How do you get in over 8,300 steps when you ride in the car for 5 hours? Spend 2 hours in the morning mowing!
My day started with breakfast of champions of homemade waffles, bacon and homemade grape syrup prepared by chef Jonathan Williams. Then it was time to work off breakfast mowing!
About 11:30 Lorraine and I went out to check 5 of 10 stock wells/tanks were functioning properly, to check the overflow operations, looking for possible improvement needs for the wells. These were spread out over 7,000 acres on the Kuhn Ranch which runs on the east and west sides of the Powder River. Much of the driving was on rough one lane road, some just a rutted out path! Another 1,600 acres in the mountains of the north fork of the Powder River. This ranch goes back 3 generations to 1906 when Lorraine’s great grandfather homsteaded the land. In 1917 her grandpa came to the US from the Basque Country, worked near Buffalo, eventually meeting her grandma when he leased land for his sheep from her grandma's family. I learned many of the Basque people took up sheep herding.
We did take a break for lunch at the Arvada Bar and enjoyed a tasty cheeseburger and homemade chips with some of the locals.
Then it was time to inspect more stock wells/tanks. We left the house at 11:30 and returned at 5. Also checking thistles sprayed had been killed, unfortunately many had not…that’s a problem and challenge.
Live animal sightings today include lots of antelope and prairie dogs throughout the day, plus deer and my bunny friends!
I learned so much today…thank you Lorraine!
Need to still finish reading my book I started yesterday then to bed hopefully by 1am!
Up early to start a 9 hour driving day to Cambridge Nebraska to see Bekah and Krayton. I’m excited for the day tomorrow!
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