX-H90SENkaSTEXSMCkVy1MhRdrRug0ocHPsC3oA6wbpCngLRQGSPMVNVxR92GSNgqigANOniK/s4032/20230804-IMG_2016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhP5CjHuR6L63_6BO_unDPYqjjflST7D1D5v3VYBAqxfNJPVWpx4IKEjf-0AGriE9ObCp3u0xdwkcUIelG9cJhz1mQN__WGgWqM8TujOG-wgXa2LEi9HX-H90SENkaSTEXSMCkVy1MhRdrRug0ocHPsC3oA6wbpCngLRQGSPMVNVxR92GSNgqigANOniK/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">About the size of my thumb, and native to Central and South America, they pack enough poison to kill easily, that is, if they eat the right kind of diet. Though more research needs to be done, it is hypothesized that the poison dart frogs gain their toxicity from eating formicine ants and other small invertebrates found where they live. That being the case, these frogs may or may not secrete deadly poison from their pores depending on what they are fed. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKu4Yx6iEKH-uwm36uL4_khfnS5CgLptS_LqDFab94HdOrDiEGJOPrNRXlaqj-cYnSIZDhSuzFJQQZ9ejfI1rKaJT67ZU_jiMtCdP58-zdwbL0pnKCga6VARKOdtVgG9Ugs71M8CsrkBp9nE0rHlZs3bYQcp9X8iVIIvFkYg1YIlZ8GZujSrt-NTtIE65y/s4032/20230804-IMG_2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKu4Yx6iEKH-uwm36uL4_khfnS5CgLptS_LqDFab94HdOrDiEGJOPrNRXlaqj-cYnSIZDhSuzFJQQZ9ejfI1rKaJT67ZU_jiMtCdP58-zdwbL0pnKCga6VARKOdtVgG9Ugs71M8CsrkBp9nE0rHlZs3bYQcp9X8iVIIvFkYg1YIlZ8GZujSrt-NTtIE65y/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmG7dDCBGQVrz7xNQtM4F47TrpsVVvzn9RGNQamxYjYj6Q4TTOdRVDrFyUMuIegETgzW5VXXSkI6ThaikqbN208FnT482mB8mEzEzQWgVVS9uWF8NEIzarthB9VMr1ZmI2AfBxyQG94RspOf1Wl1hWYwChS2y2g35dKz18VmFuXW2-OSpdoxJHdFnoejZ/s3034/20230804-IMG_2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="3034" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmG7dDCBGQVrz7xNQtM4F47TrpsVVvzn9RGNQamxYjYj6Q4TTOdRVDrFyUMuIegETgzW5VXXSkI6ThaikqbN208FnT482mB8mEzEzQWgVVS9uWF8NEIzarthB9VMr1ZmI2AfBxyQG94RspOf1Wl1hWYwChS2y2g35dKz18VmFuXW2-OSpdoxJHdFnoejZ/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HVTUr4udxvYcYLeJlZC3AHeneFfnSNwse-AobyjUNlsJJoDnjtoNTfRoXmB6R6cI74sJ5yi3Dauyn1aTqB9ZN-bdJqLMJZR9Z518dWGwK_iN5ZQl7R8iGraX3l0g_LgCulKH1b65g4OkC-sjUs9PdzqvKkDfi8tGIJJDkWlnK126dLFL4G23VnrjbHVY/s3382/20230804-IMG_2012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="3382" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HVTUr4udxvYcYLeJlZC3AHeneFfnSNwse-AobyjUNlsJJoDnjtoNTfRoXmB6R6cI74sJ5yi3Dauyn1aTqB9ZN-bdJqLMJZR9Z518dWGwK_iN5ZQl7R8iGraX3l0g_LgCulKH1b65g4OkC-sjUs9PdzqvKkDfi8tGIJJDkWlnK126dLFL4G23VnrjbHVY/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6Qy9hFqymjgXB57MefoYdmkDOyG6PBz7nAJ7OZBB_cUxzZBTML5zRvx0YZjp9LXEgmmx3sa-2BEkIe2Kz2xFLBz7okMzoTYeXH5mNGS4HRH3HsVXfH7ee-as3HjYtd5LMa6kl-RlVZgbcEKoVGW9xiP4Lnfvx1QMCvH5IJJWgVFd_qgwMuzfbMUyxn4l/s2937/20230804-IMG_2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2203" data-original-width="2937" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6Qy9hFqymjgXB57MefoYdmkDOyG6PBz7nAJ7OZBB_cUxzZBTML5zRvx0YZjp9LXEgmmx3sa-2BEkIe2Kz2xFLBz7okMzoTYeXH5mNGS4HRH3HsVXfH7ee-as3HjYtd5LMa6kl-RlVZgbcEKoVGW9xiP4Lnfvx1QMCvH5IJJWgVFd_qgwMuzfbMUyxn4l/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6swH4jWtQctqLrdRrdWG7PoKpbmdWQfy0aCpzRREEJrn1l-GJGyVjvum-fL8LVbcvUcagSSDxGLpYwKLn2GWIpNylxVxNA1HO9aQZCngAyxE76-wwZQzQ_AXQL-wNjOVsucm0PS2btOX_hftNBX1ElNelcY178UabRNPN7IXrMy3TTbWXVl4HIjYORfX/s3961/20230804-IMG_2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2971" data-original-width="3961" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6swH4jWtQctqLrdRrdWG7PoKpbmdWQfy0aCpzRREEJrn1l-GJGyVjvum-fL8LVbcvUcagSSDxGLpYwKLn2GWIpNylxVxNA1HO9aQZCngAyxE76-wwZQzQ_AXQL-wNjOVsucm0PS2btOX_hftNBX1ElNelcY178UabRNPN7IXrMy3TTbWXVl4HIjYORfX/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Photographing them through glass, and in low-light conditions was a bit of a challenge, but they are beautiful, with jewel-like colors.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There were several varieties of lizard (in addition to the Gila monster shown above). One, was a legless lizard that was hard to distinguish from a snake. And, there were also a couple of species of iguana. I loved this fellow's eyes, as well as his coloration.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdmfSmB3o6VtJ9SuSq_mk0lkHhvPKecybwBQoFmmnFYmIH-qfzxbjqK371paMYu9b62rSxZ5jujeHC2aLg4irYy3KIyfKHXFGnVHEu7ztVOGf4bSQRp8hmfylHi0_NFdTBYPV2VZG1ehNsgZAEFA2nvoqcfPguVlB7qT8KP90j8GE2YAQ_q04OMym9jp1/s4032/20230804-IMG_2009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdmfSmB3o6VtJ9SuSq_mk0lkHhvPKecybwBQoFmmnFYmIH-qfzxbjqK371paMYu9b62rSxZ5jujeHC2aLg4irYy3KIyfKHXFGnVHEu7ztVOGf4bSQRp8hmfylHi0_NFdTBYPV2VZG1ehNsgZAEFA2nvoqcfPguVlB7qT8KP90j8GE2YAQ_q04OMym9jp1/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Upstairs in the Sky Dome are the many varieties of snakes from all continents. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuJ-8Gu30s1ad7W0iz7xtmLs-3uRt-GuKttbsWT8pVLu-BJnS3lcL2hkACwX4O7bfbdzgTVqriAN5Z4Eu35L8vLyPMCMxUuRbQ2y9hbpUtTLUlOrlWUoYv01ksLIf-bRj-k-hZW16vZO-vnDP9_BnzhS0DWag9fekX6J2aUCmyHF7UODHh8IJT3XDGxdW/s4032/20230804-IMG_2041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuJ-8Gu30s1ad7W0iz7xtmLs-3uRt-GuKttbsWT8pVLu-BJnS3lcL2hkACwX4O7bfbdzgTVqriAN5Z4Eu35L8vLyPMCMxUuRbQ2y9hbpUtTLUlOrlWUoYv01ksLIf-bRj-k-hZW16vZO-vnDP9_BnzhS0DWag9fekX6J2aUCmyHF7UODHh8IJT3XDGxdW/w300-h400/20230804-IMG_2041.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">They peered out from their glass-fronted enclosures with beady black eyes, occasionally "tasting" the air with their tongues. The one above is a species of cobra, of which I learned there are many. They are said to flare their hoods only when threatened, so we didn't see any that looked like the snake-charmer variety. And speaking of snake-charmers, it is not the snake-charmer's flute that the cobra is responding to. Snakes cannot hear or listen to music because they do not have external ears. Instead, they respond to vibrations from the ground that their bodies pick up. It is the movement of the snake charmer and his instrument that the cobra is responding to when it sways from side to side. </span>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There also seem to be about a bazillion varieties of rattlesnake. I think this is one of them, but I'm not sure. He is well-camouflaged, though.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3QpVptxUpDQ9HnYKFUNBeLzx0M5Neo25gCMifkJuVgwpEEWXy-VVWG7wVpnSttG7BymCp8Jwq-v0SrbxHvaCHXlgpn1lm_9s3q78PfCG8DtnLDQfXyIAKRfYuvgv0n7K21QeK_I2SBQuok4-2u3gz_iYM0l-wLEPRP3ZV54RZx3VmWuzdp6lBzpOHRkX/s4032/20230804-IMG_2030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3QpVptxUpDQ9HnYKFUNBeLzx0M5Neo25gCMifkJuVgwpEEWXy-VVWG7wVpnSttG7BymCp8Jwq-v0SrbxHvaCHXlgpn1lm_9s3q78PfCG8DtnLDQfXyIAKRfYuvgv0n7K21QeK_I2SBQuok4-2u3gz_iYM0l-wLEPRP3ZV54RZx3VmWuzdp6lBzpOHRkX/w300-h400/20230804-IMG_2030.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The one below is a canebrake rattlesnake. It is considered fairly docile as rattlesnakes go, but its venom is considered very toxic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7NdrN3Ao0G7lDtv-08QI2KvNYE8hUiB8H0vRvYmB32rCYPVPlCdOfxleY0k6rIXEtoVpZCGanWfPTcqB22oBayilpuz8IkgXyn5mvVqcWzLdzYJbUhj5NviUglZN7E8ykM-O-F6MtpZf3vd_x2MEZiqUtWfic1tRXmYsD3ai4NMovLX3C0S8bCrGuTLo/s4032/20230804-IMG_2034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7NdrN3Ao0G7lDtv-08QI2KvNYE8hUiB8H0vRvYmB32rCYPVPlCdOfxleY0k6rIXEtoVpZCGanWfPTcqB22oBayilpuz8IkgXyn5mvVqcWzLdzYJbUhj5NviUglZN7E8ykM-O-F6MtpZf3vd_x2MEZiqUtWfic1tRXmYsD3ai4NMovLX3C0S8bCrGuTLo/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2034.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We saw at least a dozen different ones, most native to the American Southwest.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNHLV-hSWtpOBGTGWENGSppX3VmKNwLDV0_Xrkf6bd3-uKAUx9pgjdFWNSKSjFMAlT9PEwnFgYlG5jeqd10YOyh-aObQr5MsuBANBhKlAzN_ZXeDJE-8zi7ollIAMLLE-ouS0fVXazpOBsNbGZEK57SNX_sHQiM5aYKCbOQtBxQRE1JlDxA6aRqsoasc0/s4032/20230804-IMG_2046.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNHLV-hSWtpOBGTGWENGSppX3VmKNwLDV0_Xrkf6bd3-uKAUx9pgjdFWNSKSjFMAlT9PEwnFgYlG5jeqd10YOyh-aObQr5MsuBANBhKlAzN_ZXeDJE-8zi7ollIAMLLE-ouS0fVXazpOBsNbGZEK57SNX_sHQiM5aYKCbOQtBxQRE1JlDxA6aRqsoasc0/w301-h400/20230804-IMG_2046.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This surly-looking fellow is a cottonmouth water moccasin. Don't want to see him on our farm!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I believe the following are photos of black and green mambas. Both are highly poisonous, and claim many victims in the regions of Africa where they are native. They don't look very threatening...the green one looks like one of our local grass snakes, just bigger. But if you see one, don't pick it up!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgKz92GQvFgUTLaKK-LRA6DWTGnAzc6w0abgv7mO7SdlLOkTqzkxJOQmiefQHVYvOgvOfiTy5QpGodpJaTc0gvdV-DpnZDKHEp3NkSWal3AtOXXKeNZ1XrlHHWWzDdva_J8KMZ8NgUQtGizlo45ExRTZnupBBx0nlnGQRa9o4cdsrlY6ydEUXmNjShrGQ/s4032/20230804-IMG_2040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgKz92GQvFgUTLaKK-LRA6DWTGnAzc6w0abgv7mO7SdlLOkTqzkxJOQmiefQHVYvOgvOfiTy5QpGodpJaTc0gvdV-DpnZDKHEp3NkSWal3AtOXXKeNZ1XrlHHWWzDdva_J8KMZ8NgUQtGizlo45ExRTZnupBBx0nlnGQRa9o4cdsrlY6ydEUXmNjShrGQ/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2040.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJzbqvsOeWfVeMTj9mu-XWe0sRX_7MLp6oflutEu3Xc_wB0wu18DynxTrfEij9ZFgF5Eo89_Ur25R-F-krfZGzGxYRNwkUyDWWAa0Gnq_hvK7UwJM6QFrGuZ0KmEgA5yU8hgBVsg07jcXwnvYfQQ1i_zFWocXkvjgvcIa51r-CHVgCOLcjLWiUpvD8Gcw/s4032/20230804-IMG_2033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJzbqvsOeWfVeMTj9mu-XWe0sRX_7MLp6oflutEu3Xc_wB0wu18DynxTrfEij9ZFgF5Eo89_Ur25R-F-krfZGzGxYRNwkUyDWWAa0Gnq_hvK7UwJM6QFrGuZ0KmEgA5yU8hgBVsg07jcXwnvYfQQ1i_zFWocXkvjgvcIa51r-CHVgCOLcjLWiUpvD8Gcw/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2033.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aEySH0aZa93PMqtd1dLfwTSAUh8f63D_o59jkQxVi-zFh_aV-PBN9DK1qR5ZP_fXbZcuW9TOci13I44faE2jYYPC7mx2GJ2WUZCbv4PIx8g0aCe6t6NB3dSG8AFEjMlaBE9XPTnM_sVi6VfbNu73OAxyLi7RqcG7I8HIr6D1Px9PbZdf0P85UIYEBAhC/s4032/20230804-IMG_2039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aEySH0aZa93PMqtd1dLfwTSAUh8f63D_o59jkQxVi-zFh_aV-PBN9DK1qR5ZP_fXbZcuW9TOci13I44faE2jYYPC7mx2GJ2WUZCbv4PIx8g0aCe6t6NB3dSG8AFEjMlaBE9XPTnM_sVi6VfbNu73OAxyLi7RqcG7I8HIr6D1Px9PbZdf0P85UIYEBAhC/w400-h300/20230804-IMG_2039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here is the snake I have to include. Years ago, when we took our grandson, Gage Wann to visit T<i>he Snake Farm</i> in New Braunfels, TX, he was fascinated by the star attraction there, the Gaboon viper. We found several of them at <i>Reptile Gardens</i>, and include them here for Gage's benefit. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3F7GpBSQ5NyyF4xwOAGM0LgW6ckxhQyxcDkyqbCVeO056j-Ma_2jvW5LEO0M2c10Im4errTZ0jmsV9NfW9g7VzePZsPSKLUqQi-7CIXhWf1nHscGFSH-rS6i_sNEiqSDtg-pkR61V-75DgFbK8AsOv0TsUIa9TrtX3FW69Crchx-9w07kBdnT6U3YCkaL/s4032/20230804-IMG_2044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3F7GpBSQ5NyyF4xwOAGM0LgW6ckxhQyxcDkyqbCVeO056j-Ma_2jvW5LEO0M2c10Im4errTZ0jmsV9NfW9g7VzePZsPSKLUqQi-7CIXhWf1nHscGFSH-rS6i_sNEiqSDtg-pkR61V-75DgFbK8AsOv0TsUIa9TrtX3FW69Crchx-9w07kBdnT6U3YCkaL/w300-h400/20230804-IMG_2044.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc5HH7QsuQUqrI7qM_KjzMSTW9KNc57o5tM272oFGpEYteCR3I13-oYaxqBld3_Dpbw4vRGc9IDlQ7URXGGn4cRFIxd585NU9tjb8EzeGdXJy-VMA9G2FZXeaJHQKnSg-_QwVJ6hQbqAq6VqmPF-cJIKzngsqd8WXC7pDCU4IoaYtKU1J90TlmLGfzOOE/s3840/20230804-IMG_2036-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFc5HH7QsuQUqrI7qM_KjzMSTW9KNc57o5tM272oFGpEYteCR3I13-oYaxqBld3_Dpbw4vRGc9IDlQ7URXGGn4cRFIxd585NU9tjb8EzeGdXJy-VMA9G2FZXeaJHQKnSg-_QwVJ6hQbqAq6VqmPF-cJIKzngsqd8WXC7pDCU4IoaYtKU1J90TlmLGfzOOE/w400-h225/20230804-IMG_2036-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A native of sub-Saharan Africa, it has the longest fangs of any venomous snake...up to 2 inches in length, and the highest venom yield of any snake. They can be 4-5 feet in length, and are said to be generally unaggressive. The females can have 50-60 babies at a time, and the young are born alive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When we were showing Gage around the <i>Snake Farm</i>, he was about 6 or 7 years old. While he was mesmerized by the Gaboon viper, John and I stepped around the corner to see the other snakes. A large python was in the process of devouring a good-sized white rabbit. I was concerned that Gage might be upset, but John told me not to worry, and he was right. Gage followed us around the corner and, seeing the snake swallowing the rabbit, exclaimed, "Wow! Cool!" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As we finished our trip at the top of the Sky Dome, we were able to view this replica of the largest sea turtle skeleton ever discovered. The original was found in nearby Hermosa, South Dakota in the 1970s. It is 15 feet long and 16.5 feet across from flipper to flipper and the turtle probably weighed 4500 pounds. It lived about the same time as T-Rex and the duck-billed dinosaurs.</span></div>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When this remarkable fossil was discovered, Earl Brockelsby, <i>Reptile Gardens’</i> founder, tried very hard to keep it in South Dakota, but was unable to generate enough interest to do so. It was eventually purchased by a museum and displayed </span><span style="font-family: arial;">in Vienna, Austria. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Later, after the rain let up a bit, we explored more of the gardens and visited the giant tortoise exhibit. This one was said to be 135 years old. He was napping and didn’t react at all to being petted. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">His friend was almost as large, but was supposedly only 35 years old. One of the keepers explained that they actually reach their full size at about 35 years. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We enjoyed our day, and highly recommend a visit to this Black Hills attraction.</span></p><div><br /></div></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-66479126990547339342023-08-05T19:08:00.003-05:002023-08-05T19:21:46.989-05:00Cruising Around Custer<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We said a reluctant goodbye to Terri, Terri, Terry and Brian and set off for South Dakota. We got as far as Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and camped at the lovely Robidoux RV Park in nearby Gering. It is a beautiful park, with some shade and lots of green grass. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMY2koPk_EEWbc_5Xn-HsG78iTq3FULyJhFbJ83QKMiArHTH4UugfWhUC8WvKKWe-fASUK-Q0tWz2qqLy9q1Fnlf72iYiDwv6FfsM3F-on2-Ei8UpWvwR4OE1KGReKNVhgYFlKsyJVG7Jsaz_vZX_TkECwslI9nIAL1zhtcOTyAqKJKDl0kn_DdT0e7iR/s4032/20230725-IMG_1864.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMY2koPk_EEWbc_5Xn-HsG78iTq3FULyJhFbJ83QKMiArHTH4UugfWhUC8WvKKWe-fASUK-Q0tWz2qqLy9q1Fnlf72iYiDwv6FfsM3F-on2-Ei8UpWvwR4OE1KGReKNVhgYFlKsyJVG7Jsaz_vZX_TkECwslI9nIAL1zhtcOTyAqKJKDl0kn_DdT0e7iR/w400-h300/20230725-IMG_1864.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBkLWNAounymwZj01_4dvBzlU2eHygvv8834zpfEcB7lPCE05FVllN2q26g6fRtbI_Bz_25ZyH4Emu4yrI1iRAJ9s-vjQyamHWgZ3nGyOTpcORAqVVY2TkQIrPk-PhgIsE8SBnuy5U_YyzrZGrigfek8TbcTUYU1LMT9kb6mhoxaDclqDMGEQbwQKwX1y/s3840/20230725-IMG_1865-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBkLWNAounymwZj01_4dvBzlU2eHygvv8834zpfEcB7lPCE05FVllN2q26g6fRtbI_Bz_25ZyH4Emu4yrI1iRAJ9s-vjQyamHWgZ3nGyOTpcORAqVVY2TkQIrPk-PhgIsE8SBnuy5U_YyzrZGrigfek8TbcTUYU1LMT9kb6mhoxaDclqDMGEQbwQKwX1y/w400-h225/20230725-IMG_1865-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They even have a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">huge</span> dog/play area….even big enough for the Bagley boys to do ready-gos. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had planned to get up early and hike up to the monument, which is adjacent to the park, but Mother Nature interfered. Late Tuesday afternoon I came down with what would turn out to be a three-day bout with "distress of the lower tract," and several more days before I was feeling myself. We had considered staying another day or so since I wasn’t in the best shape to travel, but our site wasn’t available. Sooooo, after loading up on pills and Pedialite, John helped me into the truck and I curled up on the jackknife sofa with the dogs for trip north to Custer, SD, and our home for the next two weeks, <i>Custer’s Gulch RV Park</i>. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It took a full week for me to feel back to normal, but eventually I was up to hiking the old logging roads behind camp. Dutch was proud to have his own new backpack (the burnt orange one) and took to the trails like a veteran.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9GhSRoYgjRDxBG6j7d4SIAwKMyMLfWMb6b7nTiFv_qNGjCSGKnZpx-vdlu5IEswhckUgoQbH0WZL_Em02aT5kvsuJICLMbllgYDAnwqc3bcvtiVCnIGjANhAOSo-rk7jbEY0ds-WsixlATRzYNRC8IfvjEvCUoD_OanIaCcdH02UQYLy9qy_JdiCkZ4z/s4032/20230729-IMG_1875.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9GhSRoYgjRDxBG6j7d4SIAwKMyMLfWMb6b7nTiFv_qNGjCSGKnZpx-vdlu5IEswhckUgoQbH0WZL_Em02aT5kvsuJICLMbllgYDAnwqc3bcvtiVCnIGjANhAOSo-rk7jbEY0ds-WsixlATRzYNRC8IfvjEvCUoD_OanIaCcdH02UQYLy9qy_JdiCkZ4z/w400-h300/20230729-IMG_1875.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have stayed at <i>Custer's Gulch</i> many times before, and were happy that our favorite spot, #50, was available. It’s a long back-in, with the park boundary and national forest just out our back door. The site next door is also hard to get into because of trees, so it is frequently vacant, giving us a much bigger yard. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXfXfoJghw52a0saw_qmdQ7NiNO9MCZsx5uo7PbzJfz0mT0Y97W4qLjNOZIuBaw-mM483NpbDYuiDKLtdakJn5XgwJypKX4c52NKFmV_OkJ2UeTihjTyVrsVbfMxjnAGtDLcaGduYfpGJFEOSUGFsjl2VtWkKPhFjLvnRivoRjYeBKKpIHNC52QyWwQ72/s4032/20230803-IMG_1923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXfXfoJghw52a0saw_qmdQ7NiNO9MCZsx5uo7PbzJfz0mT0Y97W4qLjNOZIuBaw-mM483NpbDYuiDKLtdakJn5XgwJypKX4c52NKFmV_OkJ2UeTihjTyVrsVbfMxjnAGtDLcaGduYfpGJFEOSUGFsjl2VtWkKPhFjLvnRivoRjYeBKKpIHNC52QyWwQ72/w400-h300/20230803-IMG_1923.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We may have been far from home, but we were not far from friends from home. Buck and Sidney Thomason and new friends Kerry and Shannon Hodges were visiting the Black Hills just as we arrived. We were able to meet for a lunch at the beautiful <i>Sylvan Lake Lodge</i> in Custer State Park, and a drive down the Needles Highway. Here is one of the breath-taking views from the Lodge; Sidney, Kerry and I were careful not to get too close to the edge.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKuvrno4RLyJK1nYhcUEzibAxFn6OoK2ZzaMYPeh4kX04mCuJlHT9N6L1HlYzPYsQlYBBjq5JXF_hq0SiKIp0YpaT1yPbA8_f7NKd6TG_zQzqbVa9CgXxLNdS9Gd40E4_Ha3hXsXfHgxyUXUeDcp_mDmNvkX6fauAxXk2T4jcor8oVdSx8NP4q9hCvAQO/s4032/20230730-IMG_1886.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKuvrno4RLyJK1nYhcUEzibAxFn6OoK2ZzaMYPeh4kX04mCuJlHT9N6L1HlYzPYsQlYBBjq5JXF_hq0SiKIp0YpaT1yPbA8_f7NKd6TG_zQzqbVa9CgXxLNdS9Gd40E4_Ha3hXsXfHgxyUXUeDcp_mDmNvkX6fauAxXk2T4jcor8oVdSx8NP4q9hCvAQO/w400-h300/20230730-IMG_1886.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, we ha to take a short side trip to see the lake, crowded on this summer weekend with walkers, kayakers, and picnickers.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXyqJh-igXwD4BTw3Ng4RrhQLgJ-Muj8FyJ16kEdrSPxwvinG6drxhUX5XwkU9FSNUn5QUyb_uAHUPehS7xZ8BsHGF5uzK6lfPL8wNk93BVE9FPGtVUb2T2fGUJBdLEyajXeONa0NiYi7xqPeg-m3sbvySPl2rUtJzBAc9x2zsv8mq-GF1QdX_hnXAkMD/s5184/20230730-P7304936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXyqJh-igXwD4BTw3Ng4RrhQLgJ-Muj8FyJ16kEdrSPxwvinG6drxhUX5XwkU9FSNUn5QUyb_uAHUPehS7xZ8BsHGF5uzK6lfPL8wNk93BVE9FPGtVUb2T2fGUJBdLEyajXeONa0NiYi7xqPeg-m3sbvySPl2rUtJzBAc9x2zsv8mq-GF1QdX_hnXAkMD/w400-h300/20230730-P7304936.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ryBAhupWpE6CVDbpvZyHsz-JWQvt0b6t7kqExsmoZxrROSnczSA2o50s4dik--Srh1PrtmbP7AqUxSBko9pmPaKAxAZqSm_ncbHBGipARMMDCuoItRLIHDva76xe4IMSj3PKeoPfDOQsw2gNap7WM-O5ucI4zaxwdt9GKsAOhxDnX4yygOG85nFw-oql/s5184/20230730-P7304937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ryBAhupWpE6CVDbpvZyHsz-JWQvt0b6t7kqExsmoZxrROSnczSA2o50s4dik--Srh1PrtmbP7AqUxSBko9pmPaKAxAZqSm_ncbHBGipARMMDCuoItRLIHDva76xe4IMSj3PKeoPfDOQsw2gNap7WM-O5ucI4zaxwdt9GKsAOhxDnX4yygOG85nFw-oql/w400-h300/20230730-P7304937.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, we stopped for a view of the Needle's Eye rock formation for which the highway is named. It’s always a popular spot, and today was no exception. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BTg21O-EeT125SBJgYJeMYXxd10KNh-jJiAVzU-u-UmtypGvCMAT8gxC-t2cqCoGE_5O24d51ySuXsfOKyLq-QklgHYOP0lb6HoTnsmukw1c_5lhyclHDDGaw2NL3Kvjj7Pp7UzTvLqRW9GTDxwS5iXD-NkmH52iW1N7VFZIFcrf0DRANMh3MHnZPFlI/s4248/20230730-P7304950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3186" data-original-width="4248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BTg21O-EeT125SBJgYJeMYXxd10KNh-jJiAVzU-u-UmtypGvCMAT8gxC-t2cqCoGE_5O24d51ySuXsfOKyLq-QklgHYOP0lb6HoTnsmukw1c_5lhyclHDDGaw2NL3Kvjj7Pp7UzTvLqRW9GTDxwS5iXD-NkmH52iW1N7VFZIFcrf0DRANMh3MHnZPFlI/w400-h300/20230730-P7304950.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6DBo4B9CoVGAo9xxZusb5eGs461J802pi93QXNhGYqWxTmkqM8R-5sKZOn47GU0lDS81bg9pMaSMqgJye89qVQ3qAuqV01iSavcQORArLXiOqgroM4QjQx1sqgcX9v9g1ancQFaka_US6w03JEKE2LHA4DPoHxTscpKKYcvKQsku2j7YiSPe4bziNBUh/s4904/20230730-P7304944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4904" data-original-width="3678" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6DBo4B9CoVGAo9xxZusb5eGs461J802pi93QXNhGYqWxTmkqM8R-5sKZOn47GU0lDS81bg9pMaSMqgJye89qVQ3qAuqV01iSavcQORArLXiOqgroM4QjQx1sqgcX9v9g1ancQFaka_US6w03JEKE2LHA4DPoHxTscpKKYcvKQsku2j7YiSPe4bziNBUh/w300-h400/20230730-P7304944.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, we had a storm trooper on hand to direct traffic through the adjacent tunnel. And it's a good thing. Just as we arrived, a tour bus was making its way very slowly through the tunnel. It must have been claustrophobic for those inside.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXEo2WJOoZl2HIxNWFUgHK9FAQFpuzebozAiuy3epW0YgrGK2GY-R_H3FTzLTbq1oO7iKNW3HkjFazCKiR1RUkInWdP3J2RNJaqWLCpQMIqPio8SIVy_FXr_4MJRMR6wo0dj5ZLyys3p8OLJ_2HIaDVQOdIoikBBRHciJYjYRfqS_qgZ3TFx2Z0U5MUyE/s4927/20230730-P7304940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3695" data-original-width="4927" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXEo2WJOoZl2HIxNWFUgHK9FAQFpuzebozAiuy3epW0YgrGK2GY-R_H3FTzLTbq1oO7iKNW3HkjFazCKiR1RUkInWdP3J2RNJaqWLCpQMIqPio8SIVy_FXr_4MJRMR6wo0dj5ZLyys3p8OLJ_2HIaDVQOdIoikBBRHciJYjYRfqS_qgZ3TFx2Z0U5MUyE/w400-h300/20230730-P7304940.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfJM34w81EQTvTwr6SMWOiaxXMBQXVbRn8JSL_3WQqqO3XacHJRXYCwI1hycPrGbGjtOa_cPPvmc1r07nN_Age20q0_x7qenXaXXsoe2WcDOcnNItF0pGfG76cUUAit491Il_TQy8VzoTgs6rR1dy8V4ml_8hsPkbiXCwbXF-nHSY9ApTEYKht7lF_rEO/s5184/20230730-P7304954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfJM34w81EQTvTwr6SMWOiaxXMBQXVbRn8JSL_3WQqqO3XacHJRXYCwI1hycPrGbGjtOa_cPPvmc1r07nN_Age20q0_x7qenXaXXsoe2WcDOcnNItF0pGfG76cUUAit491Il_TQy8VzoTgs6rR1dy8V4ml_8hsPkbiXCwbXF-nHSY9ApTEYKht7lF_rEO/w400-h300/20230730-P7304954.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It must have been hot inside his suit, though. After a short time, he mounted his Harley and headed west. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipd2GRoZm7DqI4xONbTYGWhesfp-wimTD5fHXai6Ab27S9EtYAJgpESTxXYxPbY6PFZj_evtGBbNrkkWWr26j2_mMiIJNKz7UctCzZ50XcSy3Oqt-GknDofcnr1yNZ2KVgeGYS5EySCQez76Qw2N_By-XRlG-A-Tzg50jVSejHRRlWAmB_RFqj8Rln_Yh/s5164/20230730-P7304968.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3873" data-original-width="5164" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipd2GRoZm7DqI4xONbTYGWhesfp-wimTD5fHXai6Ab27S9EtYAJgpESTxXYxPbY6PFZj_evtGBbNrkkWWr26j2_mMiIJNKz7UctCzZ50XcSy3Oqt-GknDofcnr1yNZ2KVgeGYS5EySCQez76Qw2N_By-XRlG-A-Tzg50jVSejHRRlWAmB_RFqj8Rln_Yh/w400-h300/20230730-P7304968.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">We continued our drive and stopped again to view the Cathedral Spires formation. From the ledge, you can barely see to the bottom of the canyon, but I assure you its a long way down. </span></div>
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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The spot is marked by this sign explaining that the view from this spot was what inspired the vision that would become <i>Mount Rushmore</i>. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We enjoyed our afternoon, and said a reluctant goodbye to our friends before parting company. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our next excursion was a trip to Rapid City to visit with good friends Rick and Linda Lorentz. They spent several weeks with us at the farm this spring, and have just moved into their lovely new home in Rapid Valley. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After John and I had a tour of their new home and beautiful, big back yard, the four of us headed into town for an amazing lunch at <i>Firehouse Brewing Company. </i>The restaurant is set in a renovated firehouse, and features to-die-for burgers and brews. Linda and I can testify that their margaritas are pretty good as well. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxf80_eO-AhEHaBxevi52rBQHfle1iexI7H2uAZX580v-Kj7paQOlTOxn05S3HDjvBWwJb3vXzsh8tRmc-ZVUXYzWttaotsso6Pc42fm1-sgACLXC4k0PGecGBWawOS91mJPgRbE8YhM1t8G_QIKVravXA-AkyU4mue6LQnKu7xDP1JRZunmTdjjuXm08T/s3653/20230801-IMG_1908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="3653" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxf80_eO-AhEHaBxevi52rBQHfle1iexI7H2uAZX580v-Kj7paQOlTOxn05S3HDjvBWwJb3vXzsh8tRmc-ZVUXYzWttaotsso6Pc42fm1-sgACLXC4k0PGecGBWawOS91mJPgRbE8YhM1t8G_QIKVravXA-AkyU4mue6LQnKu7xDP1JRZunmTdjjuXm08T/w400-h300/20230801-IMG_1908.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qIzRMHFONyYvAlYKTd1MLiZthLI5pMNheal5nunD7QtVSW5TGyqsScGoiSQe8PMfgjhjnEpMJsbNwuADioMjLyGYKSXeeMoLEpWURxQiK6bpyxfenz3kHQDEwrWdSF5jqzCn4dbubksby3GMaMwRFntPmVPKwZ6pBpqbdmC2IaqPd00gcWkkQrBVeiFR/s2628/20230801-IMG_1909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="1971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qIzRMHFONyYvAlYKTd1MLiZthLI5pMNheal5nunD7QtVSW5TGyqsScGoiSQe8PMfgjhjnEpMJsbNwuADioMjLyGYKSXeeMoLEpWURxQiK6bpyxfenz3kHQDEwrWdSF5jqzCn4dbubksby3GMaMwRFntPmVPKwZ6pBpqbdmC2IaqPd00gcWkkQrBVeiFR/w300-h400/20230801-IMG_1909.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFX89egQEEWNwVGzEoAiA8FXvpg0BHwqU1S0SjHsd539qfcBS58tkhvONGQ-WpGQNpc9sud_ULRcFKEzlV0DVChCHR5adVuzl9eNdje1VbPs2nOuZM5_W4bZH1rhXxCYknJdi5s1H4jC6GP72A4M4VBrUVRk7YvRWDKFgck-s2V3YV3qpPwScpf_ufoTZf/s4032/20230801-IMG_1911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFX89egQEEWNwVGzEoAiA8FXvpg0BHwqU1S0SjHsd539qfcBS58tkhvONGQ-WpGQNpc9sud_ULRcFKEzlV0DVChCHR5adVuzl9eNdje1VbPs2nOuZM5_W4bZH1rhXxCYknJdi5s1H4jC6GP72A4M4VBrUVRk7YvRWDKFgck-s2V3YV3qpPwScpf_ufoTZf/w400-h300/20230801-IMG_1911.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We browsed for a bit at the wonderful shops next door, then topped off our afternoon with ice cream while we watched the kids play in the downtown water feature. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We didn’t wast any time visiting another of our favorite Black Hills restaurants. Joined by Rick and Linda as well as Bernie and Rhonda, a couple of days later we had another memorable lunch at <i>The Powder House Restaurant</i> in nearby Keystone. We were disappointed that they didn’t have our favorite Buffalo Stew in a Bread Bowl, but made do with some other yummy lunch specials. (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">And, since then, we’ve been trying to walk off those meals on daily jaunts with the dogs.) </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ual5tOQUijiACXhzdF3W3n3Ghfro1_qEFXZfQpHvqhlpcoTa2a7LuJM8035WDtz5HcQ-9KIB2BAQiTPsqy7wATuvzlMviqc-KfbIAJQAbB-zAWRmKjyPkBN8LL-XJsT6aAKW8KkTOG3oDWfpFNCFswq955B0fwAjNzQuSZGwscFxsGvN2wjpczzu-F31/s4032/20230803-IMG_3215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ual5tOQUijiACXhzdF3W3n3Ghfro1_qEFXZfQpHvqhlpcoTa2a7LuJM8035WDtz5HcQ-9KIB2BAQiTPsqy7wATuvzlMviqc-KfbIAJQAbB-zAWRmKjyPkBN8LL-XJsT6aAKW8KkTOG3oDWfpFNCFswq955B0fwAjNzQuSZGwscFxsGvN2wjpczzu-F31/w400-h300/20230803-IMG_3215.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the way home from lunch, John and I took Iron Mountain Road, which winds from Keystone and Mount Rushmore National Monument down to Custer State Park, and offers some stunning views. There are several "pigtail bridges" along this route, which is part of the 70 mile Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway. The bridges are made of wood and curl around on top of the road in order to gain elevation quickly over a short distance. Unfortunately, because of the circuitous nature of the road and the trees, it is hard to get a photo that shows them well. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWNHGdllj4OCEuZRht-j0N8_UyHf0ED6lkyD3EdYJB8Yy1M7mSrAEmyDPisDWHuTTWcRzbZeOlcFcqKTqXrThUcp-ci2VV3NXCz8JJYUwysTiZSMHny-_Fn7FMCPNzIckNEYHKtlmsvAlKoEEXpQDZqGNVN_iYI9me5f_8onyR66-wxP_k2GXnV6NsqXZ/s3796/20230803-IMG_1942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="3796" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWNHGdllj4OCEuZRht-j0N8_UyHf0ED6lkyD3EdYJB8Yy1M7mSrAEmyDPisDWHuTTWcRzbZeOlcFcqKTqXrThUcp-ci2VV3NXCz8JJYUwysTiZSMHny-_Fn7FMCPNzIckNEYHKtlmsvAlKoEEXpQDZqGNVN_iYI9me5f_8onyR66-wxP_k2GXnV6NsqXZ/w400-h300/20230803-IMG_1942.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It also pays to be patient and take one's time. There are more of these signs than I could count...along Iron Mountain Road, and they mean it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBbwqLZ3ex7ETBff4sa2Dg4BVpay1asyNNviEClTb3KhBOHuBThlcOzE1S2nlQlSyWwqkJFZN21nkI8ogrLHDH3QDsiPxpQ5eS7e6DtLJwXTomkkPVPnuXib7NJ5T_OaloPAqnuYt77ObuWyb0_RmbFnqascZPJ5qUZVFvjnQaKokby0JSblUvDNr34Qg/s3416/20230803-IMG_1963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="3416" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBbwqLZ3ex7ETBff4sa2Dg4BVpay1asyNNviEClTb3KhBOHuBThlcOzE1S2nlQlSyWwqkJFZN21nkI8ogrLHDH3QDsiPxpQ5eS7e6DtLJwXTomkkPVPnuXib7NJ5T_OaloPAqnuYt77ObuWyb0_RmbFnqascZPJ5qUZVFvjnQaKokby0JSblUvDNr34Qg/w400-h300/20230803-IMG_1963.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEJPJN-2qYHFzKg0jfCj35xfbz0JAJaZFFIxDk5iNLsi5w7_LWKkq8jVWsvem61DJIArZqTkDXKvBm37jH4x8h7lhb9ogZQPjHhFNdd9ryUlvqLnypk3RrBJQibF7pdA8B_3i2hVmffe0xATBU2Z6BprDex9eLjGQ6S9vMvhQMtuxTVzEX14-V4z5IcLh/s3587/20230803-IMG_1953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3587" data-original-width="2690" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEJPJN-2qYHFzKg0jfCj35xfbz0JAJaZFFIxDk5iNLsi5w7_LWKkq8jVWsvem61DJIArZqTkDXKvBm37jH4x8h7lhb9ogZQPjHhFNdd9ryUlvqLnypk3RrBJQibF7pdA8B_3i2hVmffe0xATBU2Z6BprDex9eLjGQ6S9vMvhQMtuxTVzEX14-V4z5IcLh/w300-h400/20230803-IMG_1953.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also negotiated with other travelers at each of the one-lane tunnels. Since this is the beginning of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, there were plenty of bikes, as well as passenger vehicles. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9Uz8SfI3DhiplSEzPeMGNeGVtze4XqZ0BsBwEI-LscRzjgB2Z37DAWaX-eQcc_vQp8cvsXtMfVzHleDYY_ZjAOku82jbO2Jujhv-ZQLlNlFBW_5rVnZLmWCw6BBiThGx0Hxa0R0RjHJGZWb6Z9xGpo-Z4G0HZJD8MOlgbGXl7j-RxagqhXWwDRG1ym4t/s3386/20230803-IMG_1957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2540" data-original-width="3386" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9Uz8SfI3DhiplSEzPeMGNeGVtze4XqZ0BsBwEI-LscRzjgB2Z37DAWaX-eQcc_vQp8cvsXtMfVzHleDYY_ZjAOku82jbO2Jujhv-ZQLlNlFBW_5rVnZLmWCw6BBiThGx0Hxa0R0RjHJGZWb6Z9xGpo-Z4G0HZJD8MOlgbGXl7j-RxagqhXWwDRG1ym4t/w400-h300/20230803-IMG_1957.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And. the tunnels are oriented in such a way that you can see the presidents on Mount Rushmore in the distance as you exit some of them northbound. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikolhNI0vVMtDPLn9N70ekvAqUWyKEfCyeqPeMBY_UzpiGAhRcZsilqBj7mkYpUdEpjbUDHXtwbRNXO2qppuW9_GlMQ8rDtKZAKSsC08p1_jrp6syWIGX4L2OGrTkt7orWkiSTKm_MXj7ELpfolinuHLf9LJ5jL_rowFAsh0-f6at0eJLe_wEwrhw0qEeO/s1871/20230803-IMG_1950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1871" data-original-width="1403" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikolhNI0vVMtDPLn9N70ekvAqUWyKEfCyeqPeMBY_UzpiGAhRcZsilqBj7mkYpUdEpjbUDHXtwbRNXO2qppuW9_GlMQ8rDtKZAKSsC08p1_jrp6syWIGX4L2OGrTkt7orWkiSTKm_MXj7ELpfolinuHLf9LJ5jL_rowFAsh0-f6at0eJLe_wEwrhw0qEeO/w300-h400/20230803-IMG_1950.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a great day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-2649974869850055612023-08-02T14:20:00.001-05:002023-08-02T14:20:41.141-05:00Three Terri(y)s<p><span style="font-family: arial;">The sun has riz; the sun has set, and we’re still here in Texas, yet.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, the sun riz and set on us a couple of times, but the afternoon of Wednesday, July 19, found us </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-decoration: underline;">finally</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> out of Texas.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We spent Tuesday and Wednesday mornings working dogs with Tommy and letting Dutch court Mo.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, worked our way north across the Panhandle and into New Mexico.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Our welcome was a violent thunderstorm, with some small hail, that had most of us pulled over on the side of the road, hazard lights flashing, because it was raining so hard we couldn’t see the road, or each other.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It didn’t last long, though, and the sun was shining by the time we reached Raton. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZx2cWw2x6TZkc__cHWPLXvJeSZuk9r2Wa-jrSK7cEdZ-DBcQJ0SEpRsZrjN-GFFAb7T8c4zUyQIzJ2idN74QKELcC6iUMp5ckO2K733JLsP3agXNhL0snipulKDHXZ4IIzTquvkDzWFIkmQbg3tWSCa2nw5FEmWGczKOzm_Vcnym4uXkGNexrojJRC6Bl/s5085/20230719-_1014880.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3814" data-original-width="5085" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZx2cWw2x6TZkc__cHWPLXvJeSZuk9r2Wa-jrSK7cEdZ-DBcQJ0SEpRsZrjN-GFFAb7T8c4zUyQIzJ2idN74QKELcC6iUMp5ckO2K733JLsP3agXNhL0snipulKDHXZ4IIzTquvkDzWFIkmQbg3tWSCa2nw5FEmWGczKOzm_Vcnym4uXkGNexrojJRC6Bl/w400-h300/20230719-_1014880.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRedHvMnNgfpt37RuiLiJ6HesTS7k9Q5HsX9mAVfGImS5IZvd09Xq21682UAtzQGs2aTJ7JDpDdLnUca_mnpLg-CW4pjrsP6KrJ4ur1JKBB7u-xPzQK9w0J1Pg0JkuuOB0fA9S-RcG65szuX0k8c80aQRzV5TJKmzNXEzy5-4hgc0j53O4h3OI4Vk7GLl/s5184/20230719-_1014885.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRedHvMnNgfpt37RuiLiJ6HesTS7k9Q5HsX9mAVfGImS5IZvd09Xq21682UAtzQGs2aTJ7JDpDdLnUca_mnpLg-CW4pjrsP6KrJ4ur1JKBB7u-xPzQK9w0J1Pg0JkuuOB0fA9S-RcG65szuX0k8c80aQRzV5TJKmzNXEzy5-4hgc0j53O4h3OI4Vk7GLl/w400-h300/20230719-_1014885.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />We parked for the night at the <i>KOA Journey</i> in Raton, and on Thursday we drove north to spend a few days with friends Terri and Brian Nicolau on their lovely place near Peyton, Colorado (a few miles east of Denver). Also spending the summer with Terri and Brian is another friend, Terri Carver, whom I have known for several years from my time working and trialing border collies. Here are several shots from our time at Terri and Brian's place, appropriately named <i>Kyon Ranch. </i>(Kyon is the ancient Greek term for "dog.") The sunset views were amazing!</span>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the view from our RV across Terri's trial field. Unfortunately, the hay balers hadn't yet arrived so the grass was too high for us to work there, but in a few weeks....</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The weather in Colorado was beautiful. The first couple of days the temperature didn’t get out of the 70s. Then we had 80s with bright sunshine, but evenings have been lovely, cool, and with even a passing thunderstorm or two.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terri, Terri and I took turns working our dogs on Terry N’s woolies. Some of them are Cheviots or Cheviot crosses and there are some Hampshires and Hampshire crosses as well. I think the black-face ones below are Hampshires, and the one with the grey face is a Hamp cross.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SewAf7o5MYMt9RSoGNJ7CfR_bl0VuUFmm0fabD364-m5VWpJyTp9c85KY3RubWF7uFz92Drz-xEPAQscHmav_Nd-w5zLiGCHqXHhUklHmZBAAxt1neNDCqMPCXkYPZpecGDQZQv8DEvmSuF1srDcMzj4PmSsVFj4vZq9dgOSdXWPuySXwDkh6Px9_jy2/s5184/20230723-_1014908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SewAf7o5MYMt9RSoGNJ7CfR_bl0VuUFmm0fabD364-m5VWpJyTp9c85KY3RubWF7uFz92Drz-xEPAQscHmav_Nd-w5zLiGCHqXHhUklHmZBAAxt1neNDCqMPCXkYPZpecGDQZQv8DEvmSuF1srDcMzj4PmSsVFj4vZq9dgOSdXWPuySXwDkh6Px9_jy2/w400-h300/20230723-_1014908.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />It was great to exchange ideas on working our dogs. Terri and Terri are veteran handlers, with years of experience raising and trialing dogs. I’m so grateful for their input and support. Here are a few pics of them working their dogs.</span><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKGDmgm7XMq_Xmg7PhOzJRrcIIqTXzI4O__v__04gfDS3jcmChdwA6ff-PvJ6m08SVL7FlmpxxuK9ladtDZGmu_-OurKF6h325l66lgoceusti-A3mIpKOJSrmtAERcq61TyEdzTKbCmgL0xdkBrRlCImsWx_9epxLMlxZvVDBecqyMMvvrkwjohCMxIn/s5184/20230723-_1014902.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKGDmgm7XMq_Xmg7PhOzJRrcIIqTXzI4O__v__04gfDS3jcmChdwA6ff-PvJ6m08SVL7FlmpxxuK9ladtDZGmu_-OurKF6h325l66lgoceusti-A3mIpKOJSrmtAERcq61TyEdzTKbCmgL0xdkBrRlCImsWx_9epxLMlxZvVDBecqyMMvvrkwjohCMxIn/w400-h300/20230723-_1014902.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terri C and Carly (I think) working</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYh5wKl7eyZRoDAD-ru673T1_BhNGwfrtGkec6cuAfFy2hLPNJXsGnqwMoYMaaTF-l85doeLggj9auIV5jpnOsID-Qf7tpVFohtsy9WYvLhgholj_d9i4VsrXnP_k2u9-Z35M4qy673iGq_vPBQuQ7x_zZwGeDClTnL_Y058m5GnIcWDPpqW2rytZktR4/s4879/20230721-_1014889.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3659" data-original-width="4879" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYh5wKl7eyZRoDAD-ru673T1_BhNGwfrtGkec6cuAfFy2hLPNJXsGnqwMoYMaaTF-l85doeLggj9auIV5jpnOsID-Qf7tpVFohtsy9WYvLhgholj_d9i4VsrXnP_k2u9-Z35M4qy673iGq_vPBQuQ7x_zZwGeDClTnL_Y058m5GnIcWDPpqW2rytZktR4/w400-h300/20230721-_1014889.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terri N sorting sheep for our morning work<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBFCLLRy-pxnxdJg__Y1vLJJKd4kw5BBHZS6MxiYCesOnrxPRMLMK5wjSzzmaj21vHONMeGCeZ9gxvNXW2UQyj5_Qrl-TE1UnM7FpVYuwybs_OM9eG9B_GOUJXLkhYNF2dXCJMKLp8AaVwCBld_UvGw6ulUDRDn8mqPXh6hOqLeqyWvmChUxENlh5Kyck/s3790/20230723-_1014906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3790" data-original-width="2843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBFCLLRy-pxnxdJg__Y1vLJJKd4kw5BBHZS6MxiYCesOnrxPRMLMK5wjSzzmaj21vHONMeGCeZ9gxvNXW2UQyj5_Qrl-TE1UnM7FpVYuwybs_OM9eG9B_GOUJXLkhYNF2dXCJMKLp8AaVwCBld_UvGw6ulUDRDn8mqPXh6hOqLeqyWvmChUxENlh5Kyck/w300-h400/20230723-_1014906.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hmkPy1KW3fOHZa3TxvkbO3NL0IE3xwPqseFrj0Z5oDEVqgJbcNwCMOa0tRyxs96yHBUDy2vEC6oycHJ3nbmvPtZ_1D5tZkPoFtOquaNJnYF4F5Ltte5IIwkUM1blxCCSh2xbT_bcHOuueDGQQgzay-9kC-H-Yqxzrihg9eimdzi-FbNT0xCRt3yFkA8z/s5184/20230723-_1014904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hmkPy1KW3fOHZa3TxvkbO3NL0IE3xwPqseFrj0Z5oDEVqgJbcNwCMOa0tRyxs96yHBUDy2vEC6oycHJ3nbmvPtZ_1D5tZkPoFtOquaNJnYF4F5Ltte5IIwkUM1blxCCSh2xbT_bcHOuueDGQQgzay-9kC-H-Yqxzrihg9eimdzi-FbNT0xCRt3yFkA8z/w400-h300/20230723-_1014904.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Saturday and Sunday brought another special treat for me. I had the opportunity to spend a couple of afternoons working with Terry Murray, who lives just around the corner from Terri and Brian. This Terry (There must be something special in the name, since all three of these women are well-known and highly-regarded in the herding community.) has placed among the finalists in almost all of the nationally-recognized US sheepdog trials, and has a wealth of knowledge about border collies, sheep, and all things dog-trial related. Her observations and advice about training, handling and trialing Dutch, Bo and Cody, will be invaluable as I move forward. Here are some pics of our working sessions. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wGbvf-MVHILBiyGnbIi-SKSfujInePHoU65_wmTRm0T3FpNyK6XGDtkjDLpfeKLIozEv8AkDPOELMYtwYm9vPMTtZ_uYFySXa5Pqkr2eQ-2j-XNOYcpf68zsKILC0zM7mbMuyFkr7sSI3Vt10gwYjcXoT2EV1AStOV_GKHd12JjN6GUgbMIoB7MKsQhB/s3669/20230722-IMG_1785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="3669" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wGbvf-MVHILBiyGnbIi-SKSfujInePHoU65_wmTRm0T3FpNyK6XGDtkjDLpfeKLIozEv8AkDPOELMYtwYm9vPMTtZ_uYFySXa5Pqkr2eQ-2j-XNOYcpf68zsKILC0zM7mbMuyFkr7sSI3Vt10gwYjcXoT2EV1AStOV_GKHd12JjN6GUgbMIoB7MKsQhB/w400-h300/20230722-IMG_1785.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terry bringing in a group of sheep</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKmvAK8RGUow0wyYSD6rTpRqd7FY4a1RNNvoDMay7quGvNtK7IrOdROEUz0Qq1XG_AHdOQEAbvWtdJgZwD8Ktg8SYcVxOsna5EoZzip1YHnM3hdz6cQpINUXvHdyB97qhyw_z4vr83tCOwFTpQlKntG3LWcXGM_8HqAOT8plqsgYRI_g9J7XQ3DKu0n7F/s3370/20230722-IMG_1791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3370" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKmvAK8RGUow0wyYSD6rTpRqd7FY4a1RNNvoDMay7quGvNtK7IrOdROEUz0Qq1XG_AHdOQEAbvWtdJgZwD8Ktg8SYcVxOsna5EoZzip1YHnM3hdz6cQpINUXvHdyB97qhyw_z4vr83tCOwFTpQlKntG3LWcXGM_8HqAOT8plqsgYRI_g9J7XQ3DKu0n7F/w400-h300/20230722-IMG_1791.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terry setting sheep for us on her big field (yes, it's a looong way down there)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwO-bw9nTSHEH8vmHW10XLYIaditmGv-A_Qn4Q0MDBBcjusMC9wTKkPbwwhhQLGfHI720muchQLPGlH-tUdWkHr6YiJkhyjGYAuJPOFGmY-h8u0TwLH5Qp_KPDDfDVZT1qbgSMP32UXIF1aSY9M0G2HshpjXVSrhXSUXG-Durc1Agw611CMysI3CLT0xb/s4032/20230723-IMG_1807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwO-bw9nTSHEH8vmHW10XLYIaditmGv-A_Qn4Q0MDBBcjusMC9wTKkPbwwhhQLGfHI720muchQLPGlH-tUdWkHr6YiJkhyjGYAuJPOFGmY-h8u0TwLH5Qp_KPDDfDVZT1qbgSMP32UXIF1aSY9M0G2HshpjXVSrhXSUXG-Durc1Agw611CMysI3CLT0xb/w400-h300/20230723-IMG_1807.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Terry working Terri N's Curly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJM_SBBwFJEprvjlAFGhlY-RyM9gHALV5NqHdTcVCIDtisGlrMSX1kGbvYXVEAKfs8E56UOEzjM06uFsM-EpsypRQ7KuuXMEJgayPt_WkV3OpEYQlwfRiqbNB4waOg9kbESk5Qis-BxQvgX5NNEXrRKfetYpmbDvSgVdUh7pdgYbcM9o7FSVc1S-wYttzl/s4032/20230723-IMG_1808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJM_SBBwFJEprvjlAFGhlY-RyM9gHALV5NqHdTcVCIDtisGlrMSX1kGbvYXVEAKfs8E56UOEzjM06uFsM-EpsypRQ7KuuXMEJgayPt_WkV3OpEYQlwfRiqbNB4waOg9kbESk5Qis-BxQvgX5NNEXrRKfetYpmbDvSgVdUh7pdgYbcM9o7FSVc1S-wYttzl/w400-h300/20230723-IMG_1808.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQJS1eYyYiJ5S1i4JmE6CR9kWEPEdTtqqX7JklhUIp_dfGn-8UTnTX3RrDQ2lFf8l1qX29mg18RD0hlR9twbG0meMgMcA3quG8u0dbrS6MYS1XwhIVpZhWnDYEDXjMzve-Fpxs9OoNVvIkSlsTa9152lgHOLTtIPE7pdjYBxHdPW-mdZ1FmSdRhwKPxJU/s4032/20230723-IMG_1809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQJS1eYyYiJ5S1i4JmE6CR9kWEPEdTtqqX7JklhUIp_dfGn-8UTnTX3RrDQ2lFf8l1qX29mg18RD0hlR9twbG0meMgMcA3quG8u0dbrS6MYS1XwhIVpZhWnDYEDXjMzve-Fpxs9OoNVvIkSlsTa9152lgHOLTtIPE7pdjYBxHdPW-mdZ1FmSdRhwKPxJU/w400-h300/20230723-IMG_1809.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And if that wasn’t enough, I was able to get acquainted with a couple of Dutch’s canine relatives. Pickle P., Terry’s Nursery dog, is a daughter of Dutch and Jill and Tommy Hefner’s Nan.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCYiXHS5-NRvy509t_tmLEdz3-kLfaDGQmDy6Ya3MDxD3ycWjg3oisCEywq1SpW-0GkVNsNBgaokwDbT_RzZFNu_9FuK3k6r7ZK9eN0O9MDLpX5qtd1WcM27I6dTgS1gm0IsR9GnfbKwk4GSC8dFQWyVkXkzy3Af0qt7Ev7NNoI6oMBgu2ryc80TIWMRm/s2465/20230722-IMG_1786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="2465" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCYiXHS5-NRvy509t_tmLEdz3-kLfaDGQmDy6Ya3MDxD3ycWjg3oisCEywq1SpW-0GkVNsNBgaokwDbT_RzZFNu_9FuK3k6r7ZK9eN0O9MDLpX5qtd1WcM27I6dTgS1gm0IsR9GnfbKwk4GSC8dFQWyVkXkzy3Af0qt7Ev7NNoI6oMBgu2ryc80TIWMRm/w400-h300/20230722-IMG_1786.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dutch's daughter, Terry's Pickle P, moving sheep<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jill, one of Terry’s Open dogs, is a granddaughter of Dutch’s sire, Serge van der Zweep’s Gary. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNJOMUrieRMUkRdyPdubbL3rAsGu0vZ7-pXFInqIvI1P_a7jlzR790Y-q2JuIQaCH34W730cUe9Avfi5Cmd54tkLEOz1ZA9fsdbQB9I9lN-ynHGAhG6m7PxpHR5dMtXU1f-NYhljX2iNPgDaSWJ0arAzeO8UN1jchFZYFK36Mu3tl0urT4a7SdfjGAshe/s3759/20230722-IMG_4793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2819" data-original-width="3759" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNJOMUrieRMUkRdyPdubbL3rAsGu0vZ7-pXFInqIvI1P_a7jlzR790Y-q2JuIQaCH34W730cUe9Avfi5Cmd54tkLEOz1ZA9fsdbQB9I9lN-ynHGAhG6m7PxpHR5dMtXU1f-NYhljX2iNPgDaSWJ0arAzeO8UN1jchFZYFK36Mu3tl0urT4a7SdfjGAshe/w400-h300/20230722-IMG_4793.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dutch and Jill; can you tell which is which?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a great week, and I look forward to stopping back by on our way home. Thanks so much, Terri and Brian! Moree photos to come when I have better internet!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-16214300100458709752023-07-18T21:05:00.004-05:002023-07-21T18:24:17.744-05:00On the Road Again 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Day 1, Friday, July 14</b> </span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;">After the frantic, last-minute packing that always goes with our annual get-away, we finally left the farm about 1:00 Friday afternoon. We left everything hot and dry, with the stock tanks hardly more than puddles. By our calculation, our farm has received less than 10 inches of rain so far this </span><span style="font-family: arial;">year. This is the third year in a row that we have been far behind the average 31 inches of rain per year that we usually receive. We can only hope and pray that the El Nino period we are entering will bring more this fall and winter.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNABe1LS1Nt8KmimjeLnVAMLX1QiC-VK-aBRzaznGWlNT0MEbQ4K7M-d2dEvXfAgu3r-qhNbvCXGQxEjxIA__sj7OUdo-oQIxlO4BKVG2bQ6UFH6J2ukgrtzuN_GAhPhJTG32l8hZjk7azJWQJxN4SFyl4AEpyCKqTSHZlsDqIuI5SZ7LL62aNKgU5uhn/s4018/20230617-IMG_1612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3014" data-original-width="4018" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNABe1LS1Nt8KmimjeLnVAMLX1QiC-VK-aBRzaznGWlNT0MEbQ4K7M-d2dEvXfAgu3r-qhNbvCXGQxEjxIA__sj7OUdo-oQIxlO4BKVG2bQ6UFH6J2ukgrtzuN_GAhPhJTG32l8hZjk7azJWQJxN4SFyl4AEpyCKqTSHZlsDqIuI5SZ7LL62aNKgU5uhn/w400-h300/20230617-IMG_1612.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also left behind the speargrass and beggar lice, and the dogs are glad to be rid of the T-shirts that prevent some of the burrs from getting tangled in their coats. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkQ2tpA6MjDQIcrtC3BOfqNQaW-Vf-MEW5QOjuQPgdtaAGxl27uZqXDH22CjHdVHWY8k5mnzy4lndjMO-EtXktfRMOPq-4vmCZblH0TrPs0F3wLXwHiFySJ3DE9s511vnAgLAAntF1C2GfsKwE-VEFjeicVZVqM-_vURDsSa-sFG4W_9JsYaWH2nPXm0a/s4032/20230619-IMG_1618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkQ2tpA6MjDQIcrtC3BOfqNQaW-Vf-MEW5QOjuQPgdtaAGxl27uZqXDH22CjHdVHWY8k5mnzy4lndjMO-EtXktfRMOPq-4vmCZblH0TrPs0F3wLXwHiFySJ3DE9s511vnAgLAAntF1C2GfsKwE-VEFjeicVZVqM-_vURDsSa-sFG4W_9JsYaWH2nPXm0a/w400-h300/20230619-IMG_1618.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFeCM206-gjQkYr2twbQAJRWGM_8Uub61P5hgyUkzImM0-BmTzPTYyPWGSyH4iOMjKrU-2LhfFMNj0jDsJvMNWcA2xvWGGjAPEJxAhJuflbv43g9kecZC_PLiQvAMabuKHwGrvJbhcdbJDluSxmKEJEbsMKNvS_NSn7xML-yxODPYUi1TcJgVIaAtuXcK/s4032/20230619-IMG_1625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFeCM206-gjQkYr2twbQAJRWGM_8Uub61P5hgyUkzImM0-BmTzPTYyPWGSyH4iOMjKrU-2LhfFMNj0jDsJvMNWcA2xvWGGjAPEJxAhJuflbv43g9kecZC_PLiQvAMabuKHwGrvJbhcdbJDluSxmKEJEbsMKNvS_NSn7xML-yxODPYUi1TcJgVIaAtuXcK/w400-h300/20230619-IMG_1625.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before leaving we had a chance to return to Austin (which we hardly recognize any more because it has grown and changed so much) for a short visit with John's sister, Judith Hightower, who was visiting from her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbVLlIK4lcp9meVOJfhkGbLpTlMSxA8Fyuh3jbMSNfGBV7I4hF42dE8hxxHo35qahxdsP8eKBvB0QKVnYTxhnMIf0KgGwnrxg5IWjycWgIQ0In-TPHRoBl2mLaPi-FEe3ZNkJeEd6Bga4Zha8eh59uF_n0oCQ_qJFU2uO90AxzXL3g7CUDVsn0lfa3251/s3251/20230628-IMG_1665.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also had an opportunity for one last practice session at Allen and Kay Mills' place in Goldthwaite. John Lewis and one of his dogs worked,</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5JMGxK2rmDLXXFmW082Hvb4GVTDI4kjn7aorJkPZl9lV_UjeYpQ03HifyiEW7esijmIL43Wq5o3ETQskS6_fjuItCeboOZltSBUPyWt4fAsYBjsHfpdKkGEZ4CX2rkFPJFX0nmgosKDEJLxV4aAiwxzfPICIuQ8iQvneHVbnhZzuHV_zLFcNfME8blwg/s3758/20230703-_1014818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2819" data-original-width="3758" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5JMGxK2rmDLXXFmW082Hvb4GVTDI4kjn7aorJkPZl9lV_UjeYpQ03HifyiEW7esijmIL43Wq5o3ETQskS6_fjuItCeboOZltSBUPyWt4fAsYBjsHfpdKkGEZ4CX2rkFPJFX0nmgosKDEJLxV4aAiwxzfPICIuQ8iQvneHVbnhZzuHV_zLFcNfME8blwg/w400-h300/20230703-_1014818.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">while the Bagley dogs waited their turns. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFIwYY9W9z_-TyVVOZyRQhV4swzjv0iqr6R4O_Nz-Sit30t59BgKgb4IVoB3IEwGFMufY94f2KN_tNKby17MLIWTT3plH2ggA2r4tuIBTYOMVFTH0BuMW2ggP6JEgCAhISWnx-BsHYe11WIpDdLkgVGwUSQ8mdbcVOH2AO924vqv47zNQRWOZzzBm-0MF/s3398/20230703-_1014820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2548" data-original-width="3398" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFIwYY9W9z_-TyVVOZyRQhV4swzjv0iqr6R4O_Nz-Sit30t59BgKgb4IVoB3IEwGFMufY94f2KN_tNKby17MLIWTT3plH2ggA2r4tuIBTYOMVFTH0BuMW2ggP6JEgCAhISWnx-BsHYe11WIpDdLkgVGwUSQ8mdbcVOH2AO924vqv47zNQRWOZzzBm-0MF/s320/20230703-_1014820.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH9yC8joQ0JCFCU7g5_vbCozoLJUIOXB4QVLT8QILE2IPuFiU3t1WoDj4DG8ChF5vjjs_TqqpEr3AW1iRBfGbFy3m4kU5UNEeemAjqJVxhpXw59jgeAB9TX7WQba_USKRUGkzOVYbNDF2IVJTQXoj4dHXpf2CgvLbnI4GWtOrpzr5kyFrzQFXSgW34MdL/s3388/20230703-_1014822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2541" data-original-width="3388" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGH9yC8joQ0JCFCU7g5_vbCozoLJUIOXB4QVLT8QILE2IPuFiU3t1WoDj4DG8ChF5vjjs_TqqpEr3AW1iRBfGbFy3m4kU5UNEeemAjqJVxhpXw59jgeAB9TX7WQba_USKRUGkzOVYbNDF2IVJTQXoj4dHXpf2CgvLbnI4GWtOrpzr5kyFrzQFXSgW34MdL/s320/20230703-_1014822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcLAyZsBBj0TZ6F7TWrjK4QtrdZ5W1MTf8Xu4opBwSU0lugQHauieaRGEyQnH0065avDjBiUI9vhlIapaV3oHByVpnh6VDZd4ravG5oUO0w0MmbwBb5LzgGQC2e93vuAI3J1YSROc89vviF6pb7hnVFkcDmTFnYACPr4C12Odzzq4H_avk_MMWl99UF2l/s3037/20230703-_1014825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="3037" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcLAyZsBBj0TZ6F7TWrjK4QtrdZ5W1MTf8Xu4opBwSU0lugQHauieaRGEyQnH0065avDjBiUI9vhlIapaV3oHByVpnh6VDZd4ravG5oUO0w0MmbwBb5LzgGQC2e93vuAI3J1YSROc89vviF6pb7hnVFkcDmTFnYACPr4C12Odzzq4H_avk_MMWl99UF2l/s320/20230703-_1014825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We left four heifers and our B1 cow and her calf, Miracle, in the house pasture, with the remainder of our small herd utilizing the creek pasture and recently-cut-and-baled coastal field. (We got 52 bales this year; thank You, God!) </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJmUWWv1--vl_FXxFPQNt50wvPGZBlzYvDH4H8oFq7wL5odrmHpeqnJrxQDW2pbfBDUuogIN3ys7sX_vNpCYo-Zc5cD90dLEOrYsTHe0lEd56j3R8hT99eW4g5IBQ4Om0XVEI3AVGC8qGVL_1FprnzVfUp8sCNo3VdAZZmQv1lZjP61ntzeid5UxBlAe8/s4960/20230703-_1014812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3720" data-original-width="4960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJmUWWv1--vl_FXxFPQNt50wvPGZBlzYvDH4H8oFq7wL5odrmHpeqnJrxQDW2pbfBDUuogIN3ys7sX_vNpCYo-Zc5cD90dLEOrYsTHe0lEd56j3R8hT99eW4g5IBQ4Om0XVEI3AVGC8qGVL_1FprnzVfUp8sCNo3VdAZZmQv1lZjP61ntzeid5UxBlAe8/w400-h300/20230703-_1014812.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are also grateful that our #602 cow presented us with a healthy black baldy heifer calf the day before we left.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDzNbZWd1ngoquF2YIf6Kj7HdE82R3q3HCJvE_eD_zp0573s4BYB0aSV7M2czZwkxiDhyB40ldxvwaTviOGaQY1LiliEaV1fl0yD0nw2abOjmGlY8UMbLNgHnK60CIdHqUYucbcyNNKCEm3u4tp0LGr8H-S1JokrNNxM0nMCuZsYZS8jI8J8q_se49P2C/s4032/20230713-IMG_1700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDzNbZWd1ngoquF2YIf6Kj7HdE82R3q3HCJvE_eD_zp0573s4BYB0aSV7M2czZwkxiDhyB40ldxvwaTviOGaQY1LiliEaV1fl0yD0nw2abOjmGlY8UMbLNgHnK60CIdHqUYucbcyNNKCEm3u4tp0LGr8H-S1JokrNNxM0nMCuZsYZS8jI8J8q_se49P2C/w400-h300/20230713-IMG_1700.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had hoped that we would leave behind some of the scorching heat that has plagued us for the last several weeks. Kota hopes so, too, because we didn't bring the fan she likes to use when we are on the back porch at home.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtvfIGYNEHO9pia98oDIumjx1TMHmf_WUNPBN7fFTXgs2QNQksJvKvpblGEGVMHItI0uDuJEPPkkgs74UUthglaLlrTzyIUZnLZC2mfPVE-QX-hfPwvYoYOl4WjitVld3rodbvF8__ggL5cemfDWd67q-OI97JJ_SzQ_wRMUC3E6RaS5RobgPB5Vct3AL/s3110/20230616-IMG_1600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="3110" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtvfIGYNEHO9pia98oDIumjx1TMHmf_WUNPBN7fFTXgs2QNQksJvKvpblGEGVMHItI0uDuJEPPkkgs74UUthglaLlrTzyIUZnLZC2mfPVE-QX-hfPwvYoYOl4WjitVld3rodbvF8__ggL5cemfDWd67q-OI97JJ_SzQ_wRMUC3E6RaS5RobgPB5Vct3AL/w400-h300/20230616-IMG_1600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It wasn't to be, though, at least for our first few days out. The first leg of this year’s trip brought us to the <i style="font-variant-caps: normal;">Cactus Rose RV Park</i> just off I-20 near Gordon, TX. When we pulled in, our car thermometer read 109 degrees. It wasn’t much cooler at Gary and Kathy Young’s place nearby where Dutch, Bo and I would participate in an Open Ranch and Nursery sheep dog trial. It was good to see our friends, though, no matter the weather. We ended the evening with chilled beverages and supper with Charly Kronberger at <i style="font-variant-caps: normal;">Mary’s Cafe</i> in nearby Strawn.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Day 2, Saturday, July 15</span></b></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The day started <span style="text-decoration: underline;">very</span> early. The first dog was off and running by 7 a.m., and all 30+ dogs had finished their runs before noon. Gary must have a special in with God, though, because he had asked for and received slightly cooler temperatures and cloud cover in the morning. Gary and Kathy and family again provided a scrumptious lunch of make-your-own burritos with several memorable desserts. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dutch was the first of my dogs to run, and he did an outstanding job. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDBe_JNQBVRYxzAH24B_P8nJqNXgVlcqQaT10ZVKAXEJo480bv0FfQLWPx8EKm13OCqM6EaX0TKslaQMrxzYvJNvgyn7Y3yLMycynI-jDt3eOcvXMPwpvRnwhJo-e17y_oVyGHOQf5kvj2Xx8IyIwFBe_d4lgqhmeLUWtwAliIRv_IBm5JMc5DYPSiRH0/s853/20230715-IMG_0921.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="853" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDBe_JNQBVRYxzAH24B_P8nJqNXgVlcqQaT10ZVKAXEJo480bv0FfQLWPx8EKm13OCqM6EaX0TKslaQMrxzYvJNvgyn7Y3yLMycynI-jDt3eOcvXMPwpvRnwhJo-e17y_oVyGHOQf5kvj2Xx8IyIwFBe_d4lgqhmeLUWtwAliIRv_IBm5JMc5DYPSiRH0/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_0921.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-1-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zjLXLHL-Z8a-r_9KQQh8ZPJBsTuaP2e-7xDs6tDUYA5Vel6u5maycp6xlCTU-rF4-XtZcSDonP-Y70j7Doo0ZkhVefFS3hiIwzJkzGlLJ_Epm4LG4y0_N89CiClwDiMUwlzdZfZ1XJuZOU7QYpQqhjbqLkReu9ZgYObIYT4SUl7OVK1iQSOzkZ4QQ2zP/s869/20230715-IMG_0921.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-1-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="869" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zjLXLHL-Z8a-r_9KQQh8ZPJBsTuaP2e-7xDs6tDUYA5Vel6u5maycp6xlCTU-rF4-XtZcSDonP-Y70j7Doo0ZkhVefFS3hiIwzJkzGlLJ_Epm4LG4y0_N89CiClwDiMUwlzdZfZ1XJuZOU7QYpQqhjbqLkReu9ZgYObIYT4SUl7OVK1iQSOzkZ4QQ2zP/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_0921.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We scored a 79 out of a possible 90 points to take third place in our open ranch class, and I couldn’t be happier with him. His only “miss” was that Tommy Hefner’s nice bitch, Mo, was friendly, but not ready for a more intimate relationship. We will try again in the next several days to get them together.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo, on the other hand, seemed to be on another planet. He started off well, running clockwise on a “come-bye” outrun. Halfway to the sheep, though, in spite of my frantic whistles to try to change his course, he crossed in front of them (a very bad no-no) and his run went downhill from there. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlhBnh7vEYDXCcQzlDxtW772N5L-GTOzMKO2YVvI2UNR5vheyHIA6MbJoqSU7ADEDDBDOv7XpWKONXVK2760UhygWLtv1kDHhQLXQnFvkkQBMdE5e5lxZ0QvXktMK2t6RHewl1xtet_DHBn6vhcKrmIkWWC_L7XMzEJtCqWhj8iS1GCK-dSvPlOP4V-hq/s1466/20230715-IMG_1707.Bo.GYoungSDT%232-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1466" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlhBnh7vEYDXCcQzlDxtW772N5L-GTOzMKO2YVvI2UNR5vheyHIA6MbJoqSU7ADEDDBDOv7XpWKONXVK2760UhygWLtv1kDHhQLXQnFvkkQBMdE5e5lxZ0QvXktMK2t6RHewl1xtet_DHBn6vhcKrmIkWWC_L7XMzEJtCqWhj8iS1GCK-dSvPlOP4V-hq/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_1707.Bo.GYoungSDT%232-1-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMI4OlQurDSUeQUa6QVQZshJjuYuPLPbn2o4e6YC1RbBDHyst7WLZLLWZblMjJBhZB6EU8UjxYTr-NwYAfVPRqeE6AOB_wUsUACwxfgO4C9EMGT2cxIpx_Z8UnRi8FFhWnnbt2vaSyhekYaR_tJAJZOfeYHjJeT7sER8109xRqu24TNPrf6t71QSTinOj/s1748/20230715-IMG_1707.Bo.GYoungSDT%232-1-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1748" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMI4OlQurDSUeQUa6QVQZshJjuYuPLPbn2o4e6YC1RbBDHyst7WLZLLWZblMjJBhZB6EU8UjxYTr-NwYAfVPRqeE6AOB_wUsUACwxfgO4C9EMGT2cxIpx_Z8UnRi8FFhWnnbt2vaSyhekYaR_tJAJZOfeYHjJeT7sER8109xRqu24TNPrf6t71QSTinOj/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_1707.Bo.GYoungSDT%232-1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMy_cHquJ35IEhLhZSdGzMV-2FXNWlJwgWgeiGzSeIrU2vZPA8yTuPJwUuldWigoWD76qTTH5rS9pcLWNRgJUuOcp0zzvm8cY9egE1QoiiKTG3oUHilGhcOq3BJuptIA7M_cYvztZjBvuvwtrIL8giqe0oYx7uAPXMK5ni_ZLEIkWDW08QQxjgb9A7o4n/s1913/20230715-IMG_1707.Bo.GYoungSDT%232-1-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1913" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMy_cHquJ35IEhLhZSdGzMV-2FXNWlJwgWgeiGzSeIrU2vZPA8yTuPJwUuldWigoWD76qTTH5rS9pcLWNRgJUuOcp0zzvm8cY9egE1QoiiKTG3oUHilGhcOq3BJuptIA7M_cYvztZjBvuvwtrIL8giqe0oYx7uAPXMK5ni_ZLEIkWDW08QQxjgb9A7o4n/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_1707.Bo.GYoungSDT%232-1-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />His handler shares the blame for the poor run, but regardless, I retired, and we will hope for a better outcome tomorrow. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dinner was a small potluck with amazing T-bone steaks provided by Tommy Hefner and sides put together by John and me, Charly Kronberger, Les Hale and John Lewis. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUm_wQ0zRpJYJLdVEoX5YkpNjshF2CvKzHx6lKUGUtyJS6cNUZ_HmhQHoeitPSebYRo-lqTEDzmvQmH8oueML1LeG3hTv6pSXm6RUlZN5S3Y3OJjT5YnZP85E0_C63BcUZfdWWtqoJp3EA395C5km17F5D1Yu06QD77MbJRhFbnOlRfUV_F0Vi4cSBA_k/s4032/20230715-IMG_1713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUm_wQ0zRpJYJLdVEoX5YkpNjshF2CvKzHx6lKUGUtyJS6cNUZ_HmhQHoeitPSebYRo-lqTEDzmvQmH8oueML1LeG3hTv6pSXm6RUlZN5S3Y3OJjT5YnZP85E0_C63BcUZfdWWtqoJp3EA395C5km17F5D1Yu06QD77MbJRhFbnOlRfUV_F0Vi4cSBA_k/w400-h300/20230715-IMG_1713.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK34thzMzQC4gonYXHVVV0WJGEgRMWUlCcdPB-YZ_X6Mv6i96oT-lhoc3xtE8T89kD9Sm1V2cKT0rqmMRNhFKHpfnBlXUqSZdYM4uAhhP10lPqDYV0VCiOzcXkbQHKruo_h_1IaiSNS1pRFKMMZS25XKWQf98ZYEFPCGZom_gMFq6A0IIryg5mcinGYcrb/s4032/20230715-IMG_1715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK34thzMzQC4gonYXHVVV0WJGEgRMWUlCcdPB-YZ_X6Mv6i96oT-lhoc3xtE8T89kD9Sm1V2cKT0rqmMRNhFKHpfnBlXUqSZdYM4uAhhP10lPqDYV0VCiOzcXkbQHKruo_h_1IaiSNS1pRFKMMZS25XKWQf98ZYEFPCGZom_gMFq6A0IIryg5mcinGYcrb/w400-h300/20230715-IMG_1715.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM1R7aCqOVC2Pt3MGCaYPNqJb6DBnsSY3kz942Pi3HyIcj5l1glYL4iJQ2Dj5lWyyx6JOstsYSNX0GohHeR0_hetCWpGU9YbYMrMUrQGjVfW1m6vGYXdoFqEdtjs4qfRRF9VVrqHw_aviZ8Lfj4I4BaAXWinw2dpQwMon7k2L4-MjgEZ1LDBYCgVW8EoC/s3612/20230715-IMG_1718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="3612" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM1R7aCqOVC2Pt3MGCaYPNqJb6DBnsSY3kz942Pi3HyIcj5l1glYL4iJQ2Dj5lWyyx6JOstsYSNX0GohHeR0_hetCWpGU9YbYMrMUrQGjVfW1m6vGYXdoFqEdtjs4qfRRF9VVrqHw_aviZ8Lfj4I4BaAXWinw2dpQwMon7k2L4-MjgEZ1LDBYCgVW8EoC/w400-h264/20230715-IMG_1718.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A good time was had by all and we headed home for an early bedtime and 5 am wakeup on Sunday.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Day 3, Sunday, July 16</span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I thought yesterday’s weather was good, but today's was even better. The morning started with a nice cloud cover and a few raindrops. It held until just before we completed the trial at mid-day. Not at all typical of Texas in July…but it didn’t last. By the time I got back to the rig to pack up, the thermometer read well over 100 degrees.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dutch again had a very nice run. His score of 75 earned a fourth-place finish. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l65CgrDfKjN8j9jiDFCBOVe6I2F18b1Az231e9qB1xqx116zrmiAq9lxMvPK5JIBcUpwRLMFkvTIqOmF0CNvvb0dT7Rdf1taUZd_Ar5y4ic8X4QMAIe4WPBQRwFTIlnnbl_hTWg509NUpHK7fM23fV2_3IOL9upajrj5FjipJlHXz6Zpj2FzocGygXj1/s2207/20230715-IMG_1722.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-2-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="2207" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l65CgrDfKjN8j9jiDFCBOVe6I2F18b1Az231e9qB1xqx116zrmiAq9lxMvPK5JIBcUpwRLMFkvTIqOmF0CNvvb0dT7Rdf1taUZd_Ar5y4ic8X4QMAIe4WPBQRwFTIlnnbl_hTWg509NUpHK7fM23fV2_3IOL9upajrj5FjipJlHXz6Zpj2FzocGygXj1/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_1722.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-2-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CMG-4j8qm2jU25I6Jet4EWnrvOI_ACgIGTH43YUK5Wm2_QiyIRQr_KzRmTU30SsXwPoTpYuPLENbUMEXM_uz27SDul5cgUcuzwULxoOtPqQ0-BSga68ivn34-6mXfE1P0G3tLoZlhITfMh15DU4FEH1hVqEFPReREBB4IFbBARacJw6Gg9Ilo_WN3Mdg/s1638/20230715-IMG_1722.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1638" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CMG-4j8qm2jU25I6Jet4EWnrvOI_ACgIGTH43YUK5Wm2_QiyIRQr_KzRmTU30SsXwPoTpYuPLENbUMEXM_uz27SDul5cgUcuzwULxoOtPqQ0-BSga68ivn34-6mXfE1P0G3tLoZlhITfMh15DU4FEH1hVqEFPReREBB4IFbBARacJw6Gg9Ilo_WN3Mdg/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_1722.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-2-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5vKbMe6ukyvC24WLf3WglcVCmqUTL4UhUTSK2iJP9GPXluW99JpgorKnDVVfysYlOHPzsvB7tEpT49e62S8sroEolJNx18wMrzxxwD6iOL-CPrTQo-LJGunFh8K9zjCC104NYpGvl0cLtmcc_8h9BKbSgoUgLK05CHLtzIgl0KhyO-znMdBw5UZ-NgOU/s3022/20230715-IMG_1722.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-2-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="3022" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5vKbMe6ukyvC24WLf3WglcVCmqUTL4UhUTSK2iJP9GPXluW99JpgorKnDVVfysYlOHPzsvB7tEpT49e62S8sroEolJNx18wMrzxxwD6iOL-CPrTQo-LJGunFh8K9zjCC104NYpGvl0cLtmcc_8h9BKbSgoUgLK05CHLtzIgl0KhyO-znMdBw5UZ-NgOU/w400-h225/20230715-IMG_1722.Dutch.GYoungSDT%232-2-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our pen wasn’t as clean as on Saturday, but we finished the 7-minute course with almost a minute to spare. Bo and I had several conversations about his performance on Saturday, and he took them to heart. His score wasn’t as good as Dutch’s, but it was a very respectable 67 and we penned our sheep. Unfortunately, I didn't get a video of his run. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My camera battery ran out of juice before I took many pictures, but here are a several from the weekend. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yF7G7FfOX54j2oA8u2c_ouY_wK5Eki4LrnHX7J9oVbbHHyh8LmCPEBxzZ0UhEvVQy4eiTA7Hdi5MTuILHs5SjJpexOMcia0QW6y0uI5kC48It61VcIGfQWYa95qAHRmaDSmHEmZnwoEpuu-4PiRhQt9QqaKY346D3wmjO5_CubfOelIMjruiXQSBcd1B/s4032/20230715-IMG_1709.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yF7G7FfOX54j2oA8u2c_ouY_wK5Eki4LrnHX7J9oVbbHHyh8LmCPEBxzZ0UhEvVQy4eiTA7Hdi5MTuILHs5SjJpexOMcia0QW6y0uI5kC48It61VcIGfQWYa95qAHRmaDSmHEmZnwoEpuu-4PiRhQt9QqaKY346D3wmjO5_CubfOelIMjruiXQSBcd1B/w400-h300/20230715-IMG_1709.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jerri Lynn Pierce's Vonnie waiting for her exhibition run</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zOnpfDoi0We8PDFFJ_-ZZMHzkUeBrRET2HRK4hI7jMfWKiui3XR7C7x4BED7FNLgqJRwrVYa--I3tWe1eNcWafh3emSyH9L3F2rMsEvNKQv9nBfy7vHEcDZYU-RnSICL6lKrHFerE7dL9Fs6Jrjbmhzhfrr4URGW98rDY0TgSRDVKO1McJA6UdrzWbfv/s1188/20230716-IMG_1729.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zOnpfDoi0We8PDFFJ_-ZZMHzkUeBrRET2HRK4hI7jMfWKiui3XR7C7x4BED7FNLgqJRwrVYa--I3tWe1eNcWafh3emSyH9L3F2rMsEvNKQv9nBfy7vHEcDZYU-RnSICL6lKrHFerE7dL9Fs6Jrjbmhzhfrr4URGW98rDY0TgSRDVKO1McJA6UdrzWbfv/w400-h300/20230716-IMG_1729.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tommy Hefner and Earl<span> </span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTRTauzCfs-cWDtJ-mb50FJbTFEuIOVkTx7_j3l9azfH6yZ2ZS2LWBycz92F-gg1WlDX-fBseu-qsfbHY_1igspatbFsK_Pl2CjmKCB32Uqbu8XhmWz647QMMzqfjHTBmJg_YRbYNVcQLLlTF_7VDQyigkXva_7AsRRNwq0ckcU__XC_B_mGb6Oq70w9z/s4717/20230715-_1014841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3538" data-original-width="4717" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTRTauzCfs-cWDtJ-mb50FJbTFEuIOVkTx7_j3l9azfH6yZ2ZS2LWBycz92F-gg1WlDX-fBseu-qsfbHY_1igspatbFsK_Pl2CjmKCB32Uqbu8XhmWz647QMMzqfjHTBmJg_YRbYNVcQLLlTF_7VDQyigkXva_7AsRRNwq0ckcU__XC_B_mGb6Oq70w9z/w400-h300/20230715-_1014841.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kathy Mazzola and Spec</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9mpB971c16MqAdz3vyAhizNgc36ghnmSnxHii2Kjjx-YPMhERL_vxKNpghm44zg9_L9RJtkoZOLBRUTxP6Udffqp0-vchRAWQdIWHVg5N3vgwWn3DJYgi9ylpDPS11rAnqUw2CpYZv-W9NArKVPLDwLBZe0F1mSwlvzlgcJa87j4nFvT4h-x1u_Wu7K_/s5184/20230715-_1014833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9mpB971c16MqAdz3vyAhizNgc36ghnmSnxHii2Kjjx-YPMhERL_vxKNpghm44zg9_L9RJtkoZOLBRUTxP6Udffqp0-vchRAWQdIWHVg5N3vgwWn3DJYgi9ylpDPS11rAnqUw2CpYZv-W9NArKVPLDwLBZe0F1mSwlvzlgcJa87j4nFvT4h-x1u_Wu7K_/w400-h300/20230715-_1014833.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jennifer Anderson and Lace</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBFfZspXplyUuGbFrIinfHxmU-uSAFE3FNwpVK99Nrr6VEnXulNIWBdAbtN-0kWm3u4bygZSGNraFVpSMEJT3NMh5VAF0AqmdmisLodqgZ5ft1nNOCSp4WGshjekIMvwYDN6zx7yPN69FJ9k0BroFk6jlm2_01Dq7YJk0TU8BcZ52jnACUaj7p8OzkxRo/s2387/20230715-_1014834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2387" data-original-width="1790" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBFfZspXplyUuGbFrIinfHxmU-uSAFE3FNwpVK99Nrr6VEnXulNIWBdAbtN-0kWm3u4bygZSGNraFVpSMEJT3NMh5VAF0AqmdmisLodqgZ5ft1nNOCSp4WGshjekIMvwYDN6zx7yPN69FJ9k0BroFk6jlm2_01Dq7YJk0TU8BcZ52jnACUaj7p8OzkxRo/w300-h400/20230715-_1014834.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lace cooling off</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVqwTy3ht8qrbUaZwwvEox89ryqHEJ6O78RZTY3T176_XbEDHi03SB58bRpwyFNOOB0yMVBfe82P75wYVw2_D8_iCGytQt6FP25y1eofai2DLGnAaokTT2848Avbpa-5XLdflstCZzhxJvxQmt7q0pcosxs3tOrKSHvWabomrnYEvmOxiIjr2UptuS6_w/s4338/20230715-_1014837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4338" data-original-width="3253" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVqwTy3ht8qrbUaZwwvEox89ryqHEJ6O78RZTY3T176_XbEDHi03SB58bRpwyFNOOB0yMVBfe82P75wYVw2_D8_iCGytQt6FP25y1eofai2DLGnAaokTT2848Avbpa-5XLdflstCZzhxJvxQmt7q0pcosxs3tOrKSHvWabomrnYEvmOxiIjr2UptuS6_w/w300-h400/20230715-_1014837.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lindsey Williams and Mo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89ENGOHy6h7cKCitRLBxEmqhg6leY07ZsIgNpv8nnNM9P9KBWMs1n_qsoWkxTTPJyDNR3kCSPMC7Gmn79amQI2nVIub6YFa-iDkkb05QJi1vBpGKOh8TpPbpq_eafjwUHVbYe12gcAqYJ-fr5Z-k3BJv1wSSOPTxCWpSi9fKiX2pQ8DN5UuTF6JZn5s-f/s4636/20230715-_1014838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3477" data-original-width="4636" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89ENGOHy6h7cKCitRLBxEmqhg6leY07ZsIgNpv8nnNM9P9KBWMs1n_qsoWkxTTPJyDNR3kCSPMC7Gmn79amQI2nVIub6YFa-iDkkb05QJi1vBpGKOh8TpPbpq_eafjwUHVbYe12gcAqYJ-fr5Z-k3BJv1wSSOPTxCWpSi9fKiX2pQ8DN5UuTF6JZn5s-f/w400-h300/20230715-_1014838.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cindy-Lou-Who Kronberger</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwO3NHhPAafPTy-ooyZPjQGGRKGAdRDdfN6nc_i7koz0lFUlgQNk5p2OySIdgw7vgAkNFZIZpUZKhpoUfNX6JxhzSrYi8dcwQN_Z4JebOuQEXpQswH5hosSF4cWEv5dDNXectoVMrEIb9gOXfPO1p4SqD9KIAgjWoUDu4N46YscGgjZ5-t3uM-ByYGGAV/s2863/20230715-_1014847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="2863" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwO3NHhPAafPTy-ooyZPjQGGRKGAdRDdfN6nc_i7koz0lFUlgQNk5p2OySIdgw7vgAkNFZIZpUZKhpoUfNX6JxhzSrYi8dcwQN_Z4JebOuQEXpQswH5hosSF4cWEv5dDNXectoVMrEIb9gOXfPO1p4SqD9KIAgjWoUDu4N46YscGgjZ5-t3uM-ByYGGAV/w400-h300/20230715-_1014847.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chris Thompson and Tick</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunday we overnighted in Snyder, TX, at <i>Country View RV Park. </i>We started calling for reservations as soon as we left Gordon, never dreaming we would have to phone half a dozen places before we found one that had room for us. Workers in the oil and gas fields have apparently taken most of the available spots, so we will need to call sooner to be sure of having a place to stay. Normally, we would boondock, but with the temperatures well into the triple digits, that’s asking too much of our batteries and generator. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Day 4, Monday, July 17 </span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday was an easy trip from Snyder to Friona, TX, where we camped at the <i>City of Friona <span>RV Park</span></i><i style="font-style: normal;">. </i>The power is good, and there are trees and grass in front of the rig where we can tie out the dogs and sit in the shade while the RV cools off.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a short visit Monday night with Tommy Hefner at his beautiful Frio Draw Ranch, while we again tried to convince Mo that she and Dutch would make a nice couple. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimab1vhKaDcRfSQ63U65uIClp3OlG0ersCguOAVKZpOVpclDpYu8tT-h9DTX8eykmtkbDoHypM-Vt59kOgz-PrbJFRmoq_DDVWCDnhXB_ipYPZU_c4c-tG7vKY5Oh2AgaqXEjRQeLe1qIYzB_eaS3tcM5mf75idjzczIoUSpFD3QTUdubw2iQJMSMNVsOX/s3608/20230718-_1014874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="3608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimab1vhKaDcRfSQ63U65uIClp3OlG0ersCguOAVKZpOVpclDpYu8tT-h9DTX8eykmtkbDoHypM-Vt59kOgz-PrbJFRmoq_DDVWCDnhXB_ipYPZU_c4c-tG7vKY5Oh2AgaqXEjRQeLe1qIYzB_eaS3tcM5mf75idjzczIoUSpFD3QTUdubw2iQJMSMNVsOX/w400-h300/20230718-_1014874.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkpVo5pDB5ZS8M6vDp46usPI4agd3lcG_MU17nk-bYtPb76CIZeK4RswfdmIX0YboKTp8Hk91CDrywj7-Xx4KTL2EJMANLTX6nAOf2A8pWCp1qSgMOgwYmu_YkpS-07mcY-XnlGa0LtvQMLGNpBitunW4B6Q54ntz1XeaCYgHLJPABUCKgKVceMlHZ8RP/s4032/20230719-IMG_1738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkpVo5pDB5ZS8M6vDp46usPI4agd3lcG_MU17nk-bYtPb76CIZeK4RswfdmIX0YboKTp8Hk91CDrywj7-Xx4KTL2EJMANLTX6nAOf2A8pWCp1qSgMOgwYmu_YkpS-07mcY-XnlGa0LtvQMLGNpBitunW4B6Q54ntz1XeaCYgHLJPABUCKgKVceMlHZ8RP/w400-h300/20230719-IMG_1738.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbkxzVft5Ielwr42lW2xMITn_DoJSK8N2VJpt4pT47K3koddOYWONvnSmsEE-f00SqeezmBPwaxuF46hw8vCNEkO2TFdNpbZ6n6bAlNskr-JD2KbSeMGWoFqc9B_eoUYffU9OwNniHp0crEqmr7iWTJNys8G_ipRJE-a1PredozFs0az6S-P8koKuoWZo/s4032/20230719-IMG_1739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbkxzVft5Ielwr42lW2xMITn_DoJSK8N2VJpt4pT47K3koddOYWONvnSmsEE-f00SqeezmBPwaxuF46hw8vCNEkO2TFdNpbZ6n6bAlNskr-JD2KbSeMGWoFqc9B_eoUYffU9OwNniHp0crEqmr7iWTJNys8G_ipRJE-a1PredozFs0az6S-P8koKuoWZo/w400-h300/20230719-IMG_1739.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> There was no coupling in the cards, though, at least not today.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-859271553971616502023-06-15T09:50:00.004-05:002023-06-15T09:53:26.822-05:00Rare Birds?<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We have had many visitors to our bird feeders this year, probably in part due to the extended drought. However, the ones that have been the most interesting to us are the ones that don’t come to feeders. A pair of them have been feeding in our pasture for the last couple of weeks. They are very striking crested caracaras, and we have so enjoyed watching them forage for bugs, and perhaps mice, among the weeds and grasses. They aren’t especially rare, but they haven’t visited our place before, so having them around has been a treat.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The caracara is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found throughout Central and South America and is common to South Texas. It looks like a hawk, but behaves like a vulture, feeding on carrion as well as large insects and small animals. There was no carrion in our pastures, so we assume mice and grasshoppers were the quarry these were hunting.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So far, they haven’t come very close to he house, and there is nowhere I can hide to get better images. These few shots are the best I have, but I’ll be watching to see if there’s an opportunity to get closer ones.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another “rare” bird that we encountered recently is this wading eastern screech owl. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John found this bedraggled specimen early one morning standing breast-deep in Rue’s dog swimming pool and called me to ask what to do. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(Since he appeared to be a young bird, we suspect he was one of the two that fledged here several weeks ago.) </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, Rue had already splashed most of the water out of the pool, so, though thoroughly soaked, he was able to keep his head above water. John pulled him from the water and attempted to place him on a nearby limb, but the poor little fellow was so tired and cold that he couldn’t perch. So, John placed him on a towel under a laundry basket in the warm sun, and put a large rock on the basket so it wouldn’t blow away. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Several hours later, when I returned from working dogs, I went to check on our small charge. I was amazed to find basket in rock in place, but our bird nowhere to be found. Screech owls are small birds, but who knew this one was small enough to escape through the holes in a laundry basket?! We looked all around, but haven’t seen him since and assume he warmed up, dried off, and joined his family. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-48033137683793204972023-06-13T15:25:00.006-05:002023-06-15T16:40:31.449-05:00A Memorable Memorial Day<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes it seems like my life is built around dog trials. After all, they happen when they happen and I can’t schedule them to fit my schedule. But whenever possible we show up…Cody, Bo, Dutch and me, and whenever possible, John, Rue, Kota and our RV. A couple of weeks ago, we had an opportunity for the whole crew to travel.</span></p><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The occasion was Gary Young’s Open Ranch/Nursery Trial a couple of hours away at his and Kathy’s lovely place near Gordon, TX.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Not only did we want to take Bo and Dutch to compete in the Open Ranch class, we </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-decoration: underline;">really</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> wanted to take Falcon and the Royals on the road.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Falcon (our Volvo 610 tractor) had just come home from Waco where it had had a new clutch installed.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">This would be our maiden voyage with the new clutch.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We were cautiously optimistic that the repairs would solve the problem we had experienced earlier when the truck had intermittently lost power for a few seconds. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So…..we left Rick and Linda minding the place for a couple of days, loaded up, hooked up, and headed north. When attending dog trials, we usually park at the trial site, boondocking with fellow competitors and enjoying the company as well as the competition. This time, though, we were told the entrance to the property was too tight for a rig our size. We made a reservation 26 miles down Interstate 20 at Horseshoe RV Park in Ranger. (It wasn’t quite what the pictures on the website promised, but the gravel sites were level and the power was good.) There were also plenty of wildflowers all around, including many of these beautiful American Basketflowers.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnRi6aK1pK2C5hvgkjLtAujXbt6HvDFYJsI8eXm42mFlI31e4rB7vopAKBnxcPUapgEbkMEsR1RoGkVZlnGDK-LdtlHEkJXZUHZZqLwA2ADl9T3fbvD_xv9bZKvKj3lriAvLcmZrLBu8lyHKNFVORnlI5kf9eDSY4d3KNw3IrsfBibolI2nICF3JxMg/s1212/20230527-IMG_1413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="808" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnRi6aK1pK2C5hvgkjLtAujXbt6HvDFYJsI8eXm42mFlI31e4rB7vopAKBnxcPUapgEbkMEsR1RoGkVZlnGDK-LdtlHEkJXZUHZZqLwA2ADl9T3fbvD_xv9bZKvKj3lriAvLcmZrLBu8lyHKNFVORnlI5kf9eDSY4d3KNw3IrsfBibolI2nICF3JxMg/w266-h400/20230527-IMG_1413.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, Ranger is a small town that has seen better days. The vacant lots, cracked sidewalks and faded downtown mural pretty much say it all. I hope there are better days in this little town's future. <br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAAD46u6ZK3MuD2vzxy1FmtqOYU8AQLJWQAL8mPvcfhLeDMGIStq4n4ay-mVxfgbFGrOlh1gHxwqcro8sGdAIN4tMqCACSsL9eZOLR8VvCTkjr7EDOO7wgE-9opClo-KvyCqT0QKfA8DA_jbtzQ0s7wAtxN44Ea0ZTpsNH-2YJk1_aMjxee0YE55Kcw/s3914/20230527-IMG_1411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="3914" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAAD46u6ZK3MuD2vzxy1FmtqOYU8AQLJWQAL8mPvcfhLeDMGIStq4n4ay-mVxfgbFGrOlh1gHxwqcro8sGdAIN4tMqCACSsL9eZOLR8VvCTkjr7EDOO7wgE-9opClo-KvyCqT0QKfA8DA_jbtzQ0s7wAtxN44Ea0ZTpsNH-2YJk1_aMjxee0YE55Kcw/w400-h168/20230527-IMG_1411.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The weather cooperated, though, with lovely cool, cloudy days, and the trial field was nice and green. I was proud of both my boys. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJK5kZhp99OBYUFeq4oA_TVzCX8ZrGgf2mRYMjSG6w6PR_F-i5PQy6Cb3QSNw5Giaza3PDZWKh_etfvBsSkOjg0VGu1l5SLrR98rKcKrt6j9sg94HXIctdkwlDUcyEkfx6aGs2fm3m7k2ku0_QMAmNqrPGdUwQH-Lnj_vpnRlkxvc8omyaRMA3UqV6lg/s4032/20230527-IMG_0833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJK5kZhp99OBYUFeq4oA_TVzCX8ZrGgf2mRYMjSG6w6PR_F-i5PQy6Cb3QSNw5Giaza3PDZWKh_etfvBsSkOjg0VGu1l5SLrR98rKcKrt6j9sg94HXIctdkwlDUcyEkfx6aGs2fm3m7k2ku0_QMAmNqrPGdUwQH-Lnj_vpnRlkxvc8omyaRMA3UqV6lg/w400-h300/20230527-IMG_0833.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was Dutch’s and my first outing at a trial, and both days we got numbers instead of letters, so I was very pleased. (Thanks to John for the photo above, as well as for taking videos of some of our runs.) Dutch and I are still getting acquainted herding-wise, and sometimes he doesn’t quite understand my whistles, so I was a little apprehensive. I shouldn’t have worried. He had two lovely outruns and lifts, and we made it all the way around the course with the sheep. We even got a pen on the second day. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was especially proud of the way Dutch handled the sheep on his first run. Most of the sheep used were white Dorper ewes and lambs, with a few black heads and spotted ones mixed in. Dutch, however, drew three of the four (I think) black sheep…two ewes and a lamb. They were coming down the fetch pretty well, when one of the ewes (White-tail) began calling frantically to her lamb, which was in the exhaust pen some distance beyond the handler’s post. The lamb was bleating loudly in reply. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Understanding what was happening, Dutch was covering her escape to the side and I was trying to block her path with my crook. She wasn’t having any of it, though, and, leaving the other two sheep, bolted for the exhaust pen and her lamb. Dutch did a masterful job of turning her back…several times, and was finally able to bring her back on course and round the post with all three sheep. It certainly wasn’t pretty, and we lost a lot of points, but were able to complete the course. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo gave me two very good runs, earning 6th place out of 21 dogs with a score of 66 (out of a possible 90 points) in his first run and 5th place with a 70 in his second. I was especially proud of his outrun, lift and fetch on his first run. He brought his sheep to the post with no points off! We do have work to do on his drives, though. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some photos from the trial. All-in-all, it was a great weekend. Gary and Kathy Young put on a very nice trial (not to mention a scrumptious lunch on Saturday!), and Gary was an excellent judge. I especially appreciated his constructive comments after our runs. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are a few more photos from the trial. (Thanks to photographer John Brasseaux for the last four photos below. He always does an excellent job capturing our dogs.)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3v2sx0qbL0359DD9hJxWu5ORolAFJALh6TVFpFqeLowLHl0FKacZPiZNm59O-tY_Dqwf1Z7vYRs-z53vNi_z-h4x9SRRoJvr97HM8_vukmNvBZavSJjQTEP-QnzU_WlBNikrNwAnwynhEugWdB2GAAHkZWhlEOl5oA1HIp2qZvG2eRrCjnVfAKzihw/s1971/20230527-_1014720.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6HT9QV-NcRCK7twkQqT5PpEONyWTVQlc1RKfkvEFCznYLquZhf01T9n-A72F0AByZAQeZI7sudQ5dvp_JT2m2nw5LUsLyJzrId_uYjNTknySBn2Biv1Yn6rqS9pqDzTaO_SdHzHX-27qYnzaPOloho6HjwE9S-HN5uxlH1tCI-YrA2vSfaM8AdrkXg/s3959/20230527-_1014701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2969" data-original-width="3959" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6HT9QV-NcRCK7twkQqT5PpEONyWTVQlc1RKfkvEFCznYLquZhf01T9n-A72F0AByZAQeZI7sudQ5dvp_JT2m2nw5LUsLyJzrId_uYjNTknySBn2Biv1Yn6rqS9pqDzTaO_SdHzHX-27qYnzaPOloho6HjwE9S-HN5uxlH1tCI-YrA2vSfaM8AdrkXg/w400-h300/20230527-_1014701.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Lewis and Cleo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPCg5jOoQ84_N2cdSAPsVSYhqF2-Obk4sOacj91eOGd0q0MGyOeNg7UHykE_z9D4Q7IEakEn_9E4ImJzg8G7aHVPbcrJGHzOd_mWQKtRwLt9AoKFpJSQaZHaoi5vS3YFrbl-zMLR7Ii2k4-rHgMS5AqbMmq_IiRKM8rXK8X2F8fEksO1OCZqpY00k-A/s2598/20230527-_1014724.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="2598" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPCg5jOoQ84_N2cdSAPsVSYhqF2-Obk4sOacj91eOGd0q0MGyOeNg7UHykE_z9D4Q7IEakEn_9E4ImJzg8G7aHVPbcrJGHzOd_mWQKtRwLt9AoKFpJSQaZHaoi5vS3YFrbl-zMLR7Ii2k4-rHgMS5AqbMmq_IiRKM8rXK8X2F8fEksO1OCZqpY00k-A/w400-h300/20230527-_1014724.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charly Kronberger and Cindy Lou Who<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3v2sx0qbL0359DD9hJxWu5ORolAFJALh6TVFpFqeLowLHl0FKacZPiZNm59O-tY_Dqwf1Z7vYRs-z53vNi_z-h4x9SRRoJvr97HM8_vukmNvBZavSJjQTEP-QnzU_WlBNikrNwAnwynhEugWdB2GAAHkZWhlEOl5oA1HIp2qZvG2eRrCjnVfAKzihw/s1971/20230527-_1014720.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1286" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVasCcOe2CoW909Oxw786Hc6YpJsZ1Xwfgu3G0sDjG9uqODU5RIPVDNtJV_fgA8XPuGaxnzKenM-X4nCaRsyPSdWmMqhDbLB8a67fqXfOx75k_MC4xNSpNVL_Yk75a7CeiCmTGoRw4BO0q5Ac7LN0QcJV9BIbIRwwP5IjbACt6HXkhbVx-gNUYyqpb4Q/w400-h286/20230615-IMG_1565.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo taking it easy after his run</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVasCcOe2CoW909Oxw786Hc6YpJsZ1Xwfgu3G0sDjG9uqODU5RIPVDNtJV_fgA8XPuGaxnzKenM-X4nCaRsyPSdWmMqhDbLB8a67fqXfOx75k_MC4xNSpNVL_Yk75a7CeiCmTGoRw4BO0q5Ac7LN0QcJV9BIbIRwwP5IjbACt6HXkhbVx-gNUYyqpb4Q/s1286/20230615-IMG_1565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">But that wasn't the end of our adventures. Sunday afternoon we packed up, loaded up, and were preparing to hook up when the right front leveler on the Royals refused to budge. We couldn't position the rig properly to hook up, so there we sat. Of course, these things only seem to happen at the most inconvenient time...in this case on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend! There wasn't a repair facility open within hundreds of miles. We worked on the Big Foot leveling system all afternoon, then gave up and declared Happy Hour. We spent a somewhat uncomfortable night since the RV wasn't level, but at least we didn't roll out of bed.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Monday morning, John thought he had traced the problem to a bad solenoid. He prepared to wire around it, in theory bypassing the problem so the system would work. NOT! Nothing happened, and we were about to give up and wait another day until we could find an RV mechanic. I decided to try one last time to free the leveler using the controller, and Thank You, God! It worked. I don't know if it was divine intervention, but I'm happy to give Him the credit. We hooked up and headed back home, vowing not to unhook until we were able to take to rig to Waco to our mechanic. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a great weekend...just a little longer than we had expected.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReqU5YHldvxqimjUV0d5A8po0RWt4gSzqQ0Wyfj8NaBEzqLnmbH8zcLJFUxNT4MQGTnPeLkeBPXFhZ6OcOTKzSLc1runU3F5l10mZnFBjFwqL6QqBEcJ7j20rSaVA11BH2d6OvWU5RgiICuPuECoi8J8FsFwzRYTWpxtRLZcAYDBCzD3bE3PAekrGSg/s3564/20230529-IMG_1438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="3564" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReqU5YHldvxqimjUV0d5A8po0RWt4gSzqQ0Wyfj8NaBEzqLnmbH8zcLJFUxNT4MQGTnPeLkeBPXFhZ6OcOTKzSLc1runU3F5l10mZnFBjFwqL6QqBEcJ7j20rSaVA11BH2d6OvWU5RgiICuPuECoi8J8FsFwzRYTWpxtRLZcAYDBCzD3bE3PAekrGSg/w400-h225/20230529-IMG_1438.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUE05ESDox75Au320uR1z8d0u4zGXQ53RNi97zt44Jj036mKUXgr8EyRM_3f-eeVzOE4OvhzyZfQlKrneHsQEA12L9rRrATqreYl24LP57raHjlfXFzpgws-9O-4_YVn1UzCPGgjY76qnwRj3f_avHHKJT964lHXrd6k2onG3VvseZSI9JJui3jDtNg/s3667/20230529-IMG_1449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2063" data-original-width="3667" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUE05ESDox75Au320uR1z8d0u4zGXQ53RNi97zt44Jj036mKUXgr8EyRM_3f-eeVzOE4OvhzyZfQlKrneHsQEA12L9rRrATqreYl24LP57raHjlfXFzpgws-9O-4_YVn1UzCPGgjY76qnwRj3f_avHHKJT964lHXrd6k2onG3VvseZSI9JJui3jDtNg/w400-h225/20230529-IMG_1449.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the way home, the roadsides were a brilliant display of red, yellow and purple. A fitting end to our trip.</span></p></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-25358722724474979792023-06-05T15:52:00.001-05:002023-06-05T15:52:18.535-05:00Class of '61 Reunion<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Friends are a gift, and old friends are a treasure. Last weekend I was blessed to spend the day with a couple of dozen treasures…members of my Hamilton High School class and their spouses, friends and family members. My eleven classmates who attended and I lined up for yet another group photo, the first in several years. </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: auto; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgad2WwYttk4HoKnNiskySX6ounUWnTL4xQCc1DYsjdN8dqVhd5qZvFz9S4tAF76e_g6ruCWpFzIjSzSLqHNwqlVmPT8V0sDCSP4oa1IzYhKXT_ELsEbk4YyMrtaUmYiI7yyoZvn0kxMqiXGX-ZL7ciBDg9_aYpLHWmZu7gRs_RiJWclw3HWZkmIKInqg/s2765/20230603-IMG_0949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2765" data-original-width="2074" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgad2WwYttk4HoKnNiskySX6ounUWnTL4xQCc1DYsjdN8dqVhd5qZvFz9S4tAF76e_g6ruCWpFzIjSzSLqHNwqlVmPT8V0sDCSP4oa1IzYhKXT_ELsEbk4YyMrtaUmYiI7yyoZvn0kxMqiXGX-ZL7ciBDg9_aYpLHWmZu7gRs_RiJWclw3HWZkmIKInqg/w480-h640/20230603-IMG_0949.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(L-R, Front to Back) LaRuth Hurley Morrow, Michal Jones Bagley, Jane Evetts Cartwright, Robert Reich, Patty Sparks Howarth, Jimmy Don Thompson, Delton Eary, Ivan Gregory (in hat), Jimmy Joe Jacks (in hat), C.W. Strickland, Ronny McDaniel (center rear; he and wife, Reeve Love, came the farthest...from Albuquerque), Dennis Taylor</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I believe our graduating class consisted of some 57 members, but we also count as classmates a few very special individuals who shared many of our growing-up years, but who may have graduated elsewhere. We all form a cohesive group of co-conspirators who proudly call ourselves the “Class of ’61.” </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">LaRuth Hurley Morrow and husband Richard hosted us at their lovely “Home Place” outside Pottsville (just a rock’s throw from Hamilton). </span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a day filled with laughter, catching up on each other's news, reminiscing, and missing our classmates who have passed or who could not attend. Here are more photos from the get-together. We may have more lines in our faces, but we came together as if the intervening years since graduation did not exist. </span></p>
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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">God Willing, there will be another gathering next year and that we'll all be there.</span></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-46129815671432852372023-05-24T11:14:00.010-05:002023-05-24T11:19:50.006-05:00Cash Cousins Reunion 2023<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_bX5YPnSDfr0NOynN-vOjGDjBUmp2NJ7Dyhz1kuE7FSPvnkOvmoTR8FcVu1rhUdHU36y-X_WnOh5nkyKwwIYdnkjUBzIxIu7c46anF_1EL3AZCR4sYWvzk7S2CkU0u1ll7SaUkQg65jTAJtdLlmzbuSgZ79HwEU12tfbRBoZNThj1DDzG6Cx1pOE3g/s5184/20210926-_9262124.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Family reunions are hard to organize. It’s like herding cats to find a time when everyone can get together. For a number of years, we were able to collect the Cash Cousins and their families and share good times, good food and good stories. It was easier when my parents, Bob and Evelyn Jones, were alive. Mother was the last of the three siblings who produced all of us cousins, and we gathered around her like chicks around a mother hen. (In addition to Mother, now missing are my Uncle Gene Cash, father of Karen, Kathy and Kelly, as well as my Aunt Frankie Atwood, mother of my Cousin Frances.) Here are images of some photo collages I made of our previous get-togethers.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppyPV6NaInqSBu_LzI4eol3coX1vRBDHkjLu4wGUQtI_A2tTvDHl2h0jQoNNAO8qoEjCJ2C2aD0EUYqSzT-GLESKsDYoHhK8Qbt1xWA54jiRLX7DBP3M2KsbSroOlUrURZ_Pw4o1wYvQ_rwHpFwYpxPE3xqO4iDc0Dqa2uMPf5VQ_ADAUcaUjCYQ_iA/s4411/20210926-_9262159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3573" data-original-width="4411" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppyPV6NaInqSBu_LzI4eol3coX1vRBDHkjLu4wGUQtI_A2tTvDHl2h0jQoNNAO8qoEjCJ2C2aD0EUYqSzT-GLESKsDYoHhK8Qbt1xWA54jiRLX7DBP3M2KsbSroOlUrURZ_Pw4o1wYvQ_rwHpFwYpxPE3xqO4iDc0Dqa2uMPf5VQ_ADAUcaUjCYQ_iA/w400-h324/20210926-_9262159.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3630" data-original-width="4487" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfhAv3pP1ZKcICUCQN46wdYRIyXILEHjrwakFbhoZzOUN4hauFVlTBYyoAlaDzfnvaIH1lcQbwVl7-q-qTMDF8MQjnEHWiiYsSw4K5mr1weenO4_E6bQCbhekgtYB97Q-M_hN3JREZr4xt94e8s5EbbCDHewONyM1XnSP5fsKVo3aPQY97tHWmQrfOg/w400-h324/20210926-_9262145.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">After several failed attempts, we finally rounded up quite a few of the cousins and reinstituted the Cash Cousins Reunion this past weekend. We weren’t able to assemble everyone, but hope next year we can have this group plus a few more. Here are photos from our weekend. </span></div>
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Gage, Ian and Tisha tried their hands, with Sunny coaching in the proper techniques. </span></p>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The </span><span style="font-family: arial;">family dogs ha</span><span style="font-family: arial;">d fun, too. Cody, Dutch and Bo kept watch, ever hopeful of a "Ready...Go!" command. </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuud3Kt6_WzuRlxiRzG5WeuhAAETfpf-5NcYeaKW0szHcAJt1Qo3_z4qkcXzNoOY9M_a8OjSafREMPfiPgR_NIcPkhyrDt4lY3kxiaSIXKX9FFPGXjgz7-tYYZ1NFlb1_ZEWfNroleC4paAsmS5B2trVaC-hpmRp9lJo_S7hWgm6LkC53zIKgXwfsyQ/s3670/20230520-_1014647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="3670" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuud3Kt6_WzuRlxiRzG5WeuhAAETfpf-5NcYeaKW0szHcAJt1Qo3_z4qkcXzNoOY9M_a8OjSafREMPfiPgR_NIcPkhyrDt4lY3kxiaSIXKX9FFPGXjgz7-tYYZ1NFlb1_ZEWfNroleC4paAsmS5B2trVaC-hpmRp9lJo_S7hWgm6LkC53zIKgXwfsyQ/w400-h300/20230520-_1014647.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Granddog Zelda had a smile on her face as she rolled in the grass. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlMeG9mT6or2vRWpLc-dLwLrCdhnsC5A360jS-9ANv6kEVGyJ4aH2gFPCsXVOiOO950n_bslXCnBD-yr1NW0KVIZXY6yYcibFGkNanqfrTd-3GLeVDc7q0_32RG4AoryinaUmmayx6Oo3Uhmxcta3gy6yfZbT3CpYAX9Hf62w9RQ9QDmguEv02_p5ug/s3074/20230520-_1014663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2306" data-original-width="3074" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlMeG9mT6or2vRWpLc-dLwLrCdhnsC5A360jS-9ANv6kEVGyJ4aH2gFPCsXVOiOO950n_bslXCnBD-yr1NW0KVIZXY6yYcibFGkNanqfrTd-3GLeVDc7q0_32RG4AoryinaUmmayx6Oo3Uhmxcta3gy6yfZbT3CpYAX9Hf62w9RQ9QDmguEv02_p5ug/w400-h300/20230520-_1014663.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Huey circled us all in good herding dog fashion, and Cousin Zeva snapped flies under Rick's watchful eye. </span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz9g2YPBYoSXh5TttXMzSIxk4MQQ6zSowSp1gcARj7JP4My48jLFkiUmGmRsoL-LJCvepsINMsUSEgoxKngcHhxfm84cbpLSDn9KRiyw9hfzQTOLt4Pg2osUnJzrJyy9e8cal_E3uNSfGCY4ELutDp4NJgzoNzAu9RY_aXCBAkxBy2X3zXQLjeswbvw/s1677/20230520-_1014646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1677" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz9g2YPBYoSXh5TttXMzSIxk4MQQ6zSowSp1gcARj7JP4My48jLFkiUmGmRsoL-LJCvepsINMsUSEgoxKngcHhxfm84cbpLSDn9KRiyw9hfzQTOLt4Pg2osUnJzrJyy9e8cal_E3uNSfGCY4ELutDp4NJgzoNzAu9RY_aXCBAkxBy2X3zXQLjeswbvw/w400-h300/20230520-_1014646.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeVaZxLWkCJ1XOw6rUtI009mtPBzjYlHJZe8JFkSJcXCnQkiprd2aYitPPxQ3KW1H4Aba9zYSmFI0XcLVF1bQTwFQtRiiX29uLOmperW3ucsS_1JsnkV09sE5sNdT-DZnjpiC9GDhwp_F02vCA_-a10TQwRadA4w6ZkGy9jWmirNrhRlYXPeYj7ePSQ/s3348/20230520-IMG_2567.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3348" data-original-width="2511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeVaZxLWkCJ1XOw6rUtI009mtPBzjYlHJZe8JFkSJcXCnQkiprd2aYitPPxQ3KW1H4Aba9zYSmFI0XcLVF1bQTwFQtRiiX29uLOmperW3ucsS_1JsnkV09sE5sNdT-DZnjpiC9GDhwp_F02vCA_-a10TQwRadA4w6ZkGy9jWmirNrhRlYXPeYj7ePSQ/w300-h400/20230520-IMG_2567.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, there was amazing food. 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A few days after we discovered them, instead of sitting in the door of the next box, Owlivia began keeping watch from a branch several feet above,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Rumhh4G46NniioMGT0TxyND9ialqPRq1-ew8Qr5Y2JtHUaIDPDm3KIIzqObZ_o2zsNjRKaRowz8kp97-o2O3Ap06uYkvGjlOJ1joaT_UsT4eT5YPjE3DKjNGdRXoRXCx6GjXMt5zCpOWJOq_5MpraseCoP4VqVt4ZI4XjPlz325WMjTPQ4HzKxTEVQ/s3137/20230508-_1014538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3137" data-original-width="2353" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Rumhh4G46NniioMGT0TxyND9ialqPRq1-ew8Qr5Y2JtHUaIDPDm3KIIzqObZ_o2zsNjRKaRowz8kp97-o2O3Ap06uYkvGjlOJ1joaT_UsT4eT5YPjE3DKjNGdRXoRXCx6GjXMt5zCpOWJOq_5MpraseCoP4VqVt4ZI4XjPlz325WMjTPQ4HzKxTEVQ/s320/20230508-_1014538.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> with Owliver nearby. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVljLb3JoRqlfUdZZpEOFfwDw4D4SRK7M_uxJoVITwlzrZKCKrvCeUXx3BhdoHTdN0XstzFjHzK559S8si4saRqkMePZJ1sNFMk49MLkNFlDevXGaCmyTxQ7F7Mh9dxBeZcaPMcLhVyEAWktg7KVMBIebQD_Pud_-cIclNhmzTTuZ5xn6alCESLMGEQ/s1969/20230508-_1014563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="1477" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVljLb3JoRqlfUdZZpEOFfwDw4D4SRK7M_uxJoVITwlzrZKCKrvCeUXx3BhdoHTdN0XstzFjHzK559S8si4saRqkMePZJ1sNFMk49MLkNFlDevXGaCmyTxQ7F7Mh9dxBeZcaPMcLhVyEAWktg7KVMBIebQD_Pud_-cIclNhmzTTuZ5xn6alCESLMGEQ/s320/20230508-_1014563.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />That is when I was sure her eggs had hatched and it was getting crowded inside. I wasn’t wrong. A few days later little heads began appearing in the door. Owlets! </span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, last Monday came the Big Day. We looked up to see Mom and two fuzzy babies perched in the Spanish oak. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquz96mXKou9PWyBZB4hzhStcR67UNiVoGYEVQwi8KtUV4SskFBVygee21hw-a3r-sPY_xZQ7HNKXHu57fC-0JarVcVVXiBvmUCUWVNtPMGNTwkcqndu3_svP468nE2r4pvi9ICBg66xQ9DIJaC4K_k2He8c55GX2LcjxO5hKMYEHMXEihyrEb8K59zw/s4549/20230515-20230515-_1014591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3412" data-original-width="4549" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquz96mXKou9PWyBZB4hzhStcR67UNiVoGYEVQwi8KtUV4SskFBVygee21hw-a3r-sPY_xZQ7HNKXHu57fC-0JarVcVVXiBvmUCUWVNtPMGNTwkcqndu3_svP468nE2r4pvi9ICBg66xQ9DIJaC4K_k2He8c55GX2LcjxO5hKMYEHMXEihyrEb8K59zw/w400-h300/20230515-20230515-_1014591.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was windy, and the little ones were hanging on for dear life as they swayed in the breeze. They moved from ranch to branch all day. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIT7NQWiLDX66pzD9OOARhmSFUbidegDswPVHqWmTgb8RlRXYQ5MwSmh6bTkUnm_LhMxi7-kn4Zp0KMdgllSK5WlkJBq3t84oSPjhQe5v86MmceRQPxV2U968O0dB2X9ruGcHIR7xr8ASUU6PNsdDk7o7hxHnwzV_d_u67-JTi8Bwy5Qp2orXSRHS3Iw/s4591/20230515-_1014608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="4591" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIT7NQWiLDX66pzD9OOARhmSFUbidegDswPVHqWmTgb8RlRXYQ5MwSmh6bTkUnm_LhMxi7-kn4Zp0KMdgllSK5WlkJBq3t84oSPjhQe5v86MmceRQPxV2U968O0dB2X9ruGcHIR7xr8ASUU6PNsdDk7o7hxHnwzV_d_u67-JTi8Bwy5Qp2orXSRHS3Iw/w400-h300/20230515-_1014608.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, late in the afternoon. Owlivia and Owliver began calling softly, encouraging the youngsters to follow to an adjacent elm tree. The larger of the chicks trembled on the end of a branch, then while I held my breath, launched herself in a clumsy arc to the adjacent tree. Her smaller sibling, unfortunately, flopped to the ground where he flapped and hopped along in search of his family. He was noticeably smaller, and perhaps had hatched a day or so later than Sister. I captured him under a cup towel and carried him back to the nest box, hissing and clacking his beak in protest. He spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in the door of the nest box, and Tuesday perched in the tree with Mom. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSd9IVJ3hGCuCw72IMd6Ry7u-0PLeWjoY4SoZvjGyQk3SKbv9ehTG2LN_G_yu44KOi3EXmBP-mKRkbw4tWMODSxPE8j2DPGjYloG0gZvhQtbUAk_pIRmyuM_0HAVNy1V6JP51PdIthzleQlXIQSCV7TycHvR3iBrcdMRzrLbYjZA8y5IXxZFHbAuzQw/s1823/20230515-_1014585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="1367" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSd9IVJ3hGCuCw72IMd6Ry7u-0PLeWjoY4SoZvjGyQk3SKbv9ehTG2LN_G_yu44KOi3EXmBP-mKRkbw4tWMODSxPE8j2DPGjYloG0gZvhQtbUAk_pIRmyuM_0HAVNy1V6JP51PdIthzleQlXIQSCV7TycHvR3iBrcdMRzrLbYjZA8y5IXxZFHbAuzQw/w300-h400/20230515-_1014585.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apparently the extra day was all he needed. By Wednesday morning Mom and owlet had moved on. We enjoyed them, and hope Owliver and Owlivia will return next year to raise another family. </span></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-8181309524842695292023-05-12T16:44:00.001-05:002023-05-12T16:44:37.311-05:00Marching Forward<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Time marches on…and I’ve been so busy living life that I haven’t done too much reporting on it. February rolled into March. The Spanish oaks put on fresh, green leaves and the wild plum trees burst into bloom.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Family visited, along with all the dog cousins. Laura, Jamey and Rachel found out that Sparkle Lily, one of the heifers we are keeping, will take range cubes from their hands. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John and I hosted the first meeting of our new church family. <i>One Church Bosque</i> met in our barn for its first service, then assembled for several weeks at Buck and Sid Thomason’s barn before taking up temporary residence each Sunday at the <i>Cliftex Theater</i> in Clifton.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Allan and Jef, assisted by the McElhanys and Carmody’s, dismantled the old barn behind the Little House. Here is how it looked in the summer of 2014 (when we had lots of rain and good grass?). Bob and Evelyn built the barn with the help of family, but unfortunately it was in serious deterioration and in danger of falling down. We all loved it, but its time was past. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been replaced by a slightly smaller, but much sturdier new structure. Tin from the old barn helps keep the character of the original, which we all loved so much. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQjPTw8pxzHkpzqtRH0nYBlgLDvMgX8M7tIInr0bPrgR0e9xNO0JAsjmbK1kQt1apTK7OXEI_-WWe1OcMCTjMEA9ietNbjxYwoYA64gItDGNGcsZEGvC_6ktw2og5IB5S4wmOoDKtAV8yTPOVwXaCCLm__xkqM5vmpIL2pztIOZSTfNMW3lEaOcrJuA/s4032/20230512-IMG_1329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQjPTw8pxzHkpzqtRH0nYBlgLDvMgX8M7tIInr0bPrgR0e9xNO0JAsjmbK1kQt1apTK7OXEI_-WWe1OcMCTjMEA9ietNbjxYwoYA64gItDGNGcsZEGvC_6ktw2og5IB5S4wmOoDKtAV8yTPOVwXaCCLm__xkqM5vmpIL2pztIOZSTfNMW3lEaOcrJuA/w400-h300/20230512-IMG_1329.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had expected our good friends, Rick and Linda Lorentz, to arrive on March 26 to spend a couple of weeks on their way north for the summer. They were a day late, but not by choice. Their Winnebago motor coach broke down outside of San Antonio and they spent the night at the repair shop. On Monday, they loaded clothes for a few days, as well as the contents of their fridge and freezer, and headed for our house. We were delighted to see them, of course, and planned some fun things to do while their coach was repaired. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That wasn’t the end of it, though. Instead of blowing a turbo, the mechanic said they had lost the entire engine! Very bad news, as they then had to find the exact motor that would fit in their coach. That wasn’t easy, especially since their coach was over ten years old. The saga has continued for several weeks. An engine was finally located, but had to be removed from a damaged coach and shipped from Kentucky to the repair shop in San Antonio. It is presently being inspected, prepared and installed. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We haven’t wasted our time together, though. Rick and John have done a number of wood-working projects, including re-screening our front and back doors and building several tables and cabinets for the shop. Linda and I have had a great time taking walks through the bluebonnets, </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSejyUFbGywFDMHy_yvh2E9rRUIB68QmW-ZUrwnmJzk2G3uvdsGNq5ak-ROe2l0NOOlKu-k4YzdcdBb7lDM6UB1H3kDNNwHNSgA98VTOJjnjKDPSYzlBz2oFmeHedyMUEAiTd7j72R0lpX5R8HjIgZx8kPTracZKGbSjQazbPkmXmepE1JwZ1c5LE88A/s4032/20230405-IMG_1181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSejyUFbGywFDMHy_yvh2E9rRUIB68QmW-ZUrwnmJzk2G3uvdsGNq5ak-ROe2l0NOOlKu-k4YzdcdBb7lDM6UB1H3kDNNwHNSgA98VTOJjnjKDPSYzlBz2oFmeHedyMUEAiTd7j72R0lpX5R8HjIgZx8kPTracZKGbSjQazbPkmXmepE1JwZ1c5LE88A/w400-h300/20230405-IMG_1181.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXzvUXtUHBskxu4cyn_9R8ctCIC-I4QrRvsCfOmCm7U2qYNiW2IcamhCTH0duszp5tW0QKu7Pw3Hx6IzkAsWfdQho2_zz3Zek3VUjzdjMhxU9NVf7Ug12ZSV5-gN4ZCqOg5-OpWbtvkKeuaM1trjusRW7JhHl3CRS1KMxE8azxQIsIMLekUviwxHPOA/s3024/20230510-IMG_1325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXzvUXtUHBskxu4cyn_9R8ctCIC-I4QrRvsCfOmCm7U2qYNiW2IcamhCTH0duszp5tW0QKu7Pw3Hx6IzkAsWfdQho2_zz3Zek3VUjzdjMhxU9NVf7Ug12ZSV5-gN4ZCqOg5-OpWbtvkKeuaM1trjusRW7JhHl3CRS1KMxE8azxQIsIMLekUviwxHPOA/s320/20230510-IMG_1325.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">admiring the yucca coming into bloom, shopping and attending local activities such as the monthly Gap Chamber of Commerce meeting and Derby Day at <i>Red Caboose Winery (with </i>mint juleps and In our Derby hats, of course). </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeX0i4gZBeP5kfYlWzl4gnxCdRv-G5IQBQl4Ev_3fuDhp3Kc8OKTq6qoHuYaINGLmyXES4sh1qyPPINb1bScSXHDjloL-rTrnww8y9AvfQwtiQy7bYvaoCN8CCMPesbhVzawSIZFcF78jdUp5XqSrKv3-f16TpApfYKf3sEsqE4VkJPyicfrFFTTS-Q/s4032/20230506-IMG_1313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeX0i4gZBeP5kfYlWzl4gnxCdRv-G5IQBQl4Ev_3fuDhp3Kc8OKTq6qoHuYaINGLmyXES4sh1qyPPINb1bScSXHDjloL-rTrnww8y9AvfQwtiQy7bYvaoCN8CCMPesbhVzawSIZFcF78jdUp5XqSrKv3-f16TpApfYKf3sEsqE4VkJPyicfrFFTTS-Q/w400-h300/20230506-IMG_1313.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />We have also been watching our resident eastern screech owls, Owlivia and Oliver. (Traditional screech owl names carried forward from those we had as neighbors in Volente.) Owlivia was first spied sitting in the door of the owl house, but has since moved out into the Spanish oak off the patio where the nest box is mounted. </span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You will notice that the Bagley Pack now has five members instead of four. Llanfarian Dutch joined our family in late April. He is a 3 1/2 year old male border collie, and a pleasure to have as a member of the family.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am thankful and blessed to have Dutch, but heartbroken at the circumstances that brought him here. My dear friend and fellow competitor in sheep dog trials, Jill Hefner, had been suffering from cancer for some time. When she realized her time here was short, and she could no longer work or care for her trial dogs, she reached out to friends and offered us the opportunity to buy them. It was heart-wrenching when Jill contacted me and offered me Dutch, because I knew how she treasured him. She was at peace, though. As she said, “I’m not afraid; I know where I’m going.” She was a woman of deep faith, and I cherish the memories of our times together. I am honored and blessed that she gave me this opportunity to take Dutch, and I will do my best to give him a wonderful home and continue the successful training and trialing Jill started. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNZZClGsq1ADn-ZDAqs-1bTaSIBFM4_5Z37JlYih28oXihxpMqgypMCZRwCsP878PGEhvTinfL1B5LL2lCJ3wuS-hfnsAa5q6QSJEDGeVP6Jm0oOvt_a5TUHwGmLAReGsa46dWaPwxgwEvPmRkeLdqQe5r4_UKH5EzVPPpCo6WAmBDfOSQXcvMfBCbw/s3542/20230408-IMG_1204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="3542" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNZZClGsq1ADn-ZDAqs-1bTaSIBFM4_5Z37JlYih28oXihxpMqgypMCZRwCsP878PGEhvTinfL1B5LL2lCJ3wuS-hfnsAa5q6QSJEDGeVP6Jm0oOvt_a5TUHwGmLAReGsa46dWaPwxgwEvPmRkeLdqQe5r4_UKH5EzVPPpCo6WAmBDfOSQXcvMfBCbw/w400-h300/20230408-IMG_1204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Me3lf8MHU2BmLgDPthqDP2-w_h3ZlV8MOPRx87OmF2LDze5js0b90dZz94MHsGQ56_UspgYxcE_ma0fQ9beInm52Zbvg2PmRfjR2vDgOk78KoQbjc1w3SU-_dnLYVyb7nxmdh0nhGiNH0iQvKe8MYqUoSropx1o320kNCjlrpw8b20FXXUboya8i3g/s2155/20230330-_1014361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="1616" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Me3lf8MHU2BmLgDPthqDP2-w_h3ZlV8MOPRx87OmF2LDze5js0b90dZz94MHsGQ56_UspgYxcE_ma0fQ9beInm52Zbvg2PmRfjR2vDgOk78KoQbjc1w3SU-_dnLYVyb7nxmdh0nhGiNH0iQvKe8MYqUoSropx1o320kNCjlrpw8b20FXXUboya8i3g/w300-h400/20230330-_1014361.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dutch has the potential to become an outstanding Open trial dog, and to pass along his bloodlines to many beautiful pups. Jill imported him as a puppy from Serge van der Zweep’s <i>Llanfarian Border Collies </i>in the Netherlands. His imported name was Llanfarian Moss, but she chose "Dutch" </span><span style="font-family: arial;">as his new name in recognition of his native country. I first noticed Dutch when Jill and I were competing at the </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sand Rock Classic Sheep Dog Trial</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in Oklahoma in 2021. At the time, I even told her, “If you ever find you have too many border collies and want to get rid of Dutch, be sure to call me first!” I am so blessed that she did and I look forward to working with him. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The past couple of months have been busy ones for us. John and I, Rick and Linda spent a morning at Charly and Paul Kronberger's <i>Firefly Ridge</i> farm helping Charly worm the ewe lambs while Paul recuperated from knee replacement surgery. </span></p>
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Linda helped open and close gates and recorded the whole event for posterity.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLD8F0kx1KgFWPHjrdJNo2SIqbbN86v--ZqqKHtsqDzRQ_QJpyMp7NZFi9eM_SjD9g8qdiuavPREZI2_Wj0a2NDV4X9RuozBYFkQjwHN_8sepVFA6Ca148FB_wWDjG5GhV6WbJEO-2bI6PGzcNhXto3izdINeaVYR5wMwjJ_0g2QnUQ_AbtLLC0g0i2g/s3602/20230331-IMG_1140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="3602" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLD8F0kx1KgFWPHjrdJNo2SIqbbN86v--ZqqKHtsqDzRQ_QJpyMp7NZFi9eM_SjD9g8qdiuavPREZI2_Wj0a2NDV4X9RuozBYFkQjwHN_8sepVFA6Ca148FB_wWDjG5GhV6WbJEO-2bI6PGzcNhXto3izdINeaVYR5wMwjJ_0g2QnUQ_AbtLLC0g0i2g/w400-h300/20230331-IMG_1140.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">March and April weren't without dog trials. Linda accompanied Bo and me to Chris Thompson's C&S Sheep Dog Trial near Hillsboro. We didn't bring home any gold, but had a good time. (And Linda is fast becoming well-versed in sheep dog trials and the joys and heartaches that go with them.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GjwRAi7366iN4DSkeHNKosU3RzrQLQPE1RvSb2mK8r6iKIvGyB4F5iBD5gEzMOeQXoRp5CT-LB8EouWqqrmOWEbZqhzwsZ-GRL6bQEm8EDi8IHWEnJnl1JPJWdU03IfIQt6gQpWfxNMaHkJ1YRha7H4BsJAA2p-VjgaYk8V_ZmZqK8VkZFehKE832Q/s4032/20230415-IMG_2324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GjwRAi7366iN4DSkeHNKosU3RzrQLQPE1RvSb2mK8r6iKIvGyB4F5iBD5gEzMOeQXoRp5CT-LB8EouWqqrmOWEbZqhzwsZ-GRL6bQEm8EDi8IHWEnJnl1JPJWdU03IfIQt6gQpWfxNMaHkJ1YRha7H4BsJAA2p-VjgaYk8V_ZmZqK8VkZFehKE832Q/w400-h300/20230415-IMG_2324.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Late April arrived and I headed for Foster, Oklahoma, with the three "boys," Cody, Bo and Dutch, for the <i>Bard Ranch Sheep Dog Trial</i>. Dutch didn't compete, but was able to get some "sheep time" doing exhaust work (collecting the sheep after a competitor's run and putting them into the pen with other sheep that have been worked). Here is a photo of Cody waiting his turn to compete.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaHcv7MQC0Q643Hw7kd4jshwV0J03oOtx_tqsgLe0PJob0R3zHoeL5r9ntlFL59IDha8EM4Ed-AFeV0_LdlM3gJNRHUo2WZJlzExGCaQNK-IvQyF3aAqWWVr3M0D2Su7P5dqs6-kx8XOnLAAeVozmXsh9Ue_2yX4EQugAL4nG4t9UafNxeR1BbpXquA/s3849/20230430-IMG_1283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="3849" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaHcv7MQC0Q643Hw7kd4jshwV0J03oOtx_tqsgLe0PJob0R3zHoeL5r9ntlFL59IDha8EM4Ed-AFeV0_LdlM3gJNRHUo2WZJlzExGCaQNK-IvQyF3aAqWWVr3M0D2Su7P5dqs6-kx8XOnLAAeVozmXsh9Ue_2yX4EQugAL4nG4t9UafNxeR1BbpXquA/w400-h266/20230430-IMG_1283.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here are photos of some of our friends on the course.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgvVXxX5fMjk309iYj7Dzgj51AeNlu2EEwAGS9-3u5qSoi7-PdkJZutgjullbTAze5aNqf5y1Y2c5w8tu7WhH7IHsBcFJ1L6WZJKfLv4yjkeOf4pBTGVxR4OdK33v4wc0VkHYMRnu4hQ8zfVt3mXOUKFaxS00Vqeq4jZK8yIYpLAXh2p4aIOIOgKJkw/s3262/20230427-_1014482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="3262" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgvVXxX5fMjk309iYj7Dzgj51AeNlu2EEwAGS9-3u5qSoi7-PdkJZutgjullbTAze5aNqf5y1Y2c5w8tu7WhH7IHsBcFJ1L6WZJKfLv4yjkeOf4pBTGVxR4OdK33v4wc0VkHYMRnu4hQ8zfVt3mXOUKFaxS00Vqeq4jZK8yIYpLAXh2p4aIOIOgKJkw/w400-h300/20230427-_1014482.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charly Kronberger & Tyg</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2681" data-original-width="3575" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4SPwjXOkLmznr9ReghuMq6TY3rHre2BTsY3sBtXUHOk5277MpFwfe9_fQMAgRz_zbdb5y1wxuMRDrWVj4sbpZPGMraKQZEhyDYBl-UrJ2DZVmOcek3TpvQ4h93V8eD3yE3j6eFnFcIGfaMuJ8jHHTLPSqqSwjDu_OOS4aRk58dY8Cf8xcPngSCRV5g/w400-h300/20230427-1014396.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Donna Rock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAXm3kDIkBdinteskX_mzJkyTU9yAOa-Hc61AaspItJySaGIPbx9mGO7rRrAqiQOOPkJayaQdexGvex0jl3aukA9UOuJgVncWZ-1jwOCF8oF1cKgj0DcIqRg2nkDRTntYw2kS2UHKA0lMJRM_tHEXWdSRYv4ms7ikCEjueDPEQpLGNpE2qRw11-Y2aw/s3066/20230428-IMG_1274.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3066" data-original-width="2299" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAXm3kDIkBdinteskX_mzJkyTU9yAOa-Hc61AaspItJySaGIPbx9mGO7rRrAqiQOOPkJayaQdexGvex0jl3aukA9UOuJgVncWZ-1jwOCF8oF1cKgj0DcIqRg2nkDRTntYw2kS2UHKA0lMJRM_tHEXWdSRYv4ms7ikCEjueDPEQpLGNpE2qRw11-Y2aw/w300-h400/20230428-IMG_1274.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tommy Hefner & Jill (and Tommy's dad, Tom)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvnNNpghy6p-HskDfNR9io1XDiyHBx69FAV9cpcHmcmzSvzNihDsGe0hKCorUVGjHHvvkZtV8slU6iQ-DYafrkiwUVAiEgUV--2Cwm-qEAQ9y1roU94t10KobGfAOchJo6onp_Sz3-inCYNvGjeQ5j6zifLYbqMpSKHLnTj9XlmIqRXH6M_McvKZaow/s3633/20230427-_1014451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2725" data-original-width="3633" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvnNNpghy6p-HskDfNR9io1XDiyHBx69FAV9cpcHmcmzSvzNihDsGe0hKCorUVGjHHvvkZtV8slU6iQ-DYafrkiwUVAiEgUV--2Cwm-qEAQ9y1roU94t10KobGfAOchJo6onp_Sz3-inCYNvGjeQ5j6zifLYbqMpSKHLnTj9XlmIqRXH6M_McvKZaow/w400-h300/20230427-_1014451.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Lewis & Dot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWlouilsGNAdIj5tatJmTPpqiF1NLra1Z6YXGQIRWT1rb102s1oqruS1wjC9u7vVLJkwTDjPx63okco9k_P7BusCzwJKWcfqFJ5SHe2zfqxWGcsTRP-_QeWSYrd3-nit0bjxBherZ9s6NVSfYTamMKUE7qm9oZiKTa6OI63XNmmRRUB2_lVnfGeZZHg/s3146/20230427-_1014514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3146" data-original-width="2360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWlouilsGNAdIj5tatJmTPpqiF1NLra1Z6YXGQIRWT1rb102s1oqruS1wjC9u7vVLJkwTDjPx63okco9k_P7BusCzwJKWcfqFJ5SHe2zfqxWGcsTRP-_QeWSYrd3-nit0bjxBherZ9s6NVSfYTamMKUE7qm9oZiKTa6OI63XNmmRRUB2_lVnfGeZZHg/w300-h400/20230427-_1014514.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Larry Moore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The boys and I had a great time. Since our Volvo was in the shop (now out, thank goodness!), I drove up and stayed with Charly in her LQ horse (dog) trailer. Here is a shot of the lovely pasture behind the RV spots where the dogs could stretch their legs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kq5psx86ftlsINU31CcaA9qXyZ24MUOLt69U6R4lvwuvIK4-vMGx031S9UDuphEK91G959hBCGYWd48DDPPeVnVkaCICwGE4t9UbNw9V7TO_uWo6VzP96yhV2u90Tn3PoHjfRUHOEJ5oyoRwyrMHxsVdppZ5M4RoNLSV5RqMCxU8cFZUtEnKHGvxkw/s3931/20230429-IMG_1281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3931" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kq5psx86ftlsINU31CcaA9qXyZ24MUOLt69U6R4lvwuvIK4-vMGx031S9UDuphEK91G959hBCGYWd48DDPPeVnVkaCICwGE4t9UbNw9V7TO_uWo6VzP96yhV2u90Tn3PoHjfRUHOEJ5oyoRwyrMHxsVdppZ5M4RoNLSV5RqMCxU8cFZUtEnKHGvxkw/w400-h300/20230429-IMG_1281.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The weather the first day was tough, as were the sheep and the course. I was proud of my dogs, though. Cody gave me a nice outrun, lift and fetch on a very long Open course. We were working four ewes, and that's harder than the three sheep that is more common. They were belligerent, and many dogs had to contend with sheep that turned and challenged or charged them. (They were wool sheep that had recently been shorn, so perhaps they were embarrassed because they were naked! At any rate, they were a handful for most of the dogs.) Cody managed to get them around the course, and gave me a nice shed. Unfortunately we didn't get them penned, and our score wasn't anything to brag about. It was a score, though, the only "numbers, not letters" for us for the weekend. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By the time Bo ran in the Open Ranch class, it was dusk, and raining. He gave me a very nice come-bye outrun, lifted his sheep and brought them down the course. He had a nice turn at the post, got all but one of his sheep through the drive-away panels, and down to the cross-drive panels just before the turn to the pen. That's when things fell apart. His ewes went through the panels, but then split...in three directions...and bolted. He tried his best to regroup and bring them back, but they were hell-bent on escaping and they did. I was proud of his effort, though. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On Saturday, I again sent Bo on a come-bye outrun. Why not? He had done very well on Friday, but something was different and he came in short and crossed over. I was able to stop him and gave him a re-direct command, but I don't think he could hear me over the wind. At any rate, he kept going and I called our run. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunday was (finally) a beautiful day...clear skies, light wind and (thankfully) warmer temperatures. Cody had a very nice away outrun, lifted his sheep and brought them down the course. His turn at the post was nice, and I was hopeful. It wasn't to be, though. The sheep knew where the exhaust pen was (with water, hay and their friends) and one ewe was determined to go there. She repeatedly turned and challenged Cody, and when she stopped so did her friends. He managed to get them through the drive-away panels and turned into the cross-drive. That's where the wheels fell off. The cranky ewe kept stopping and lowering her head. I tried all the tricks I knew. Thinking Cody was too close, I pulled him back and the sheep started grazing. I tried flanking him in both directions, but she was having none of it. Finally, she charged and butted Cody and he nipped her smartly on the nose, as she deserved. Unfortunately, the judge thought otherwise, and we received an unwelcome, "Thank you." I was proud of him, though. He was very patient, and only gripped when he was attacked. I'll never fault one of my dogs for that. I just hope I have a more open-minded judge the next time. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-37028769385114304782023-04-08T13:40:00.003-05:002023-04-08T13:58:46.437-05:00Dog Trial Winter Series<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sorry, Folks, I'm way behind with posts. Sheepdog trial season begins early in Central Texas. This year, things got underway on February 4 with the sheepdog trial held in conjunction with the <i>Fort Worth Stock Show</i>. Cody and Bo both participated, along with a number of their border collie friends. Here are a couple of photos of Bo taken by a friend. <br /></span><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here are a couple of photos from Cody’s run. He completed the five-minute course in one minute, fifty-seven seconds, to take fifth place.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wDuUvRIkrY_2Bdq8u4iV_1R5c3gs1p4nhaSLfUsU1bg8vl9mI2G5n586kHpLdraj1K9_sdOD2xXQw1mfkwWVZmwoK57KK184ZcLQlFPEMdzEze9WU2qVwr0goGnf-oa1eYn6E5s-puEs3Lp0iTqbnL1eKP-HQ2NEfRNO4PSQIl7OxixFLhiiOiJ8Pw/s1021/20230204-IMG_0709.Cody.FWSS1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1021" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wDuUvRIkrY_2Bdq8u4iV_1R5c3gs1p4nhaSLfUsU1bg8vl9mI2G5n586kHpLdraj1K9_sdOD2xXQw1mfkwWVZmwoK57KK184ZcLQlFPEMdzEze9WU2qVwr0goGnf-oa1eYn6E5s-puEs3Lp0iTqbnL1eKP-HQ2NEfRNO4PSQIl7OxixFLhiiOiJ8Pw/w400-h225/20230204-IMG_0709.Cody.FWSS1-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pLCFoqKePMehEIQ8Fx3k27ZylqwdftUTV1nssmd2NNK3x79y8r-YJwPXMU_AfFRITkLXtmq7EipXp1-s4xmpoG_1zIj0LdS_IwgS3Isx8I4hRpD0MItLcrcUkJVNxpHdxOgU9k9sX1FQUFV5JMaa8l5qRHsRs6W-T5FsFumBdtTMrUFC-BHx_v1f7w/s796/20230204-IMG_0709.Cody.FWSS1-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="796" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pLCFoqKePMehEIQ8Fx3k27ZylqwdftUTV1nssmd2NNK3x79y8r-YJwPXMU_AfFRITkLXtmq7EipXp1-s4xmpoG_1zIj0LdS_IwgS3Isx8I4hRpD0MItLcrcUkJVNxpHdxOgU9k9sX1FQUFV5JMaa8l5qRHsRs6W-T5FsFumBdtTMrUFC-BHx_v1f7w/w400-h225/20230204-IMG_0709.Cody.FWSS1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cody's second run wasn’t as good, and Bo and I didn’t do especially well, but it was a good weekend. We spent the night with Allan and Jef and had a good visit with them and our nieces and their families. The Carmody and McElhany kids were happy to pose for me before supper.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtdf-sg9t2Jlyey8O69Zp-48TGUqbTmV7nVbaqNZtWvSLbWBrMEHCGQ0XxDAZYYst3MwnUM4oFscPbBKIVwHeEjgVCLnoA9f7IaxPNJepYrXvhZBlzRenKHiidho1Wju10Oo50i31HokaVayWyVos3zhWa0nMDOXe7ZTBRIxw79fyY7KWUiwYydF5cA/s4032/20230203-IMG_0814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtdf-sg9t2Jlyey8O69Zp-48TGUqbTmV7nVbaqNZtWvSLbWBrMEHCGQ0XxDAZYYst3MwnUM4oFscPbBKIVwHeEjgVCLnoA9f7IaxPNJepYrXvhZBlzRenKHiidho1Wju10Oo50i31HokaVayWyVos3zhWa0nMDOXe7ZTBRIxw79fyY7KWUiwYydF5cA/w400-h300/20230203-IMG_0814.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUuT0rm9Ifq3qRiY4bLBO3bQMAb85AQ4dIc6NHnq24XSGbSHZ67NZpGxLib6_pwmQPTLLOr4IDtdUXVkTnlKXcNZ4-VbeToPsX5ZHTRUSgn9Zpt9xPrFWCZtT_wxoY8Vt-xYqGkwlYg8PRHUw6XTr-tP5gaPnaTIapVKwSN-59I7E6hJr8u24vRlrhg/s4032/20230203-IMG_0815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUuT0rm9Ifq3qRiY4bLBO3bQMAb85AQ4dIc6NHnq24XSGbSHZ67NZpGxLib6_pwmQPTLLOr4IDtdUXVkTnlKXcNZ4-VbeToPsX5ZHTRUSgn9Zpt9xPrFWCZtT_wxoY8Vt-xYqGkwlYg8PRHUw6XTr-tP5gaPnaTIapVKwSN-59I7E6hJr8u24vRlrhg/w400-h300/20230203-IMG_0815.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We followed up the Fort Worth trial with a trip in the RV to Fort Stockton for the first of the Texas Sheep Dog Association Winter Series. It’s mostly flat out there, and dry and dusty, but the people are wonderful and the venue, at the Fort Stockton Gun Club, is one we will all remember. We have had 50+ mph winds, grass burrs and mesquite thorns, temperatures in the 20s, and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G0mEKx4_Uz0k43cDYi_0BgDh36NidXrgXFM1jTVIJlWiF5-KokDkslsRHMbojez0lMyyGIDFLrjpkiJlNGu9x3FUopG6cRdhVLEvl_-tVSGDfhlfxw-m2fTPE9wd8CSycMPP_GxSinrK4Ye9exG8x2q4qMvOpKPh3s7FnJ8W3_UEH-TS0hLEd8P3xw/s3569/20230212-_1013566.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2677" data-original-width="3569" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G0mEKx4_Uz0k43cDYi_0BgDh36NidXrgXFM1jTVIJlWiF5-KokDkslsRHMbojez0lMyyGIDFLrjpkiJlNGu9x3FUopG6cRdhVLEvl_-tVSGDfhlfxw-m2fTPE9wd8CSycMPP_GxSinrK4Ye9exG8x2q4qMvOpKPh3s7FnJ8W3_UEH-TS0hLEd8P3xw/w400-h300/20230212-_1013566.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0HoUZ-7JNoVSxdAkdqyFn9Ou04a3bG0O6tFgzorSN5B8ZjMy29EsgzgBflCkZRNYC8EjDI_bEwCZzaIKvu9dEg5Y76pT33A-T1yyYZOPBMYqHDD4suBc71mDc8OzFb9hcfi98gfqsEPrDBzApIpUGk_OA_-2cgdQjs4BcXsSwYIBBS7-Z0EdBCUWmQ/s3697/20230211-IMG_0878.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="3697" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0HoUZ-7JNoVSxdAkdqyFn9Ou04a3bG0O6tFgzorSN5B8ZjMy29EsgzgBflCkZRNYC8EjDI_bEwCZzaIKvu9dEg5Y76pT33A-T1yyYZOPBMYqHDD4suBc71mDc8OzFb9hcfi98gfqsEPrDBzApIpUGk_OA_-2cgdQjs4BcXsSwYIBBS7-Z0EdBCUWmQ/w400-h300/20230211-IMG_0878.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And the trial…the sheep were challenging as was the course, but we had a great time. Cody placed 6th on his first run, and I retired Bo when his sheep escaped and returned to the set-out pen. Both of them had miserable second runs. Cody, who is usually dead-on and finds his sheep easily, did not. He clearly did not see them, and I had to recall and resend him. The rest of his run was respectable, but not stellar. At least on both of their second run they got “numbers, not letters.” Here are some shots of our friends and their dogs in action.</span><p></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZIdmD7bYvfFdsLhjPbeYT8gJ0hKTeGpsQEGbqZGQlmNgGBWSEIzb83NonXTTGK6bkYZh4u6T2Qu13OYDUlVRhaBYfq8ptGHG_LLmHF3urb6d_oOrRkr31sLs7Jyx-G2i5Nb8zP87VR38E7D5jjXQeizK6mWLtrbq4AT_9mOmOir94NAO9YJdAOOUqA/s640/20230211-_1013488.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZIdmD7bYvfFdsLhjPbeYT8gJ0hKTeGpsQEGbqZGQlmNgGBWSEIzb83NonXTTGK6bkYZh4u6T2Qu13OYDUlVRhaBYfq8ptGHG_LLmHF3urb6d_oOrRkr31sLs7Jyx-G2i5Nb8zP87VR38E7D5jjXQeizK6mWLtrbq4AT_9mOmOir94NAO9YJdAOOUqA/w400-h300/20230211-_1013488.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wilda Bahr & LeRoy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTh2im5wXP17hrDpe37xwa_4aUGnp2Db8oVydYO6yxuxf5_WV8UmQI8ET05UtpfMyq9OvWKBmap2RGUwrtsI3or9681aKvVLqIEvWPgh7n1APV_s5e_TC2sA2lqTqyE2G0Bn7Bb8L7fyL7JIxdE9zYFFHfoAEnmkwI4GUhN-DCwTSTfGgd5SqwIg6YA/s640/20230211-_1013498.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTh2im5wXP17hrDpe37xwa_4aUGnp2Db8oVydYO6yxuxf5_WV8UmQI8ET05UtpfMyq9OvWKBmap2RGUwrtsI3or9681aKvVLqIEvWPgh7n1APV_s5e_TC2sA2lqTqyE2G0Bn7Bb8L7fyL7JIxdE9zYFFHfoAEnmkwI4GUhN-DCwTSTfGgd5SqwIg6YA/w400-h300/20230211-_1013498.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Peg McGraw & Dooley</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjTzSDpq2LyD891Wk-_gl9Q75I3zaMC8dMx2FQXJswn2VM_Qp3YgUU2cybERBapLcmr4SmbVZ0KGS9QOZHLpm18SJKe3xBdHEU_PXrjjTpEu1ul-86Aeo4ylvnw-JQkT3gOUCI_i8TMzzqW_Umbxoo14-eY1JoRwBOOf8kAmB9NJTtBFxWf3AEm5qLg/s640/20230211-_1013556.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjTzSDpq2LyD891Wk-_gl9Q75I3zaMC8dMx2FQXJswn2VM_Qp3YgUU2cybERBapLcmr4SmbVZ0KGS9QOZHLpm18SJKe3xBdHEU_PXrjjTpEu1ul-86Aeo4ylvnw-JQkT3gOUCI_i8TMzzqW_Umbxoo14-eY1JoRwBOOf8kAmB9NJTtBFxWf3AEm5qLg/w400-h300/20230211-_1013556.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dennis Edwards & Moss</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DSrqENX1wIEJdSHSmMEEsWJJmGwIkqi932CQY2TarT_glv5yXv3vr9RYRdMToNUV0GbIxWERVNWKpz5Hiroes8cX1ykj0SNAxNLWp0txeuBuO5PYDi7_BLJazfQUQ4_eILV7c787kZXn7JEmVq3WcUR9hWKa0s_3o7MLr0vQWIcrF_e7hMfZ_zoKWg/s640/20230211-_1013557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since the trial finished early, the trial host and judges decided to hold a “fun” double-lift competition on Sunday afternoon and Monday. The double-lift is normally used to determine the champion at the end of a big trial. It is challenging for both dogs and handlers. The dogs are required to fetch one set of sheep, bring them back through the fetch panels and “drop” them at a specified point. Then, upon receiving a “look-back” command, they have to turn and fetch a second packet of sheep from several hundred yards behind them. The second packet should be brought through the fetch panels, joined with the first packet, and driven around the course. Then, several designated sheep are “shed” or separated from their friends and put into a pen. It’s hard to remember what to do, much less to do it! Here are some of the handlers and dogs trying their luck.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrWAwzc_8STof-K_-7fIMB8T_CUbruWgRaOajYBCBjTFT6CstCxDCfOwpqHhj7E_DV78xBoGenoGNN3GBOP5zG3xfHdqeZUSvyZp9NhWeIuCLfwDInXXyaNGtXtDkys7BidB73KxwCmEmflsCNExT9BiBszLD9MA8iUoQdmZkw4KXKdlFI3L7hqw7zg/s4738/20230212-_1013576.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3159" data-original-width="4738" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrWAwzc_8STof-K_-7fIMB8T_CUbruWgRaOajYBCBjTFT6CstCxDCfOwpqHhj7E_DV78xBoGenoGNN3GBOP5zG3xfHdqeZUSvyZp9NhWeIuCLfwDInXXyaNGtXtDkys7BidB73KxwCmEmflsCNExT9BiBszLD9MA8iUoQdmZkw4KXKdlFI3L7hqw7zg/w400-h266/20230212-_1013576.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jill Hefner & Fae</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ny1CSHL0UgL9R3z-WQ320JYDNJoucm7SuybUKskMoV54XqPnjNMQhVUaJHWA3uTyv-TwObMevdG1fbdI7JDgKaVwnHqJcNCuvMmc9P3BEnbAKqVVD0plXaiOM8JqTYVE6IxoaKJ24LkTepdUsqQGp9QxMltmc2_mp-6IdgscyPf96_7wN3pKsBUO4w/s3888/20230212-_1013593.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2916" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ny1CSHL0UgL9R3z-WQ320JYDNJoucm7SuybUKskMoV54XqPnjNMQhVUaJHWA3uTyv-TwObMevdG1fbdI7JDgKaVwnHqJcNCuvMmc9P3BEnbAKqVVD0plXaiOM8JqTYVE6IxoaKJ24LkTepdUsqQGp9QxMltmc2_mp-6IdgscyPf96_7wN3pKsBUO4w/w300-h400/20230212-_1013593.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Allen Mills & Jill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEauvetz6745kJ9ioaQJaV47dtD-FGNhqLkdUIoypMNkHeGT0FIOCCMblnECUaZkH8xipGo_fO4V60cc5jyy7uncGVpSw8HiaT6QI5C9PiGMXUnFhg5ew697qr8TPNFDHEc1r943RdOfQY5SwQcYxBex8EJXlObDge_wxVcvDaDzPPsWxslSGJ6t0Q3g/s4886/20230212-_1013624.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3664" data-original-width="4886" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEauvetz6745kJ9ioaQJaV47dtD-FGNhqLkdUIoypMNkHeGT0FIOCCMblnECUaZkH8xipGo_fO4V60cc5jyy7uncGVpSw8HiaT6QI5C9PiGMXUnFhg5ew697qr8TPNFDHEc1r943RdOfQY5SwQcYxBex8EJXlObDge_wxVcvDaDzPPsWxslSGJ6t0Q3g/s320/20230212-_1013624.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Judge Alberto Stern from Switzerland</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO26nm2JepCsnOfwsItn0r2KN2W3k-bfcREnWaXrKqsGI3dMhp-zJzLrS7rEOGh1u2m17a0vYIHDnBtQ-JC2R4mDctO2adn_-URAp7d6Uovlo54xLSiREWNLWF2LUz_-etj8HIqzPVqovbLujugfJ8IAZxLqKkKqL6F3KAlJAfd5EjbqovI5Ib5WUDA/s4707/20230212-_1013686.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3530" data-original-width="4707" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO26nm2JepCsnOfwsItn0r2KN2W3k-bfcREnWaXrKqsGI3dMhp-zJzLrS7rEOGh1u2m17a0vYIHDnBtQ-JC2R4mDctO2adn_-URAp7d6Uovlo54xLSiREWNLWF2LUz_-etj8HIqzPVqovbLujugfJ8IAZxLqKkKqL6F3KAlJAfd5EjbqovI5Ib5WUDA/s320/20230212-_1013686.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Course Director Ron Burkey</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since this was a fun trial, open to all levels, I entered Cody to see how well we could do. I was thrilled when he took my commands, brought both packets of sheep, and drove them around the course. He gave me two nice sheds. (Too bad I allowed the discards to rejoin the shed sheep the first time!. Sorry, Cody.) We timed out at the pen, but I was very pleased with his work and decided to move him from the open ranch class to the open level of competition. I wish I had pictures of Cody's and my double lift run. My videographer did his best, but we were too far away for a good image.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Junction of the Pecos Sheep Dog Trial followed Fort Stockton February 16-20. We drove the rig directly to Junction, and camped with the rest of the folks at the County Fairgrounds on the banks of the South Llano River. Our first day of trialing was grim. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rambouillet-Dorper cross ewes were tough, and a real challenge for the dogs.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8X4wX7oZMe_gDPgilCkoKl7Xacuwn8AU_OP4Rqz9_Mxl5FdhJQz5fkgXyMpYR-eZoF7AKdseWTwUK7ci0xkzNemXQfeLJBQLU24eFbzQZrE0lfgjBCLAGqDHw6-ienbVyMjIjZI2LaUp3nh3-_XomMaa5keYADJ53cRBA2e7Uaot1qb0Uflt6fzfgQ/s2066/20230217-_1013972.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2066" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8X4wX7oZMe_gDPgilCkoKl7Xacuwn8AU_OP4Rqz9_Mxl5FdhJQz5fkgXyMpYR-eZoF7AKdseWTwUK7ci0xkzNemXQfeLJBQLU24eFbzQZrE0lfgjBCLAGqDHw6-ienbVyMjIjZI2LaUp3nh3-_XomMaa5keYADJ53cRBA2e7Uaot1qb0Uflt6fzfgQ/w400-h300/20230217-_1013972.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>North winds in excess of 20 mph blew from the set-out straight into the handlers' faces. I'm not sure the dogs could hear many of our commands, and certainly not all of them. Cody's first run as an "open" dog wasn't.... He went up the field nicely but couldn't move his sheep down the course. I whistled his "walk-up" repeatedly, but either he couldn't hear me or just couldn't lift his sheep. He didn't even return to me when I blew his "that'll do, here" command, so I'm pretty sure he didn't hear me.</span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, that wasn't the worst of it. Once I walked down the field to get him, Cody and the sheep started toward me. They were accompanied by one of the set-out dogs, which is very unusual. I thought the set-out crew intended their dog to take the sheep, so I told Cody to lie down so as not to interfere. In the meantime, the previous handler sent her dog to "exhaust" the sheep, but the dog was not in position when the set-out crew recalled their dog, leaving the sheep free to escape to the river, which they did as fast as sheep can go. In the resulting kerfuffle, one of the sheep went into the river and had to be fished out by the set-out crew before it drowned. Way too much excitement for all of us! </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The rest of the Junction trial was better. Cody finished #44 of 63 dogs in his second open run. Bo had two respectable runs, finishing 12th and 13th in fields of 35 and 34 dogs. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some images of our friends and their dogs at Junction.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuIomJqZkfq-f9QkISKwKa_17331J6IkBBi0alUf_TzpFJlBQRk8TitPVoV3wZ-94tTtMNVAEVPSV4RY3OE5HeQpcZiRWVOvb9WCeKIQVDiFILLv97GwnAvc0pq2q9gWDyQ3g9Pn5SSVAVhgumKCagh5AUub_Zyj_IfBzfFVW2OtqkUlsRXOcu_E9ng/s3809/20230217-_1014057.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="3809" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuIomJqZkfq-f9QkISKwKa_17331J6IkBBi0alUf_TzpFJlBQRk8TitPVoV3wZ-94tTtMNVAEVPSV4RY3OE5HeQpcZiRWVOvb9WCeKIQVDiFILLv97GwnAvc0pq2q9gWDyQ3g9Pn5SSVAVhgumKCagh5AUub_Zyj_IfBzfFVW2OtqkUlsRXOcu_E9ng/w400-h266/20230217-_1014057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jill Hefner & Mo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AaDhYmV7vvc7xO-RPTr9T4jK-AOkU4VjQfloIpCaslQ1JjQnsXcxLnOerzRxdfOMTHesgEeDAkX0FSwWNrtcBG2q5SxMSRbEsxhR-1-dKP2-bmS9VagZhK8cZOjJJGT8UxCQnng2YAAyua5K4mxcH2vALzh16hx_AqJdM4oWk_ltTuHiwwoHgK77xQ/s3753/20230218-_1014142.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2815" data-original-width="3753" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AaDhYmV7vvc7xO-RPTr9T4jK-AOkU4VjQfloIpCaslQ1JjQnsXcxLnOerzRxdfOMTHesgEeDAkX0FSwWNrtcBG2q5SxMSRbEsxhR-1-dKP2-bmS9VagZhK8cZOjJJGT8UxCQnng2YAAyua5K4mxcH2vALzh16hx_AqJdM4oWk_ltTuHiwwoHgK77xQ/w400-h300/20230218-_1014142.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ray Masse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GurjVQoENKKIluIfXAVDr15jnfi0Wn_HxC0_xzoJrZ1u140SuJjnM6fUOm4ibmCL_h69DP_BpHJrZEp4rvqgfqqbjFRGt3nWQzT-HXhtsUWLl3z60Rcjn38YNjB865ApYx8TfzgeLGC8aDx2IAU2Jh8AJPevrK3pN3sMtyFhUWsIbnzyrQHm6QQpBQ/s3501/20230218-_1014165.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2626" data-original-width="3501" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GurjVQoENKKIluIfXAVDr15jnfi0Wn_HxC0_xzoJrZ1u140SuJjnM6fUOm4ibmCL_h69DP_BpHJrZEp4rvqgfqqbjFRGt3nWQzT-HXhtsUWLl3z60Rcjn38YNjB865ApYx8TfzgeLGC8aDx2IAU2Jh8AJPevrK3pN3sMtyFhUWsIbnzyrQHm6QQpBQ/w400-h300/20230218-_1014165.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bruce Hawn & Sadie</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dciz30y0l0b2QnvKKz0CCIma4kDxXOzVRhTLWBmdRkYCpGwRO5SmElwuXnBkeRSrPYQI5gWhgpyq2T18lnP32BOuPZB_PYdb262oWKv76zzglj8fHKKfFmGxtsVEykOLhcezNNzd2_BLeZnPNUKWCsL6esFlrVWzMzaRymb8VVVdccK4dimrnotmlw/s5184/20230216-_1013884.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dciz30y0l0b2QnvKKz0CCIma4kDxXOzVRhTLWBmdRkYCpGwRO5SmElwuXnBkeRSrPYQI5gWhgpyq2T18lnP32BOuPZB_PYdb262oWKv76zzglj8fHKKfFmGxtsVEykOLhcezNNzd2_BLeZnPNUKWCsL6esFlrVWzMzaRymb8VVVdccK4dimrnotmlw/w400-h300/20230216-_1013884.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charly Kronberger & Tyg</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We made our way back to the farm on Monday following the trial, holding our breaths and hoping that we didn't have truck problems. Beginning with our trip west to Fort Stockton, then to Junction and then home, our Volvo 610, "Falcon,"</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> experienced intermittent losses of power. For only a few seconds, our speed would drop, then resume with no apparent change in engine noise. It was just as if someone had pinched the fuel line for a few seconds. A change in the fuel filter in Fort Stockton didn't solve the problem, and a visit to <i>Love's Truck Stop</i> in Sonora failed to diagnose the problem. We did make it home with no trouble, though, and Falcon is now at the mechanic's for diagnostics and hopefully repairs.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We barely had time to catch our breath before it was time for the third trial of the Texas Winter Series in Gatesville. The trial field on the Swindall ranch is only 30 minutes from our home, so the dogs and I drove back and forth for their four runs. Again, the weather was cold and disagreeable for the first two days. Cody's first outrun was ragged, but he did get his sheep down the course and around the post. I made a bad call at the drive-away panels, thinking the sheep had "broken the plane" and could proceed to the next obstacle. The judge had a better view, though, and disqualified us for not making an attempt at the panels. Cody's second run was worse; he pushed the sheep off course into a gully and I had to retire our run and go help him retrieve the sheep. I wish John had been there to video our first run, but I'm just as glad we don't have a record of his second. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo did a better job. His first open ranch run was nice; he finished 6th of 44 dogs with a score of 69 of a possible 90 points. Here is a shot of him rounding the post with his sheep.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhGKULOSNnsOZwNgMwydTNGPZ31kzvvfL2y8koIGmqcqQiKFKruafFQfqxb_EmCRwJr6jfwKKk4xAjPU5ddlEJXUSsqIhiPAcYvUESXTEjooxXR7uutYDpbvUjaBMZastOUfm6GXcxT6O8SC2sMPEl6Pi6pWMVUgK4j-pE9W940cWc483dPlN9jj0XA/s2003/20230224-IMG_0995.BoG'ville1-1.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="2003" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhGKULOSNnsOZwNgMwydTNGPZ31kzvvfL2y8koIGmqcqQiKFKruafFQfqxb_EmCRwJr6jfwKKk4xAjPU5ddlEJXUSsqIhiPAcYvUESXTEjooxXR7uutYDpbvUjaBMZastOUfm6GXcxT6O8SC2sMPEl6Pi6pWMVUgK4j-pE9W940cWc483dPlN9jj0XA/w400-h225/20230224-IMG_0995.BoG'ville1-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our second run wasn't as good, but we still finished 19th of 44. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Es5L8ZAXcPJKnwU0HDpFp0sEib8I3gwlS9TnnaHq4pjE8d664LLojrmU9sPhIx2bqvxKEKqcgG2c3_L3el_UgAIlcpfH23cF2V4re6vuGy8KClbAIbSf9GMYRkk8czax-kRst1BMPeqATSandWMbmAXnDbwUZw2lIA7C7TnGMNHtFZFDifa2_1l7fg/s1626/20230226-IMG_0959.BoG'ville2-1.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1626" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Es5L8ZAXcPJKnwU0HDpFp0sEib8I3gwlS9TnnaHq4pjE8d664LLojrmU9sPhIx2bqvxKEKqcgG2c3_L3el_UgAIlcpfH23cF2V4re6vuGy8KClbAIbSf9GMYRkk8czax-kRst1BMPeqATSandWMbmAXnDbwUZw2lIA7C7TnGMNHtFZFDifa2_1l7fg/w400-h225/20230226-IMG_0959.BoG'ville2-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have lots to work on going forward, but I'm pleased with his effort and our teamwork so far.</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-54433739427521314732023-02-23T16:50:00.000-06:002023-02-23T16:50:08.605-06:00Surprise!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Life is full of surprises. Three weeks ago, we welcomed “Miracle” who was born strong and healthy after spending at least 12 hours in the birth canal with only her little foot sticking out. Today we went in search of one of our replacement heifers, Named “Moonshine” by our niece’s daughter, Laura. She was missing when we returned home on Monday from ten days at the Fort Stockton and Junction Sheep Dog Trials (more on that in my next post.), and we didn’t see her on Tuesday. </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At first, we weren’t worried. Moonshine and one of the other heifers (named “Sparkle Lily” by Laura) have had their differences over who will be boss cow of the heifer herd. Moonshine lost that battle and often doesn’t hang with the others. We thought she was just keeping to herself…but not for two days. We drove around the pasture Wednesday morning, dreading that we might find a sick or dead cow. Near our west fence line, we found her. She looked a little leaner than usual, but we thought the other heifers had just been keeping her away from the hay ring. We had no idea of what was really going on. </span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had planned to turn the heifers in with the bull and other cows in April, but it turns out Moonshine didn’t want to wait that long. Wednesday afternoon she strolled up with a beautiful black baldy calf. We don’t yet know if it is a bull, or a heifer, but its name is Surprise!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPPT612yU354DvZ6h5_jFZFA4_Ovg1p5Zpvsp7iIS33ejI9rvkQ1HHznpAIgL2GayfL5GLSi_MsGkQajCpKzPkX86OzxAlDC5Vv_B0iqOObCQ-J_hhEi05V766PK2fEIcOyHTZ0_4bc26e6ClD66es7WAxubtZ6YCTdxvfQmHG2ME4nmg_JmIw3jEZw/s640/20230222-IMG_0940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPPT612yU354DvZ6h5_jFZFA4_Ovg1p5Zpvsp7iIS33ejI9rvkQ1HHznpAIgL2GayfL5GLSi_MsGkQajCpKzPkX86OzxAlDC5Vv_B0iqOObCQ-J_hhEi05V766PK2fEIcOyHTZ0_4bc26e6ClD66es7WAxubtZ6YCTdxvfQmHG2ME4nmg_JmIw3jEZw/w400-h300/20230222-IMG_0940.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-26330951449643795212023-02-14T14:36:00.002-06:002023-02-14T14:36:20.109-06:00Miracle!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first week of February was cold and wet and ICY! Not as bad as last year or the year before (Snowmageddon!) but certainly disagreeable. We prepared for the predicted weather on Monday of last week by giving the cows an extra ration of hay and cubes. While the cows were chowing down on their cubes, I walked around them, as I usually do, to see that everyone looked healthy. I immediately noticed that B1, age 13 and the last of the Bonsmara calves that have been such good mothers, was clearly expecting a calf.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Based on when her red, white-faced heifer (G1) was born, she should have calved several months ago. We assumed that, due to her advanced age for a breeding cow, she wasn’t capable of again becoming a mother. We were clearly wrong; her udder was the size of a laundry basket, and her vulva was clearly ready to birth a calf. John observed that, because of the expected freezing precipitation, she was about to give birth. (Cows are sensitive to the changes in atmospheric pressure that occurs when a cold front arrives, and often calve in very inclement weather!) </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Tuesday morning, the roads and trees were covered with a thin sheet of ice and the temperatures were in the mid-20s. John went down to check the cows, and, sure enough, B1 was brushed up by herself several hundred yards away from the others. She had clearly been up and down in labor, as the ground under the cedar tree where she stood was disturbed. But, there was no calf. On the contrary, B1 was standing calmly with a small foot protruding from her back end, encased in its amniotic sac. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We didn’t know what to do. The roads were icy, and we had no way of taking B1 into town to the vet. And, no vets were making ranch calls in such weather. We took a bucket of cow cubes, and B1 was only too happy to follow us back to the lot. We gave her food and water, and called on God to take care of the situation as He saw fit. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We checked on B1 several times during the day. Other than being aggravated because she was separated from her friends, she showed no signs of distress or concern. We were convinced that her calf…being half-born for several hours, was dead. One of John’s veterinary friends speculated that the calf’s head was turned backwards, and the only solution was for a vet to surgically resolve the situation. We were distraught. There was nothing we could do, and we feared the cow would die along with her unborn calf. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I guess God had another plan. Just at dusk, John went down to check the cow one last time. He called me with the message, “You better come down here now! We have a calf!” When I got to the barn, B1 was licking a strapping black baldy heifer calf. Thank You, God!</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The following day was bitterly cold. The calf seemed lethargic, and we were afraid she wasn’t nursing. We tried several times to feed her a colostrum supplement by bottle, but she only suckled a couple of times and refused the nipple. Finally, we spoke to God again and went home to bed. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Miracle of miracles! On Thursday morning we found a strong, lively calf bounding around the lot and periodically nursing the cow. We will call her Miracle, or perhaps Glory, or maybe Blessing, as Laura suggested. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWMS6cIom8u5Z2hj-kX8i0I_LIfP5aibGL8oybYm8yxM_qu1Xe0ny8djgHZtGp_e9mGCNsS6WkozwidKQVQZ49CjbDbFyQ152PrjqZYZLAnizpsBJCggCdHjPDXSWgqR40yM187ymU3LhkHXtjbuXTun3qsYs2QkRrIUiB5_flPXOKvkLs9gqF7KtOQ/s640/20230207-IMG_0836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWMS6cIom8u5Z2hj-kX8i0I_LIfP5aibGL8oybYm8yxM_qu1Xe0ny8djgHZtGp_e9mGCNsS6WkozwidKQVQZ49CjbDbFyQ152PrjqZYZLAnizpsBJCggCdHjPDXSWgqR40yM187ymU3LhkHXtjbuXTun3qsYs2QkRrIUiB5_flPXOKvkLs9gqF7KtOQ/w400-h300/20230207-IMG_0836.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As I write this, Miracle and her mother are with the other cows and calves, and Miracle is in the care of her older sisters and brothers. We are truly blessed!</span></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-10460504448955664452023-02-01T11:30:00.000-06:002023-02-01T11:30:19.966-06:00Goodbye to a "Good Ride"<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had some sad news this morning. Radius, my cousin Kathy’s twenty-six-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding, passed away overnight. In his previous life, Radius was ridden in dressage, and was given to Kathy over 10 years ago. I believe an injury had made it difficult for him to do some of the moves dressage requires, so he got to retire early.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Radius loved people, and was especially good with children. He took care of his riders, and was a gentleman in every sense of the word. Kathy always called him “a really good ride.”</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then the four of us spent the day at <i>Homestead Heritage </i>near Waco. This community is agrarian and craft-based, and offers not only neat stuff to buy, but a place to take classes in many crafts. The guys checked out the woodworking shop while Linda and I investigated the pottery, quilting and cheese-making shops. Then we toured the working gristmill where you can buy stone-ground products made right on site. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNavBl_55tVH183RkTcCtQt8VtqBzG12uJk-fyiJdMOxD_5fTqrG0jkp--qq7OslqNJ0WBNkEMC9I9ubEEuRZevk_smm6g9CxKErg_RbLrxoVQnShg0w4DkG7IvE-Bx8Cekub7IMwME-HG6kWO8rRwsoHWxZ70rZeHk-aYqdkHc1ICIjZPsc3saztIQ/s640/20230118-IMG_0747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNavBl_55tVH183RkTcCtQt8VtqBzG12uJk-fyiJdMOxD_5fTqrG0jkp--qq7OslqNJ0WBNkEMC9I9ubEEuRZevk_smm6g9CxKErg_RbLrxoVQnShg0w4DkG7IvE-Bx8Cekub7IMwME-HG6kWO8rRwsoHWxZ70rZeHk-aYqdkHc1ICIjZPsc3saztIQ/w400-h300/20230118-IMG_0747.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately we were unable to have lunch at the excellent restaurant on the grounds. It burned to the ground on Christmas Eve and had not yet reopened.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRIp4rTi4MesxQIeX7J0VTgh913IrnVuhOjMmlxDlRre-v0dZHHH7f2Ok5j89SwXhFrj86WdW7vWzLDrnQ5__YL8djO5O1byFkLXJ2LjoFxgf5rdqXmlBejUmaTTIjvte04uVMyunv9OIJmOhunh2cPUick8a9i9eR7jSJQQyBG82f3-_tKaZ0_40Dw/s640/20230118-IMG_0743.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRIp4rTi4MesxQIeX7J0VTgh913IrnVuhOjMmlxDlRre-v0dZHHH7f2Ok5j89SwXhFrj86WdW7vWzLDrnQ5__YL8djO5O1byFkLXJ2LjoFxgf5rdqXmlBejUmaTTIjvte04uVMyunv9OIJmOhunh2cPUick8a9i9eR7jSJQQyBG82f3-_tKaZ0_40Dw/w400-h300/20230118-IMG_0743.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But even better than our day at <i>Homestead </i></span><i style="font-family: arial;">Heritage</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, on the way home we stopped in Clifton so I could pick up my new Chevy Equinox.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s predecessor was totaled by a whitetail doe back in October, and we have been looking forward to getting a replacement. “Pearl” is just like our previous Equinox…just six years newer. John and I are both happier campers now that we are not sharing one vehicle!</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wasted no time before heading out to work dogs, first at Jack and Vivian Christensen’s place in Meridian, then at Allen and Kay Mills’ in Goldthwaite. Cody and Bo are on the right, patiently waiting their time to work. There were 5 handlers present, and 17 dogs. Lots of fun!</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From there, we went on to Richland Springs to sharpen our herding skills on Charly Kronberger’s beautiful ewe lambs. Here is Charly working some of them with her young dog, Floyd. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKQxizMj7cvv93R0scyDkd1G3Z8zJDImKSe8AHi9PDXu3Bg-AUesM9Q97gmkL9weusQ623EpbFmjm_bykBiZJyf9-0QUcguHRM-jtAaodrq0IwaIKpMWXIP7cP570LyQ2ZRwH2dH8WJf_r402LILe7n4raLPlhOhxLFLpGOEDDdWaReAJ2KuQFOnHfA/s640/20230128-IMG_0781-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKQxizMj7cvv93R0scyDkd1G3Z8zJDImKSe8AHi9PDXu3Bg-AUesM9Q97gmkL9weusQ623EpbFmjm_bykBiZJyf9-0QUcguHRM-jtAaodrq0IwaIKpMWXIP7cP570LyQ2ZRwH2dH8WJf_r402LILe7n4raLPlhOhxLFLpGOEDDdWaReAJ2KuQFOnHfA/w400-h268/20230128-IMG_0781-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldZRDr2EXNmZOS4a1pZmbm5MV9oYPoz332gbhBz3uBajEDlowdLgXtZe-QMO6M8v_YMMz5eHZPXaErd--6aXk1Io9MI6GGyAqo5hqNUR3BY7pt3CrJ5x3JF8v8a5S8mLA9KQX8vrTFylbjr_WBLlQK7LUN4qZQEADmxGWDq8REo9fMyxNOq2CCD6rNg/s640/20230128-IMG_0781-10.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldZRDr2EXNmZOS4a1pZmbm5MV9oYPoz332gbhBz3uBajEDlowdLgXtZe-QMO6M8v_YMMz5eHZPXaErd--6aXk1Io9MI6GGyAqo5hqNUR3BY7pt3CrJ5x3JF8v8a5S8mLA9KQX8vrTFylbjr_WBLlQK7LUN4qZQEADmxGWDq8REo9fMyxNOq2CCD6rNg/w400-h268/20230128-IMG_0781-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo and Cody got in some good practice on a big field, with fresh sheep. The lambs were a challenge, as they have been lightly worked and never penned. I was proud of both the boys; each was able to pen his sheep twice. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
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Charly says they roost to the west of their place and feed to the east, so every winter she and Paul are treated to daily fly-overs. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xpaDkrwSuvIeTnVkXmp8y9sngP0_g-XS8dHRM3SOP_cnO5a61RRZDawrGac5y6PSEXmlr1IiIWwbBGYEM_2Yz5c0XVEcaDpGE4skglTZXf6GW5vnK7HJQOZa1dEyoQD5U9v-lVF0jV-pIUX0QPa6ZkmRbmgB3Trlt0Do7WfGCW2riwrkt4gVqKhdUA/s640/20230127-_1013292.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xpaDkrwSuvIeTnVkXmp8y9sngP0_g-XS8dHRM3SOP_cnO5a61RRZDawrGac5y6PSEXmlr1IiIWwbBGYEM_2Yz5c0XVEcaDpGE4skglTZXf6GW5vnK7HJQOZa1dEyoQD5U9v-lVF0jV-pIUX0QPa6ZkmRbmgB3Trlt0Do7WfGCW2riwrkt4gVqKhdUA/w400-h300/20230127-_1013292.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2Ovp-VSXP3F3vaUjyU6aX6y3MMkzC_id8ceQKmKTJhiMfr5Wn1N4p-dOjrRTRxaLyz6ugWgK-z4EJCiWg06frbcBGyz3B2XHI0Y8d_bCpEt1pva9dD_KWvVukA2hQmYp9aC3SYxMWH3UjO9l_fBA14i_dLldSeZtL-W7N1CeqF_PA9h1B7kBBKdvjQ/s640/20230127-_1013291.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2Ovp-VSXP3F3vaUjyU6aX6y3MMkzC_id8ceQKmKTJhiMfr5Wn1N4p-dOjrRTRxaLyz6ugWgK-z4EJCiWg06frbcBGyz3B2XHI0Y8d_bCpEt1pva9dD_KWvVukA2hQmYp9aC3SYxMWH3UjO9l_fBA14i_dLldSeZtL-W7N1CeqF_PA9h1B7kBBKdvjQ/w640-h480/20230127-_1013291.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And not only did I have time working my dogs and taking pictures, I got to spend some quality time with Charly’s Melba and her litter of three-and-a-half week pups. I was especially smitten by the little tri female with the red right foreleg. Her name is Dot, and I think she looks a lot like Cody...but without his blue eye.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qO5T_cjBP4YN3VTRS-atN_GS3Oq5867g0n2aHKHrz6l0FbOuQVseWKqedT00oL32bDjGYgIs7tVtSFEVr4iezSwdCaZ_QreviTTabKdVMdAdraS8-Zca_PO2sRl1elSs-p7xYp_UGljraIc8nOfUa3tg8BZg-qtF1B0VFE7WLv8qSoMtmCZKulwmXg/s640/20230127-IMG_0539.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qO5T_cjBP4YN3VTRS-atN_GS3Oq5867g0n2aHKHrz6l0FbOuQVseWKqedT00oL32bDjGYgIs7tVtSFEVr4iezSwdCaZ_QreviTTabKdVMdAdraS8-Zca_PO2sRl1elSs-p7xYp_UGljraIc8nOfUa3tg8BZg-qtF1B0VFE7WLv8qSoMtmCZKulwmXg/w300-h400/20230127-IMG_0539.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17bYvO-7l0NYfWzf1R3MY9Ki6iW0dm78pztH_Y0XxFkuFZVIU3oNf6NNvCCfX58wkwoCfCtSB27B3uisd7R6w-tLBqbTvFZDZgeo5gbDIYIFjr3YOeP30CFtzIanrE0f-yaqVCIW3OdRBfQHGc4UMGdWJjXMN7NXe1aId-qsTn8i6NU-z50GntSZFoA/s640/20230127-IMG_0543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="640" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17bYvO-7l0NYfWzf1R3MY9Ki6iW0dm78pztH_Y0XxFkuFZVIU3oNf6NNvCCfX58wkwoCfCtSB27B3uisd7R6w-tLBqbTvFZDZgeo5gbDIYIFjr3YOeP30CFtzIanrE0f-yaqVCIW3OdRBfQHGc4UMGdWJjXMN7NXe1aId-qsTn8i6NU-z50GntSZFoA/w400-h385/20230127-IMG_0543.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I haven’t had a good “puppy fix” for a couple of years, and look forward to going back before these youngsters go to their new homes. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GfXsfAdLEBgiwH85WXpUzZykPMLat472vd9VAA5sfTuVGAbNun4BO7KuFXt9ofi05yPdhuXaHEkkIa2lAnOZXLy1aYa6Jhz4R0-YAy3T2vvcfa6Sqp_7osHky5a3xk-IMRv0HoEvmkbQFu-LGjKdeVXOPman39XTg-xmJWrM9kd-YRiVvD1uGXj3zg/s640/20230126-IMG_0776.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GfXsfAdLEBgiwH85WXpUzZykPMLat472vd9VAA5sfTuVGAbNun4BO7KuFXt9ofi05yPdhuXaHEkkIa2lAnOZXLy1aYa6Jhz4R0-YAy3T2vvcfa6Sqp_7osHky5a3xk-IMRv0HoEvmkbQFu-LGjKdeVXOPman39XTg-xmJWrM9kd-YRiVvD1uGXj3zg/w300-h400/20230126-IMG_0776.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Back on the home front, John processed the last deer of the season, and we made an additional 25 pounds of bratwurst. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">In spite of the continuing drought, it was a good month.</span></div><div><p></p></div></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-84287451246451485462023-01-29T16:18:00.002-06:002023-01-29T16:22:41.803-06:00Nature Walk<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAf-a_WVBG1UseEmzSXCorKtMD_8UIyfRUQGd7G2QxWtCQKjLW9dy5eRbEuJTrTpfsvhsWm2VGlEYHsHXdHVq_TOKFejXWoaYC-1jeRdEUX6ZM78LtiQ_x6p9OGL176ru9kGhWTu4K-930s_BpHb9kPpKyIzmE58Saq3YOcVlJl7CQSjztruNaXPd8w/s640/20230115-_1013231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAf-a_WVBG1UseEmzSXCorKtMD_8UIyfRUQGd7G2QxWtCQKjLW9dy5eRbEuJTrTpfsvhsWm2VGlEYHsHXdHVq_TOKFejXWoaYC-1jeRdEUX6ZM78LtiQ_x6p9OGL176ru9kGhWTu4K-930s_BpHb9kPpKyIzmE58Saq3YOcVlJl7CQSjztruNaXPd8w/w400-h300/20230115-_1013231.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />As I mentioned in my last post, walking the pastures, hillsides and “mountains” of the farm with friends and family is one of our greatest joys. The last couple of weeks have given us the opportunity to enjoy our treks with my brother and sister-in-law and their daughters, sons-in-law and grandkids. </span><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We found some more of the beautiful lichens that grow on the many rocks on the hilltops. In between rambles with the family, I took the dogs and did a couple of photo walks of my own. Here are some of the images I captured.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOBQ1jgm9LT_JxcISyYBKAMaljL5zUnDpg0OiK3YBOthChCkksa11naxSXNuCiv6eRwdZfdXwqboDFpC1c4MMBS0yKo_U89TdR0jTWCACTr2ke-b8cO93KdFG-18EWP1b0LX47316wkuAIrDdDrBUwGqytCPnsQmNIacsAwHgRkUZWXbhHLaNeXWrTg/s640/20230103-_1013167.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOBQ1jgm9LT_JxcISyYBKAMaljL5zUnDpg0OiK3YBOthChCkksa11naxSXNuCiv6eRwdZfdXwqboDFpC1c4MMBS0yKo_U89TdR0jTWCACTr2ke-b8cO93KdFG-18EWP1b0LX47316wkuAIrDdDrBUwGqytCPnsQmNIacsAwHgRkUZWXbhHLaNeXWrTg/w480-h640/20230103-_1013167.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m not a fungus or lichen expert, so I don’t know their names, but I can appreciate the intricate beauty of these delicate plants. They’re worth climbing a tree or getting on your knees to take a closer look. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-86733210854042940322023-01-04T15:55:00.001-06:002023-01-04T15:55:53.255-06:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1vPo_cEJofodF1a2iBOFK6XVGGxVLIICxm4M-JOlWC5qdLriuXtRQsbxvi_zL4-BJSj_4Wu1NCWnbRFOvISaWZ-KJEYF9wtf1lH6Zb-MrIHybh8E9u7PhiQYtXQMMWDnN64nI_5Zfm3WShlZAw6kyoSUK3atRDllsuKk_JJKHUnkEMKLE_MtpL8llQ/s640/20230101-IMG_0622.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m happy to report that 2023 has gotten off to a great start! Allan and Jef and the McElhany clan came down for New Year’s Eve. Happy hour was lively, with the TCU-Michigan Fiesta Bowl game on the radio. We were all thrilled that TCU’s 54-45 win will put them into the college football championship game against Georgia. We will all be watching next Monday to cheer on the Frogs. Otherwise, New Year’s Eve was quiet, with no fireworks to alarm the dogs. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New Year’s Day began for John and me attending Sunday school and church at FBC Cranfills Gap. Then, Kota and her friends celebrated her 13th birthday with ice cream! </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gaOyGd8FIuNuGuMHLCkkH-D40BlEivl2IrrCCygC8KGL2oL09VwxrePjHwca5hKnzyInEXeUfLRJSwcCj9mD-_vw1gup5o8wzfavqeLLp9vCBMrfxsOcDfV3165MJorDSaAIzkJoZBEBsOTzUvg2eECjxK40LNoAopPDpcbwqoAQqXDPnnVZvTmjug/s640/20230101-_1013008.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gaOyGd8FIuNuGuMHLCkkH-D40BlEivl2IrrCCygC8KGL2oL09VwxrePjHwca5hKnzyInEXeUfLRJSwcCj9mD-_vw1gup5o8wzfavqeLLp9vCBMrfxsOcDfV3165MJorDSaAIzkJoZBEBsOTzUvg2eECjxK40LNoAopPDpcbwqoAQqXDPnnVZvTmjug/w400-h300/20230101-_1013008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa-RF2-9_DfEZHM13MODVcISgOU-hy_sPPf5pBhAi-OiVnmg84BPwwdawlLsbWnq61uuY7D_X1zG_jcqtaMp6ZYvJ9eQRDsIkHyVSqJcpfJkkAQTl3p3M-0aaPrduaV66J71yiyxr29GCYglJsyFPFEixuDS9udmdblXLwjkDOzybngbs-gsdLINQgA/s640/20230101-_1013021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSa-RF2-9_DfEZHM13MODVcISgOU-hy_sPPf5pBhAi-OiVnmg84BPwwdawlLsbWnq61uuY7D_X1zG_jcqtaMp6ZYvJ9eQRDsIkHyVSqJcpfJkkAQTl3p3M-0aaPrduaV66J71yiyxr29GCYglJsyFPFEixuDS9udmdblXLwjkDOzybngbs-gsdLINQgA/w400-h300/20230101-_1013021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqt_bYLzfgFJfoNiWeSlHxtTvEI3mxJ6z7qZoGthD60LZ01U7vo_PG3jWpu7kHACw39oYn1iLh_f39BI8S0zbH1Xlqf_f6O3u9jreRdwrsoYJ0F6bHJ8ji7TKiJhqwY7oNTsg3vYown9ZHHQb8hsQxPokMTKkEolTqrwjeICNx-GyUNnKMJAA0VQcXw/s640/20230101-_1013036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqt_bYLzfgFJfoNiWeSlHxtTvEI3mxJ6z7qZoGthD60LZ01U7vo_PG3jWpu7kHACw39oYn1iLh_f39BI8S0zbH1Xlqf_f6O3u9jreRdwrsoYJ0F6bHJ8ji7TKiJhqwY7oNTsg3vYown9ZHHQb8hsQxPokMTKkEolTqrwjeICNx-GyUNnKMJAA0VQcXw/w400-h300/20230101-_1013036.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More family fun followed in the afternoon and on Monday. Laura, Jef, Anna and I had great walks together, and were excited to see so many bluebonnets among the clover. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqMnHmIAR3c0qC_pYv1Mt0Ae44tKwqeEBpwpLxjw0BgQdwu4sSK5wFZH_F0sI1tJEukK0yJPSKYlKgWBkEKF39unCeYIk_DRpTkXyFQdN_K0zXqJal_yG7cl0gzlzX4bxCZu90qIYCcsqYnGvUR9lFF8YYjG9Ycg4EpWbr1zguWQVeLq8VuomMWYaHg/s640/20230101-IMG_0619.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqMnHmIAR3c0qC_pYv1Mt0Ae44tKwqeEBpwpLxjw0BgQdwu4sSK5wFZH_F0sI1tJEukK0yJPSKYlKgWBkEKF39unCeYIk_DRpTkXyFQdN_K0zXqJal_yG7cl0gzlzX4bxCZu90qIYCcsqYnGvUR9lFF8YYjG9Ycg4EpWbr1zguWQVeLq8VuomMWYaHg/w300-h400/20230101-IMG_0619.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laura photographed many of our activities and wanted especially to get some pictures of birds. Here are some shots she took at the feeder outside my kitchen window. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmWBRnIEJMpIifzLvmjuOzfns9KPMJo4LFLAlu02BW7tLWEoB6AxtW6nJOAcWDKdhtEQ77z9aVwpIsX0ZAplOYfjKDTsNWrGz9WYwL5gERf2GU5GNacRNgiZvOVha36z5Lf81KR9RGOA6_Lmoxt-7kirtr8_AM30SnxPralfkkTuBo5_qYq88UUsMyQ/s640/20220102-IMG_0411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmWBRnIEJMpIifzLvmjuOzfns9KPMJo4LFLAlu02BW7tLWEoB6AxtW6nJOAcWDKdhtEQ77z9aVwpIsX0ZAplOYfjKDTsNWrGz9WYwL5gERf2GU5GNacRNgiZvOVha36z5Lf81KR9RGOA6_Lmoxt-7kirtr8_AM30SnxPralfkkTuBo5_qYq88UUsMyQ/w400-h225/20220102-IMG_0411.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lJ_kMd8S66MdkMBfdtpFIwJ1Fls-0TIao8sio3WbCYGlr3JEHNfXsC5WFbYFYxLTsoFJWYrXQRHCn8L7TqjBBKyBbNCvUdY-t5qn2y9xqyfYQsuwxfwfczj9EAcTR2J_vorG_l0l-CTueMJO5ViawyXkoQ5axNN0Sg5m9hU_tNRC33qa5q5L9vPSRg/s640/20220102-IMG_0418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lJ_kMd8S66MdkMBfdtpFIwJ1Fls-0TIao8sio3WbCYGlr3JEHNfXsC5WFbYFYxLTsoFJWYrXQRHCn8L7TqjBBKyBbNCvUdY-t5qn2y9xqyfYQsuwxfwfczj9EAcTR2J_vorG_l0l-CTueMJO5ViawyXkoQ5axNN0Sg5m9hU_tNRC33qa5q5L9vPSRg/w400-h225/20220102-IMG_0418.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And speaking of birds, Laura was especially happy to get photos of a pair of turkey vultures (we call them buzzards) that have taken up winter residence in Bob’s old deer blind below the lower stock tank.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKb4i7ZZXXz1jkkLG9MVf2nZ5NNZvON8iU-rSo3nbD91Ri64b45pTlhqxb-kiKaKu86wS2WR4Xh9elwtQU92HD0OC1pI_25wfz8w20SEy0v_SchFgie1cVAkLW-hYn8fsQVRZrj_IHJ6ZNXWT2rsCgMz70sxnhDknB0vC3qdLUKfA13bMHYS_vrGPGA/s640/20220102-IMG_0473.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laura got some nice shots of Jamey climbing on the remains of the big old post oak we always called, “Bob’s tree,” and Zeva sniffing below,</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGUtzJdo_oQ50GhVe2SIRmONqEMuVc3xGy8RZIM9FUuRNj52A2nI2Y62nbJiHq5yPYj5H1UxgkLidfYQTJ8Cf736aYysgKDBeaZxV93tswJepOMIXkcd0MhfHv3c-CAnW8E77XBcexRvHCpcO6_y1GM5_J0eSy5a71Om1Askd0aUS0IBAm3QSQ72hHQ/s640/20220102-IMG_0434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGUtzJdo_oQ50GhVe2SIRmONqEMuVc3xGy8RZIM9FUuRNj52A2nI2Y62nbJiHq5yPYj5H1UxgkLidfYQTJ8Cf736aYysgKDBeaZxV93tswJepOMIXkcd0MhfHv3c-CAnW8E77XBcexRvHCpcO6_y1GM5_J0eSy5a71Om1Askd0aUS0IBAm3QSQ72hHQ/w400-h225/20220102-IMG_0434.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0r-UubqJffaXY7BuGPuSI_0DiZScx-oohmLYecJe7wTrPjtRGCiRYRi1id92UqPuM0xOtttw9Gekpzyyzg3CUAiFqLnAtyxgljbgWh26RFnFXfoi025l_8bUfzX2I8UsIype5GCFv7BB-1VqxnyZSIySr8odILtjla5zfHdv78WLlyGXQw9osICrrQ/w400-h225/20220102-IMG_0463.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think she has a great future if she decides to become a photographer!</span></div></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">And, h<span style="font-family: arial;">ere are some more of my photos of our time together.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgib8x20Ap15Lg1a6N1CDOwfadyTuTO7epbZjGS6ZjXny5fFM8HLWAxokv_T5UIjOfV0kQtbFViSFS0r2MmAcE11_jq24iIbMqFoIhqYP52zc031J4PU9sLcDIYsPeVS_3iHTG3_uwlGChTMdwQvkQ-e0YDkX4k4flSJH3LvjC3ysxVBj4HEpwYW25o_A/s640/20230101-IMG_0607.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgib8x20Ap15Lg1a6N1CDOwfadyTuTO7epbZjGS6ZjXny5fFM8HLWAxokv_T5UIjOfV0kQtbFViSFS0r2MmAcE11_jq24iIbMqFoIhqYP52zc031J4PU9sLcDIYsPeVS_3iHTG3_uwlGChTMdwQvkQ-e0YDkX4k4flSJH3LvjC3ysxVBj4HEpwYW25o_A/w400-h300/20230101-IMG_0607.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laura, Jef and Erin (with a brief appearance by Rosie)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><br /></div></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaYK4qu15IDFjjnBEfacUPCIDAGWm4VW9gFB6loFK9a3jQ7R2A814Ps_clfXoCehkYI8fTlnqDbCHbVYTN2UYnA2FR06a2cjC9BL47hG3LU1MQfdLuMDLg5d4lqdoSp9k8NU-xddfNr5f5dpw83-vV4qQhiokrqfjMYK4nOR925z9dYm77YmpKGo6ZA/s640/20230102-_1013078.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaYK4qu15IDFjjnBEfacUPCIDAGWm4VW9gFB6loFK9a3jQ7R2A814Ps_clfXoCehkYI8fTlnqDbCHbVYTN2UYnA2FR06a2cjC9BL47hG3LU1MQfdLuMDLg5d4lqdoSp9k8NU-xddfNr5f5dpw83-vV4qQhiokrqfjMYK4nOR925z9dYm77YmpKGo6ZA/w300-h400/20230102-_1013078.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jamey</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SKKcr1r3elw8jzKBlgTIt2HGJv2c_Lizig15Io7fjxUlADLiIFKaJMCs1dP1v5itV64IpUWKCI6jhINMtidrV8lxeiprkHHjYOIgMnoSsBOcX5oTPYRIp7glNttJHbQ8uu8MMSxMGP9Jdw5TjDEHNxowD_DhQkEANe7S1SAMeolzcgX6AtTXsvST7g/s640/20230102-_1013086.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SKKcr1r3elw8jzKBlgTIt2HGJv2c_Lizig15Io7fjxUlADLiIFKaJMCs1dP1v5itV64IpUWKCI6jhINMtidrV8lxeiprkHHjYOIgMnoSsBOcX5oTPYRIp7glNttJHbQ8uu8MMSxMGP9Jdw5TjDEHNxowD_DhQkEANe7S1SAMeolzcgX6AtTXsvST7g/w400-h300/20230102-_1013086.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grandma Jef, Anna, Laura and Tarzan (aka Jamey)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDVBCuuZBhHSLy_iKoWpRgHa6Dt3W8wWsSgnn2mV6OCm375OT-SYnQQBSziydViCftRNBl1vUf58Q774YJpS52M5qggr8r7F48fHRQywdK8W05fkKPY0YxVBYLDZhouzaOoT3OsJYtt3sQ8a-qg1yyvB3AoxEkBvGF7L3ayxOGTzQyDbsOt1Vc0XoRQ/s640/20230102-_1013095.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDVBCuuZBhHSLy_iKoWpRgHa6Dt3W8wWsSgnn2mV6OCm375OT-SYnQQBSziydViCftRNBl1vUf58Q774YJpS52M5qggr8r7F48fHRQywdK8W05fkKPY0YxVBYLDZhouzaOoT3OsJYtt3sQ8a-qg1yyvB3AoxEkBvGF7L3ayxOGTzQyDbsOt1Vc0XoRQ/w300-h400/20230102-_1013095.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Zeva</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqX0Kd5cUuIDT1QPWhswcZXFijwRCWPi2WVRJH3-6xvxY9-an3fn1oD85JdR2R9z-I_elRhwB9DGfUNsY4_ANJehQ4ripib2vnBUzzaanCLWwC3g_AGie1I_MGwQs4FSz3fZhotr5K2WhMOF2eOlDwJR30wke26kxavNkqIGKvIlihf6tv2uTPD2M5w/s640/20230102-_1013107.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqX0Kd5cUuIDT1QPWhswcZXFijwRCWPi2WVRJH3-6xvxY9-an3fn1oD85JdR2R9z-I_elRhwB9DGfUNsY4_ANJehQ4ripib2vnBUzzaanCLWwC3g_AGie1I_MGwQs4FSz3fZhotr5K2WhMOF2eOlDwJR30wke26kxavNkqIGKvIlihf6tv2uTPD2M5w/w400-h300/20230102-_1013107.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Documenting a find</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1vPo_cEJofodF1a2iBOFK6XVGGxVLIICxm4M-JOlWC5qdLriuXtRQsbxvi_zL4-BJSj_4Wu1NCWnbRFOvISaWZ-KJEYF9wtf1lH6Zb-MrIHybh8E9u7PhiQYtXQMMWDnN64nI_5Zfm3WShlZAw6kyoSUK3atRDllsuKk_JJKHUnkEMKLE_MtpL8llQ/s640/20230101-IMG_0622.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1vPo_cEJofodF1a2iBOFK6XVGGxVLIICxm4M-JOlWC5qdLriuXtRQsbxvi_zL4-BJSj_4Wu1NCWnbRFOvISaWZ-KJEYF9wtf1lH6Zb-MrIHybh8E9u7PhiQYtXQMMWDnN64nI_5Zfm3WShlZAw6kyoSUK3atRDllsuKk_JJKHUnkEMKLE_MtpL8llQ/w400-h300/20230101-IMG_0622.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At least there's enough water for a dog swim</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvz00qZBxhOGjkAS8dl2JtFeeIctH38-zQpTNP7iN5Yt9pdPm9T5iZaSm75jKl6p_PMlAXp-bfe_n_y9Tj5qinxQMiJtU4VU_pU8vXtFA6F-n1Vtbf7rLCffkTRSYuZXp7Sc7lGt69ndMD_nmRaIJ_xoTqMRzZNc8mo6IjG5aSM_Z2Uv37SgpeP5kHcg/s640/20230101-IMG_0627.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvz00qZBxhOGjkAS8dl2JtFeeIctH38-zQpTNP7iN5Yt9pdPm9T5iZaSm75jKl6p_PMlAXp-bfe_n_y9Tj5qinxQMiJtU4VU_pU8vXtFA6F-n1Vtbf7rLCffkTRSYuZXp7Sc7lGt69ndMD_nmRaIJ_xoTqMRzZNc8mo6IjG5aSM_Z2Uv37SgpeP5kHcg/w300-h400/20230101-IMG_0627.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rare pic of Zeva sitting still</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03LDaMvGVJIojfGJzHWdatEugd35I1DQsA5OIBiafKWxre7dNfvIlU-yPuw3YTzBkvpYcbIMLhMnZFDRZAdziEG73XVwQ53h6hBd-f_J7EIpc5H4mClByi5cL1n4sIyFeKyMz7Ax4y2Bssj0qR4DJQT9666B0e1lqPA7PQOkvvEvWsTz2IubwgRGy7w/s640/20230101-IMG_0640.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03LDaMvGVJIojfGJzHWdatEugd35I1DQsA5OIBiafKWxre7dNfvIlU-yPuw3YTzBkvpYcbIMLhMnZFDRZAdziEG73XVwQ53h6hBd-f_J7EIpc5H4mClByi5cL1n4sIyFeKyMz7Ax4y2Bssj0qR4DJQT9666B0e1lqPA7PQOkvvEvWsTz2IubwgRGy7w/w300-h400/20230101-IMG_0640.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Quiet time with a good book</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozZ8W0j1XzX_mVL0uhqxD4guOP_Tl48KbAgwAR-dzYucSaYSovzcQaYHDE_nz0AQ34X6X9LIKA1aqSO19kLn8OsZv0CmmH8FHurd0OmQ80NVjxcdNaNTSygevGXBj0yEviWkB6zrQzidRI65qFDOd0fTpg1jAvORAEvBW7ZfzQyEsSXPoWzFAWzqRzw/s640/20230101-IMG_0636.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozZ8W0j1XzX_mVL0uhqxD4guOP_Tl48KbAgwAR-dzYucSaYSovzcQaYHDE_nz0AQ34X6X9LIKA1aqSO19kLn8OsZv0CmmH8FHurd0OmQ80NVjxcdNaNTSygevGXBj0yEviWkB6zrQzidRI65qFDOd0fTpg1jAvORAEvBW7ZfzQyEsSXPoWzFAWzqRzw/w300-h400/20230101-IMG_0636.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Allan read Rosie to sleep</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a great way to start 2023!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514733749405702455.post-45683479615809645822022-12-31T18:33:00.003-06:002023-01-02T14:17:51.139-06:00Wrapping It Up<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQQZnBqW_EmAfOTNmiHWEpzJWq9g87PtLbJ9tdId1-PPVMqlUZq8f_ZnOkptPZAHLKnquuUGE3usnE56yO3Hc5VHJKqs52kWn10Sru6tDRgoyz1k02zWlyfecWcQ6jFyhwm-57TAGKHAfCNfE3k1Bvu4klyEhR0mkBRSnWZij65Vpp6wpQdw8WeaY3A/s640/20221002-_1011893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As we wrap up 2022, I have good memories, some regrets and quite a few resolutions for what I hope to accomplish in 2023. (Good grief! It seems like only yesterday we were wrapping up 2021.) The year has gone so fast that I must assume I’ve been having a lot of fun. One of my resolutions will be to be more timely with my posts and to take more photos. After all, I do have a great new Olympus OM-1 camera, so no excuses. </span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And speaking of pictures, here are some from the past year that I overlooked or haven’t yet posted. I hope you enjoy them, and that we all have a happy, prosperous (and wet!) New Year!</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">P.S. I haven’t had time to caption most of these images, so check back in a week or so and I’ll try to let you know what you’re seeing.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ-fYkm73FwUarQmGK2j0CJa5CYoNRRtNFE-SKThx2GCdm5SpwmbPn7Kcrjp3v6FT9yXr3cLw5IbopHFxvmrcr6jKQIkWAZQQ9tl_IX-7bEBDjm3XsNxvKcEw1xmIDB5s1-rVSD_cCV-Ow43KaO9-MpUiqzNngu8vUaV9CxoJQ745h1lSjaGSjni4Tw/s640/20220707-IMG_8344.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ-fYkm73FwUarQmGK2j0CJa5CYoNRRtNFE-SKThx2GCdm5SpwmbPn7Kcrjp3v6FT9yXr3cLw5IbopHFxvmrcr6jKQIkWAZQQ9tl_IX-7bEBDjm3XsNxvKcEw1xmIDB5s1-rVSD_cCV-Ow43KaO9-MpUiqzNngu8vUaV9CxoJQ745h1lSjaGSjni4Tw/s320/20220707-IMG_8344.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fantastic lunch at <i>Rex's</i> in Dallas - 7/07</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0fdU74k529wuA9e7eSVb4Lv2L6Ib9dCOjakVSSsOkbVnyxOK421GDRXGXbFtOspF9u2gezSMDO5OtN396UZmqsz9l1WAHn9zCybpzk1HalumJ4-bn-ZniD65yYVqBwYmN1mLSvEvF_2sAQRbwQswVG34Jn48IhNH1rN90_D6Nz4ehK7E9U234HIiWA/s640/20221020-_1012304.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0fdU74k529wuA9e7eSVb4Lv2L6Ib9dCOjakVSSsOkbVnyxOK421GDRXGXbFtOspF9u2gezSMDO5OtN396UZmqsz9l1WAHn9zCybpzk1HalumJ4-bn-ZniD65yYVqBwYmN1mLSvEvF_2sAQRbwQswVG34Jn48IhNH1rN90_D6Nz4ehK7E9U234HIiWA/s320/20221020-_1012304.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John's jalapeño crop - 10/23</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4_YuT7OsKXqLSXgxBx_egKlyESeiv3-9Sq35LfwPpcpGnI2LTMPprt3VYzmvdX7wTeSQ5pBTJ0dVz9NwS1AkbTPILU-YC-Ip-fF7gWzw4xscvFxzP9MU9-3V8s6YwzJ2BN8gFDsqg8ZwRaJ-jnc60gX0LU_htKyiqxdiUX92nFpF7osHz1LHMFJ7Tg/s640/20221117-IMG_0245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4_YuT7OsKXqLSXgxBx_egKlyESeiv3-9Sq35LfwPpcpGnI2LTMPprt3VYzmvdX7wTeSQ5pBTJ0dVz9NwS1AkbTPILU-YC-Ip-fF7gWzw4xscvFxzP9MU9-3V8s6YwzJ2BN8gFDsqg8ZwRaJ-jnc60gX0LU_htKyiqxdiUX92nFpF7osHz1LHMFJ7Tg/s320/20221117-IMG_0245.jpg" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Celebrating my birthday with Gap FBC Home Group - 11/17</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuh7mavSVy5v0qGspRlviS1WP1-yq1G8YvrXt06tpM-WhMqshIAiRFXurHB86vVk7RBiPc3UYjbtUrZxai3VFnoV66uJ5dLepSmMk4vCFNtohTzzB2l9zscrLBJVGHjrsmHC6TCmTCVTofPSudDs3F9WTsQ-LqPlqz702w591-N7HVi4hFCqIxQ-frw/s640/20221120-IMG_0253.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="640" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuh7mavSVy5v0qGspRlviS1WP1-yq1G8YvrXt06tpM-WhMqshIAiRFXurHB86vVk7RBiPc3UYjbtUrZxai3VFnoV66uJ5dLepSmMk4vCFNtohTzzB2l9zscrLBJVGHjrsmHC6TCmTCVTofPSudDs3F9WTsQ-LqPlqz702w591-N7HVi4hFCqIxQ-frw/s320/20221120-IMG_0253.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Comely Clover - 11/20 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmlAx3WskXZ2DwR0IP-dRjxdoRuXY8VV1l15yYoBcdN4xC12qapsd3mx0EYo5hAvV72K6lvAaCM49pHLvhZe6Y927fyuSL05QHfelSmfspGIAPn8ovGMBiHkCrOsEa6f3akLx66gktXrA_rsrABI0ZWz500pFgWMvUba1i7VG00cDxMzRg-LDvqv4zQ/s640/20221217-IMG_0427.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmlAx3WskXZ2DwR0IP-dRjxdoRuXY8VV1l15yYoBcdN4xC12qapsd3mx0EYo5hAvV72K6lvAaCM49pHLvhZe6Y927fyuSL05QHfelSmfspGIAPn8ovGMBiHkCrOsEa6f3akLx66gktXrA_rsrABI0ZWz500pFgWMvUba1i7VG00cDxMzRg-LDvqv4zQ/s320/20221217-IMG_0427.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Merry Christmas! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW-zgymjPDd1d_w-NNy4B3Mym0z8h2F3268MceQs-LDuBaX9_Tg4Z4GVxEMvWVKpOZr1jULaH57qN2qSwnnR2xD1c7DqVHYLHZrAEjfo1afoET7YCG32oofFHRkcRbyqRj7k3vQgFr5PTfPMcMkx6Y8cGw18SRmz-BGUM82HzG4qTQL3y2imLdycaXw/s640/20221225-IMG_0481.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW-zgymjPDd1d_w-NNy4B3Mym0z8h2F3268MceQs-LDuBaX9_Tg4Z4GVxEMvWVKpOZr1jULaH57qN2qSwnnR2xD1c7DqVHYLHZrAEjfo1afoET7YCG32oofFHRkcRbyqRj7k3vQgFr5PTfPMcMkx6Y8cGw18SRmz-BGUM82HzG4qTQL3y2imLdycaXw/s320/20221225-IMG_0481.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christmas morning breakfast with Rick & Linda</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfj1r3o-anOzKsKTg-uENp7NZtFHN6k4gZvmd5BPRYSlGTSu41qlaOBJMt4VdJmmrTCn7FSHb8cYtnyyNBLEmcijYuXYuCKBfeLwgsIx-xVaCprcGYo3W-D4y1aFYgXeeXgHQyAW_dHHvqojn2GhGiURt_FYg5vQ9OP7e8xp6BjBz2Oe0P7aXrSWSqg/s640/20221225-IMG_0478.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfj1r3o-anOzKsKTg-uENp7NZtFHN6k4gZvmd5BPRYSlGTSu41qlaOBJMt4VdJmmrTCn7FSHb8cYtnyyNBLEmcijYuXYuCKBfeLwgsIx-xVaCprcGYo3W-D4y1aFYgXeeXgHQyAW_dHHvqojn2GhGiURt_FYg5vQ9OP7e8xp6BjBz2Oe0P7aXrSWSqg/s320/20221225-IMG_0478.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Linda's <u>amazing</u> sweet rolls</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vtE_O6UFXCFkgGfFguke49FLZLtl9DmuAs4jxyPRy5eYgIuPsqIZyLcVoeud-3r7Us5VtHOs_wpOxuPprBWcIq8T-Ehs8m4H9-2keWxNYQgveKth2P1GpSoQQVwoMwtErzxkAAvWER0Jvz__TCZlpsLj0KrpBnFni-4jeQasPKfH-4H7zTvKtWL_wQ/s640/20221223-IMG_0473.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vtE_O6UFXCFkgGfFguke49FLZLtl9DmuAs4jxyPRy5eYgIuPsqIZyLcVoeud-3r7Us5VtHOs_wpOxuPprBWcIq8T-Ehs8m4H9-2keWxNYQgveKth2P1GpSoQQVwoMwtErzxkAAvWER0Jvz__TCZlpsLj0KrpBnFni-4jeQasPKfH-4H7zTvKtWL_wQ/s320/20221223-IMG_0473.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Way</u> too cold for December 23</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTddpS7Gw527ZDGbiUQb-MYoRi54Gca9sZCRtwN6whLAcOKXVXS_1SNNUV0-DIT-kk4KnxHLZRrIY5yh6KMu2jBsy8euuhfCPDWUGegqgC8fO5OyJGYRdXCLgPGRxoqDqKz5Da0hLMwDlG67HyS6iYxApkm-3ZXsViewwZ5rhLm-B8htuS_bYvace5Q/s640/20221222-IMG_0469.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTddpS7Gw527ZDGbiUQb-MYoRi54Gca9sZCRtwN6whLAcOKXVXS_1SNNUV0-DIT-kk4KnxHLZRrIY5yh6KMu2jBsy8euuhfCPDWUGegqgC8fO5OyJGYRdXCLgPGRxoqDqKz5Da0hLMwDlG67HyS6iYxApkm-3ZXsViewwZ5rhLm-B8htuS_bYvace5Q/w300-h400/20221222-IMG_0469.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Amazing meal at <i>Olaf's</i> in Clifton - 12/22</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTAvKeIC86g827z2OzkIZbhAtesl-akGPNxzemUVU5FDeZo8BcueEjXWsU6czxfJSdh8uJD-ZtxrUQjnWadLQtPZjqUGTSXuC4boqE8Vmy2WlxSk3Dzr6LY6-SQayM3QNLCH67QWucedaDBn9mSoNwRRDMydH5tlXa4NSihq4-JpSJ643lVsbukajpw/s640/20221221-IMG_0455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTAvKeIC86g827z2OzkIZbhAtesl-akGPNxzemUVU5FDeZo8BcueEjXWsU6czxfJSdh8uJD-ZtxrUQjnWadLQtPZjqUGTSXuC4boqE8Vmy2WlxSk3Dzr6LY6-SQayM3QNLCH67QWucedaDBn9mSoNwRRDMydH5tlXa4NSihq4-JpSJ643lVsbukajpw/s320/20221221-IMG_0455.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Omphalotus livascens aka western Jack-o-lantern mushroom - 12/21</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUZPqLLj4y7g50_7AZwTZmLmMXhMkFjyCXaMXlKhWngTbbXhap7AE534xjdlcw3A2r4nRKZsHp3MwJMf-vlSQTOPPFk2iK_Wkpkq57MOPCdllfUT-t3ZbWaUVtPtLgi9cEdkDasa7VmHT1e9Gcdc_GJOPlx1mPogA79yf_8nyJ-wR-bbfe2YROwfINg/s640/20221220-IMG_0440.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUZPqLLj4y7g50_7AZwTZmLmMXhMkFjyCXaMXlKhWngTbbXhap7AE534xjdlcw3A2r4nRKZsHp3MwJMf-vlSQTOPPFk2iK_Wkpkq57MOPCdllfUT-t3ZbWaUVtPtLgi9cEdkDasa7VmHT1e9Gcdc_GJOPlx1mPogA79yf_8nyJ-wR-bbfe2YROwfINg/s320/20221220-IMG_0440.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Merry Christmas from Rick & Linda</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVwClCvunZVBoM9xWxxDlj6YIjdW6EPru0xBJTucP2TFTvKy12rJb49nnF7gxQRvOsIkVVDuFXl6Po_vhlzHZBKqG5iUKGbhHvg_VsUGiSVp-7gPXXEq2VDC8wwY_qXZn8a4wRxRS6JFoi_rrw1KKbJGaVJKbGedfUOFpJB1iy0X83YVep5nBD73yFA/s640/20221220-IMG_0436.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVwClCvunZVBoM9xWxxDlj6YIjdW6EPru0xBJTucP2TFTvKy12rJb49nnF7gxQRvOsIkVVDuFXl6Po_vhlzHZBKqG5iUKGbhHvg_VsUGiSVp-7gPXXEq2VDC8wwY_qXZn8a4wRxRS6JFoi_rrw1KKbJGaVJKbGedfUOFpJB1iy0X83YVep5nBD73yFA/w300-h400/20221220-IMG_0436.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Frosty morning walk - 12/20</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSJajv_GEIpps_KPA0DWhPFpypXPyuDGAv09qQTVypCyEVloMBDfcqcJ4cfdfkLMsr_mNZq03uLWsBaG5eQNrB44dcJMtM-KgbSI959RRFpAHPMTYxZ23yg5pcbFlel3I6hntCIC0rZexDxf50_NMiGCnzoezApE2qqBnp9tB5kH0-tmzYQFyDZU0Rg/s640/20221225-IMG_0486.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSJajv_GEIpps_KPA0DWhPFpypXPyuDGAv09qQTVypCyEVloMBDfcqcJ4cfdfkLMsr_mNZq03uLWsBaG5eQNrB44dcJMtM-KgbSI959RRFpAHPMTYxZ23yg5pcbFlel3I6hntCIC0rZexDxf50_NMiGCnzoezApE2qqBnp9tB5kH0-tmzYQFyDZU0Rg/s320/20221225-IMG_0486.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Santa brought toys</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfI8oqdczGlFeRZxYNta8gxdTYDLkkGWHor54zPS2_FXWs2ec0i7D1SShsdn3twb9szD-PUeduPUzVcOact3YL640GXPi6oGZSn1UaY55_kavBvaWm2p8b84gw_ASQAl2jks0hJevYErCA-m3rpcJsAwLAtvaX86W3wbKq83OYlkvVVE3xmEEyuosCQ/s640/20221225-IMG_0483.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfI8oqdczGlFeRZxYNta8gxdTYDLkkGWHor54zPS2_FXWs2ec0i7D1SShsdn3twb9szD-PUeduPUzVcOact3YL640GXPi6oGZSn1UaY55_kavBvaWm2p8b84gw_ASQAl2jks0hJevYErCA-m3rpcJsAwLAtvaX86W3wbKq83OYlkvVVE3xmEEyuosCQ/s320/20221225-IMG_0483.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lots of toys!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZVNAcy_Jk1kSWa4W7JUGz4UvkB_DhiCLNPTkG6YKg_8D7Rme9lydkgOA_IySerGGNnfYOG-oQWsUeeU7zNzje-PD6sZC9kLlXjtSoBSay0xT0wTEMg5BTw1Uw5L4cmeZWNLKiKqw9TfNjjJHjbpPH7PELW5UsTbrFjQAqpOvW1mDVvw_AzhtlZmUcQ/s640/20221225-IMG_0496.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd049050M4PzrEm9FofqcsqXitUGYHQdsI7GFTpCl3wj4uWNrSsj4sh0qn2sMjfv2cgjm6n5_5lV7vd4yz3kLpRwgySbdqOw_V2z5x_fyJbREkpKEIthAVuwn6LQ96krKavpjspfaZnH6Vp-N4twhT0S8_wy7XeHQBx0o36vY8J3_yUWHMmMwjNnc8dw/w400-h300/20221225-IMG_0514.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christmas dinner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpamysAVH-ijTAXj1OvQDvejL-AM7kwbY27wzOkCVgbmbaPsjCl0c9A4r-Jb8w3tXJCkPilTCnXP6dnGcQ464qcji1JVS2Q-w52U3mhRXt_h1R6_MyzMB8yZ866-Pc9hqew5ZMpIe5i_7/s640/20221227-IMG_0550.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpamysAVH-ijTAXj1OvQDvejL-AM7kwbY27wzOkCVgbmbaPsjCl0c9A4r-Jb8w3tXJCkPilTCnXP6dnGcQ464qcji1JVS2Q-w52U3mhRXt_h1R6_MyzMB8yZ866-Pc9hqew5ZMpIe5i_7/w400-h300/20221227-IMG_0550.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rick & John, deer stand designers, engineers & carpenters - 12/27</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcFg9LBASTJpGTWUYaFEUEaFD65b2_lQG6Nv3a1i6Olv3JB0swxgN8HX-0u-MmAQWSyYgRMNnSoqQjlysbW3khPiHzF74te1YkhozFvtJZERCW9d9AcCVIB4wJlZjizW0QMoUCcr7MzTrE7f8NJG2v_92jJbPVHjEGP0zcwVDJe7fvPj7Mop6mBwleA/s640/20221230-imagejpeg_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcFg9LBASTJpGTWUYaFEUEaFD65b2_lQG6Nv3a1i6Olv3JB0swxgN8HX-0u-MmAQWSyYgRMNnSoqQjlysbW3khPiHzF74te1YkhozFvtJZERCW9d9AcCVIB4wJlZjizW0QMoUCcr7MzTrE7f8NJG2v_92jJbPVHjEGP0zcwVDJe7fvPj7Mop6mBwleA/w400-h300/20221230-imagejpeg_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Missing our sweet Cousin Carrie Beth</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybVm8CffjlgoDGDYZcrJqIFHmGS6ZL7BaD7zz_TeVdsIlm_SaoOAyRoDcvtTBSSBRHhmj9WWhoRID__R7JHkbo5NYlHGV3gmFmWmYdPMxrHv3a--9_ufa_08hp5Z5-uVlGEOG0DuQgu9Qnxu_W5-lb82w1mg7jyPrXoBnYObtqwPdiCXIGsA6jZNpIA/s640/20221231-IMG_0586.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybVm8CffjlgoDGDYZcrJqIFHmGS6ZL7BaD7zz_TeVdsIlm_SaoOAyRoDcvtTBSSBRHhmj9WWhoRID__R7JHkbo5NYlHGV3gmFmWmYdPMxrHv3a--9_ufa_08hp5Z5-uVlGEOG0DuQgu9Qnxu_W5-lb82w1mg7jyPrXoBnYObtqwPdiCXIGsA6jZNpIA/w400-h300/20221231-IMG_0586.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo waiting for a "ready-go"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMrVU18Le4sK-FkrevSIVVv8xLbyJz-HI-pkbWV6YsAi5CCeguiyMI2Joh3sIrTgGUhr-ce9LMjh42ptOL-JEQDB-mLqXrG8WrcshbCX-0WImRdyiFMtymWzKdwvCTi3RuE3aFhbHWwGp/s640/20220103-IMG_0040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMrVU18Le4sK-FkrevSIVVv8xLbyJz-HI-pkbWV6YsAi5CCeguiyMI2Joh3sIrTgGUhr-ce9LMjh42ptOL-JEQDB-mLqXrG8WrcshbCX-0WImRdyiFMtymWzKdwvCTi3RuE3aFhbHWwGp/w300-h400/20220103-IMG_0040.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kota's 12th birthday 1/1/2022 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvEoaHgJWAhbCrz7iQYmqvCPFZbeSDiqICAVp_sGik1aZC3Nyj9x8q-K53cB7CZoSRR0euXf0EZAZYVVOMY-iJwd4sn9XE0QCJLVA3ql7bamM9YS2TCwa-mF7tFAq5BBgKJGWrAh9rNPoeCH1zUdxOfYnVI72flFEVWJjlF4zHL1WKbVEh1gBr_YfTA/s640/20220111-I__00883.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9mABB3Ia-nj-evt6XX23grwRm6RrPrj8p6OnatonC3QbjnFXBIhv6vb8gPrrqHpS_zWpYg_XU1Dr13ibU8wHsX3okH-Dc47bNVandFMiBi6edO04t8BA4jB9mPFOwRcLiIUMMXTTm4JLf931Cge7V3BIO-Wrq9mYX08ObHJ1HzQCyddNUBCmPmpCZA/s640/20220201.Bo-Goldthwaite--1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9mABB3Ia-nj-evt6XX23grwRm6RrPrj8p6OnatonC3QbjnFXBIhv6vb8gPrrqHpS_zWpYg_XU1Dr13ibU8wHsX3okH-Dc47bNVandFMiBi6edO04t8BA4jB9mPFOwRcLiIUMMXTTm4JLf931Cge7V3BIO-Wrq9mYX08ObHJ1HzQCyddNUBCmPmpCZA/w400-h268/20220201.Bo-Goldthwaite--1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Interviewing" Bo at Allen Mills' 2/1</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dxnruYme1wSoctgKWkqC-dQMyi2wxyBIEbVHMveMo-VyCzSz7L_gtQ93W-zN8QERg16cmq0P2PBJew03oUQ4QXTlFj7rz-p1O07TmFMI78kzHB1uth_Qt1_BRnF31p7bOBI59M1aN3vyrRA9YHxu3Y6xAmWmqAdPD_t1gtMfMM2DxsiJ1-0PvrJppQ/s640/20220224-IMG_7478.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dxnruYme1wSoctgKWkqC-dQMyi2wxyBIEbVHMveMo-VyCzSz7L_gtQ93W-zN8QERg16cmq0P2PBJew03oUQ4QXTlFj7rz-p1O07TmFMI78kzHB1uth_Qt1_BRnF31p7bOBI59M1aN3vyrRA9YHxu3Y6xAmWmqAdPD_t1gtMfMM2DxsiJ1-0PvrJppQ/w400-h300/20220224-IMG_7478.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bo & Cody on a frosty morning 2/24</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73A7McLT2JCuT43L-PBwBDvzF84R1j8eOzzu6vrCN4lNXpkSWJgQZPY1X1el7Jr82sdL7NeKCGJa3Yob_swYJPNv7KOmIxiiW_-MvPT8PJIZ57V6znYPkiPt23DnEzIy7UfgXVHPFN7E1pqYLt6vVcJORK9bycdZcelyuzZ9VvEDoTkBOnwlXU-l4bw/s640/20220221-IMG_7470.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73A7McLT2JCuT43L-PBwBDvzF84R1j8eOzzu6vrCN4lNXpkSWJgQZPY1X1el7Jr82sdL7NeKCGJa3Yob_swYJPNv7KOmIxiiW_-MvPT8PJIZ57V6znYPkiPt23DnEzIy7UfgXVHPFN7E1pqYLt6vVcJORK9bycdZcelyuzZ9VvEDoTkBOnwlXU-l4bw/w400-h300/20220221-IMG_7470.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ready for a ride - 2/21</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQY19mg5W178T5UIiYDJ-nLn7QJ5LFjVOSTc_ViCDloyc4JUXRgBfEcAaiHk1cPxDonOT09iouVRuJqhP8svjXqNVnshdTBh76R_s_pTDlsLSn_R0Xy1sQDG8DKCTbAS4fEh8hiy4lAL4OjkQdRbJhs2bFh3gvHTBGnaBO7WfSB7L-7hGMQt4sXJQlA/s640/20220318-IMG_7591.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQY19mg5W178T5UIiYDJ-nLn7QJ5LFjVOSTc_ViCDloyc4JUXRgBfEcAaiHk1cPxDonOT09iouVRuJqhP8svjXqNVnshdTBh76R_s_pTDlsLSn_R0Xy1sQDG8DKCTbAS4fEh8hiy4lAL4OjkQdRbJhs2bFh3gvHTBGnaBO7WfSB7L-7hGMQt4sXJQlA/w400-h300/20220318-IMG_7591.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You never know what you'll find when shopping - 3/18</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAPp598RU4nNQE-WLV7Sssg0Ngc2osWxue46uWa4Z6cXDso9E1h1OTCNOe71lJApmeXdWHmoN-rYZ7MCMgcEBqHlL9gpkF-PGwloign3-88naruVpQtAemElubnfkQ7Fsf-372ffoWULfubiCO3vRUzxX1RZNlySoJIsZwv94utiIVBvThLo-ka6P4Q/s640/20220403-IMG_7672.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAPp598RU4nNQE-WLV7Sssg0Ngc2osWxue46uWa4Z6cXDso9E1h1OTCNOe71lJApmeXdWHmoN-rYZ7MCMgcEBqHlL9gpkF-PGwloign3-88naruVpQtAemElubnfkQ7Fsf-372ffoWULfubiCO3vRUzxX1RZNlySoJIsZwv94utiIVBvThLo-ka6P4Q/w400-h300/20220403-IMG_7672.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Toasting Tex-Mex with Gail & Steve</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been a very good year, and we are grateful!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219161518320172190noreply@blogger.com0