Who knew that after driving 463 miles today we would end up with more driving? This time the vehicle was an ATV and we would be driving cattle (cows and their calves) to a new pasture. In the old days this would be done by Cowboys on horses, but today the Cowboys ride motorcross bikes, racing back and forth, making fast runs out to herd the strays back, whistling and shouting....what a sight to watch. Even so, as Daniel Carnine says, it's like herding marbles uphill. In spite of their best efforts, many calves and cows broke from the herd and ran every which way. Dan is taking me up in his plane this morning to fly over the miles of pasture land and locate the strays, then he will go back out with his Cowboys and round them up. Dan says that all the calves want right now is to find their mothers, and all the mothers want is to find their own calf to nurse their big bags of milk. They do a good job of sorting themselves out.
It is always wonderful to be back on the ranch! Cinda and Happy are having a grand time being ranch dogs - so much to see and explore! love, Liz
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