So there I was rolling out of bed at 6:20 for 6:30 chores...let me tell you I can eat a bowl of marshmallow maytes faster than anyone you know! haha Chores were pretty uneventfull, Otis is looking quite good now and there were no extra or missing livestock!
When chores finished I went in the house and got ready for church and Merle started to saddle up to help Delbert sort a few cow and a bull out today. It rained a little over an inch last night I believe- can't remember for sure what we got here but I know that's what they got in Martin. I took the one ton 4x4 pickup to church...and let me tell you, it was muddy. I had cars ahead of me going way too slow and one behind me pushing me going way to fast! Then, coming up a hill (of course that would be my luck) I meet Delbert pulling a stock trailer and I almost fell right off the road- but just barely hung on and made it to church without getting completely stuck in the ditch! The service was fine, but during the communion the usher told me to feel free to talk to the pastor about communion after the service (since I can't take it in that church). So, I greeted him and proceeded to tell him that I am a ELCA Lutheran and was wondering if there was any way I could take communion at his church. ...he went on to say that I couldn't because the WELS synod does not agree with the ELCA synod on some issues including this and that and the other thing. And that was right about where the conversation ended. It wasn't like he said ... "O but you're welcome to come worship with us" ...it was more like, "we have to wash the pew when you leave". (figuratively- I think!) So, I came back home annoyed about that and told Merle and Delbert and they said I should have asked for my money back! LOL, now that is a good one! So, next Sunday I think I might check out the Episcipol chuch in town- idk- apparently I won't be going to the Lutheran one anymore.
When I got back I made a few phone calls and then went out and met Merle and Delbert just in time for dinner...which was amazing. For one reason or another Sharla made prime rib and baked an angel food cake! Yum...sooo much better then my frozen pizzas and cereal! After dinner I helped with some piddly things and we moved the lawn mowers around. Then, I finally got ahold of Gordo (my friend that was in Rapid this weekend). She had been sleeping all morining and by the time I got her on the phone it was one o'clock. I needed some things in town anyway, so I drove to Rapid and met up with them for some pizza and a Wal-mart run. Then, we hung out for a bit and I decided I had better head back before it gets too dark and this nasty storm hits. And that's just what I did. I think the storm might miss us- but I wouldn't wanna be in it, that's for sure! Well, I think I'm gunna shower and sleep.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Snoopy and Baseball
Today...the sun was out when I woke up! Exciting- well sorta anyway. I did morning chores before everyone got down this direction this morning. Delbert's dog (Snoopy) - I don't think he's a beagle though, he's really big, almost as big as their St. Bernard! Anyway, Snoopy followed them down here yesterday on a cattle drive and they couldn't catch him to get him back. I guess this has happened before, so this morning we had to get a rope around him and loaded him up into the stock trailer. I got to drive him the 30 miles or so home! Haha, poor guy, I bet he wasn't too happy with me- but I got him over to Delbert's and then picked up Merle's lawn mower and brought it home in exchange.
Tina and Jeff were down at Dicks working on some old feed bunk mess I think...and stringing some more salt and mineral. Merle's grandson was playing baseball at a tournament in Martin so he went in for 7-9 yr old baseball! -haha- and I brought the dog home and then dumped some trash from yesterday into the hole in the pasture with Merle's loader tractor. ...I about had a coronary because when I parked the tractor back in the shed I noticed the grapple fork brace was crooked and kinda bent- I was almost positive I had done it and freaked out about it for like the entire morning. - well at least until I found out that it's been like that for a long time. Yep, leave it to me to freak out about something that I didn't even do!
So after that whole deal I brought some salt and mineral up to the dry cows on a four wheeler and checked the cows and that well. Then, I headed back to the prairie dog holes we poisoned the other day. It was a little dissapointing cuz most of them had dug back out- but on the bright side I did spot one laying out dead! So, if nothing else we killed one! lol We will have to hit em hard sometime soon. Then, I came in for dinner and Jeff and Tina must have left for the day about the same time. I decided I needed groceries while the store was open so I headed into town and stopped at the baseball game on my way in. It's been a while since I was at a little kids game- or a game at all :( So, it was fun to see, maybe a little hard to watch, but very cute! It was also nice to meet Merle's daughters and Brandi's family as well. So, when the game was over I got my stuff in town and headed back home. Since I couldn't think of most things to do on my own at the moment I decided to put my garden in. I planted watermelon, canteloupe, carrots, tomatoes, and sweet corn. I doubt much of it will even come up but we'll see, and I will have you know that I marked each row with a colored straw written on with sharpie markers! ...only me.
That pretty much took most of the afternoon. I drove up on the hill and got my cell phone to work for just a bit and then headed down to help Merle unload a pallot of salt and some blocks before they got completely soaked! Then chores, and some more rain. Sounds like we might have some severe thunderstorms tonight and Merle said he would call me if the fire dept. has to go out and watch- sweet! ...we all know I'm easily amused (and was deathly afraid of storms as a child) - guess I got over that one. I also had a chance to try on some fire gear today so that if we did have a fire I had some gear that fit- I think that'll be pretty cool. I'm going to take some classes starting tomorrow night for a week to get some basic fire training, I think it'll be really good for me to know a few things and fairly interesting.
Other than that, there isn't a whole lot else to report on- can I just say I'm really sad about the SF stockyards deal...it sucks, but life goes on. Anyway, that's all I got, gunna go find supper.
Tina and Jeff were down at Dicks working on some old feed bunk mess I think...and stringing some more salt and mineral. Merle's grandson was playing baseball at a tournament in Martin so he went in for 7-9 yr old baseball! -haha- and I brought the dog home and then dumped some trash from yesterday into the hole in the pasture with Merle's loader tractor. ...I about had a coronary because when I parked the tractor back in the shed I noticed the grapple fork brace was crooked and kinda bent- I was almost positive I had done it and freaked out about it for like the entire morning. - well at least until I found out that it's been like that for a long time. Yep, leave it to me to freak out about something that I didn't even do!
So after that whole deal I brought some salt and mineral up to the dry cows on a four wheeler and checked the cows and that well. Then, I headed back to the prairie dog holes we poisoned the other day. It was a little dissapointing cuz most of them had dug back out- but on the bright side I did spot one laying out dead! So, if nothing else we killed one! lol We will have to hit em hard sometime soon. Then, I came in for dinner and Jeff and Tina must have left for the day about the same time. I decided I needed groceries while the store was open so I headed into town and stopped at the baseball game on my way in. It's been a while since I was at a little kids game- or a game at all :( So, it was fun to see, maybe a little hard to watch, but very cute! It was also nice to meet Merle's daughters and Brandi's family as well. So, when the game was over I got my stuff in town and headed back home. Since I couldn't think of most things to do on my own at the moment I decided to put my garden in. I planted watermelon, canteloupe, carrots, tomatoes, and sweet corn. I doubt much of it will even come up but we'll see, and I will have you know that I marked each row with a colored straw written on with sharpie markers! ...only me.
That pretty much took most of the afternoon. I drove up on the hill and got my cell phone to work for just a bit and then headed down to help Merle unload a pallot of salt and some blocks before they got completely soaked! Then chores, and some more rain. Sounds like we might have some severe thunderstorms tonight and Merle said he would call me if the fire dept. has to go out and watch- sweet! ...we all know I'm easily amused (and was deathly afraid of storms as a child) - guess I got over that one. I also had a chance to try on some fire gear today so that if we did have a fire I had some gear that fit- I think that'll be pretty cool. I'm going to take some classes starting tomorrow night for a week to get some basic fire training, I think it'll be really good for me to know a few things and fairly interesting.
Other than that, there isn't a whole lot else to report on- can I just say I'm really sad about the SF stockyards deal...it sucks, but life goes on. Anyway, that's all I got, gunna go find supper.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Salt and Mineral
This mornings chores were fine. I had them finished by the time most everyone made it down. The bucket calves are still a bit unhappy but seem to be surviving! haha, poor little guys. Other than that things were pretty normal.
Today was another wet, drizzly day (well at least this morning) so Merle and I set out to string salt and mineral and Tina and Jeff went out to check on wells and fix a few. We all spent the morning doing that and came in for dinner at one or so. Sharla had made some very tasty pasta- yum! After dinner, Tina and Jeff built some new salt troughs and Merle and I loaded up another 25 bags of salt and 25 of mineral and a few cobalt blocks and headed out. I really like stringing salt and mineral because you get to see the cattle and the country...and it's not a tough job. We moved a few troughs here and there and I even kicked up a mouse nest out of one, but other than that- there was nothing too terribly exciting that happened. We went through the timber reserve pasture and on a day like today it was pretty muddy but very beautiful! We had some spots where we had to cut branches and even hooked a dead tree onto the pickup and pulled it out of the trail once- dang that Ford looks good pullin' a tree:) Throughout the day we saw a few white tails, some elk (really cool), lots of turkeys and chicks, pelicans, and antelope. Now, too see that all in one place is pretty darn cool.
By this afternoon the clouds finally broke into sun (seven days later)! That was nice, but the rain we sure good too. By the time we made it back we unloaded the few bags we had left and did chores. I ate some leftovers at the other place tonight and now I'm headed off to get some sleep. Not sure what's in store for tomorrow~:)
Today was another wet, drizzly day (well at least this morning) so Merle and I set out to string salt and mineral and Tina and Jeff went out to check on wells and fix a few. We all spent the morning doing that and came in for dinner at one or so. Sharla had made some very tasty pasta- yum! After dinner, Tina and Jeff built some new salt troughs and Merle and I loaded up another 25 bags of salt and 25 of mineral and a few cobalt blocks and headed out. I really like stringing salt and mineral because you get to see the cattle and the country...and it's not a tough job. We moved a few troughs here and there and I even kicked up a mouse nest out of one, but other than that- there was nothing too terribly exciting that happened. We went through the timber reserve pasture and on a day like today it was pretty muddy but very beautiful! We had some spots where we had to cut branches and even hooked a dead tree onto the pickup and pulled it out of the trail once- dang that Ford looks good pullin' a tree:) Throughout the day we saw a few white tails, some elk (really cool), lots of turkeys and chicks, pelicans, and antelope. Now, too see that all in one place is pretty darn cool.
By this afternoon the clouds finally broke into sun (seven days later)! That was nice, but the rain we sure good too. By the time we made it back we unloaded the few bags we had left and did chores. I ate some leftovers at the other place tonight and now I'm headed off to get some sleep. Not sure what's in store for tomorrow~:)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
No more milk!?
Today was a bit tragic to the bucket calves...no more milk! Yep, they were on their last bag and there wasn't enough for milk this morning, so now they are all done and down to grain and hay only! I definitly heard about it all day long...Wally (the first and tamest calf) was (and still is) exceptionally upset! Other than that, chores were fine. O, and Otis is still around, he seems a bit better... we'll see:s
I headed out to Rapid City to finally get rid of our rental car and pickup the last truck that was finished being fixed. Merle and Tina loaded up horses and went to help a neighbor sort yearlings away from pairs- the neighbor had a death in the family, so everyone pitched in and helped. They are definitly all great people out here and it reminds me a lot of home in that sense. While Merle and Tina did that, Jeff headed down to Chadron with all three four wheelers and the push lawn mower to have them all worked on. Meanwhile, I drove the rental car to Rapid and exchanged it for the fixed hydrobed pickup. I just turned around and headed home...that's about four hours of driving- made me kinda sleepy! But, I recovered when I got back, I ate and took a ten minute nap before Merle showed back up with the horses and we unloaded and unsaddle. This was interesting because he had to use the old stock trailer that is much narrower...JD had never backed out of a trailer before because we use the stock trailer all the time~ so I thought that was just kinda interesting. But, we got em out and sent back out to pasture. He had dropped Tina off in town so she could go home a little early and Jeff was going to just take the truck to his house and bring it in tomorrow.
We headed out to pick up troughs and string salt and mineral for the rest of the afternoon. Fun times, fun times. During this time we managed to stop and I showed Merle a worm that creates foam on the weeds (they thought it was the plant) and he showed me this cool wild turnip that is really popular with the Indians...but I didn't think it was too tasty! Then, we did evening chores, and moved some pickups around (now that they are all home and in working order). I ate some mashmallow mayteys and a muffin with toast for supper and now I'm headed to shower, put Joe's blanket on and sleep:)
I headed out to Rapid City to finally get rid of our rental car and pickup the last truck that was finished being fixed. Merle and Tina loaded up horses and went to help a neighbor sort yearlings away from pairs- the neighbor had a death in the family, so everyone pitched in and helped. They are definitly all great people out here and it reminds me a lot of home in that sense. While Merle and Tina did that, Jeff headed down to Chadron with all three four wheelers and the push lawn mower to have them all worked on. Meanwhile, I drove the rental car to Rapid and exchanged it for the fixed hydrobed pickup. I just turned around and headed home...that's about four hours of driving- made me kinda sleepy! But, I recovered when I got back, I ate and took a ten minute nap before Merle showed back up with the horses and we unloaded and unsaddle. This was interesting because he had to use the old stock trailer that is much narrower...JD had never backed out of a trailer before because we use the stock trailer all the time~ so I thought that was just kinda interesting. But, we got em out and sent back out to pasture. He had dropped Tina off in town so she could go home a little early and Jeff was going to just take the truck to his house and bring it in tomorrow.
We headed out to pick up troughs and string salt and mineral for the rest of the afternoon. Fun times, fun times. During this time we managed to stop and I showed Merle a worm that creates foam on the weeds (they thought it was the plant) and he showed me this cool wild turnip that is really popular with the Indians...but I didn't think it was too tasty! Then, we did evening chores, and moved some pickups around (now that they are all home and in working order). I ate some mashmallow mayteys and a muffin with toast for supper and now I'm headed to shower, put Joe's blanket on and sleep:)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
P-Dog Olympics
mmm...today...
First thing first, we did chores and poor little Otis cat was still in the barn, not feeling well this morning. Tina is a vet tech student and she looked him over and couldn't find any obvious problems with him so we brought him some milk, and hopefull he continues to feel better tomorrow- he did purr for me today! Otherwise chores were fine and it was just the beginning of another wet, soggy day.
We went down to "Dicks" (another place with corrals that Merle owns) and loaded up buffalo this morning. This made everyone a little on edge as buffalo are not easy to work with in small quarters. We were supposed to do this yesterday but since it was so wet we didn't think we could even get down to Dicks...but upon further examination we found out that it didn't rain near as much down there and we could have done it- so...even though it rained this morning, we sorted anyway. We wanted the two bulls first so Merle goes and get a round bale and tries to sort them off with the tractor...yep that's right we sorted buffalo in a corral with a tractor and round bale-haha! It was great, and it worked! Tina and I were laughing later beacause it was all these guys chasing and freaking out about the buffalo bulls (rightfully so) and we were given the wimpy jobs of closing the trailer gates. She had a rope to pull the center gate and seaparate them and I had the back sliding door. They came barreling through and she managed to get them separated and I kept em in...and for some reason the guys were so amazed by this. They told us that we get an A+! It was hillarious- guess the simple jobs earn you brownie points. The rest of the buffalo cows and the one adorable calf loaded pretty easy into two trailers. After it was all said and done it went remarkably well and no one got hurt so we had a successful early morning.
Delbert, Tyler, and Merle headed out to Belle Fourche...they thought (later Merle found out they needed to go clear to Buffalo!) and did not return home until just now. (9:40pm- my blog post times are never right) So, they all had a long day driving but told me they didn't have any trouble. As for the rest of us who stayed here...
We cleaned up all the tarps and panels from buffalo moving and headed back home. Tina and I began cleaning the barn (always a fun task...) and Jeff headed out to Gordon to get a load of cracked corn in the black pickup...and he didn't have any trouble...darn that chevy! So, we cleaned the barn while it rained some and left the pickup door open the whole time so we could hear the radio- this later led to wet butts and door handles full of water, lol. Then, we headed in to Merle's house and ate his food for dinner and headed back out. Food always tastes better when it's not yours- haha! We spent the entire afternoon putting out phos-toxins to poison prairie dogs with. First you stick a tube down the hole as far as you can get it to go without plugging it- then you put in a few pills of toxins...which are really rank and well toxic- then you shoot some water down the tube with a pour gun and then quick cover the hole with sodd and dirt. Then, you go to the next one, and the next, and the next, and- well you get it. We managed to do this in two spots until four when Tina and Jeff had to get ready to go. At the end of the afternoon both Tina and I had major headaches from this crap. We wore latex gloves and such but you really have to be careful! So, I told Tina and Jeff to get going so they could make it to Jeff's second job in town on time. I did evening chores and finished stringing some straw in the barn, followed by some piddly things and then decided I had better get a few more things off the list. So I filled up the fire truck tank and swept out the other end of the shed at the same time. By this time it was eight and I was plain pooped so I came in and made a pizza and now I'm headed to bed. Merle just called and said he about came up here and rolled me out of bed cuz he has been trying to get ahold of me for hours- well my cell is dead and I've been outside, and I'm having trouble with the land line so- oops? He said he was worried the phos toxins got to my allergies- so it's definintly a good thing it rang through, he sounded relieved! lol, nope they didn't gas me out!
Sounds like I'm taking the rental car back to Rapid to pick up the last truck we have in the shop tomorow! We'll see if I can even get the car out of here in the mud! Nite.
First thing first, we did chores and poor little Otis cat was still in the barn, not feeling well this morning. Tina is a vet tech student and she looked him over and couldn't find any obvious problems with him so we brought him some milk, and hopefull he continues to feel better tomorrow- he did purr for me today! Otherwise chores were fine and it was just the beginning of another wet, soggy day.
We went down to "Dicks" (another place with corrals that Merle owns) and loaded up buffalo this morning. This made everyone a little on edge as buffalo are not easy to work with in small quarters. We were supposed to do this yesterday but since it was so wet we didn't think we could even get down to Dicks...but upon further examination we found out that it didn't rain near as much down there and we could have done it- so...even though it rained this morning, we sorted anyway. We wanted the two bulls first so Merle goes and get a round bale and tries to sort them off with the tractor...yep that's right we sorted buffalo in a corral with a tractor and round bale-haha! It was great, and it worked! Tina and I were laughing later beacause it was all these guys chasing and freaking out about the buffalo bulls (rightfully so) and we were given the wimpy jobs of closing the trailer gates. She had a rope to pull the center gate and seaparate them and I had the back sliding door. They came barreling through and she managed to get them separated and I kept em in...and for some reason the guys were so amazed by this. They told us that we get an A+! It was hillarious- guess the simple jobs earn you brownie points. The rest of the buffalo cows and the one adorable calf loaded pretty easy into two trailers. After it was all said and done it went remarkably well and no one got hurt so we had a successful early morning.
Delbert, Tyler, and Merle headed out to Belle Fourche...they thought (later Merle found out they needed to go clear to Buffalo!) and did not return home until just now. (9:40pm- my blog post times are never right) So, they all had a long day driving but told me they didn't have any trouble. As for the rest of us who stayed here...
We cleaned up all the tarps and panels from buffalo moving and headed back home. Tina and I began cleaning the barn (always a fun task...) and Jeff headed out to Gordon to get a load of cracked corn in the black pickup...and he didn't have any trouble...darn that chevy! So, we cleaned the barn while it rained some and left the pickup door open the whole time so we could hear the radio- this later led to wet butts and door handles full of water, lol. Then, we headed in to Merle's house and ate his food for dinner and headed back out. Food always tastes better when it's not yours- haha! We spent the entire afternoon putting out phos-toxins to poison prairie dogs with. First you stick a tube down the hole as far as you can get it to go without plugging it- then you put in a few pills of toxins...which are really rank and well toxic- then you shoot some water down the tube with a pour gun and then quick cover the hole with sodd and dirt. Then, you go to the next one, and the next, and the next, and- well you get it. We managed to do this in two spots until four when Tina and Jeff had to get ready to go. At the end of the afternoon both Tina and I had major headaches from this crap. We wore latex gloves and such but you really have to be careful! So, I told Tina and Jeff to get going so they could make it to Jeff's second job in town on time. I did evening chores and finished stringing some straw in the barn, followed by some piddly things and then decided I had better get a few more things off the list. So I filled up the fire truck tank and swept out the other end of the shed at the same time. By this time it was eight and I was plain pooped so I came in and made a pizza and now I'm headed to bed. Merle just called and said he about came up here and rolled me out of bed cuz he has been trying to get ahold of me for hours- well my cell is dead and I've been outside, and I'm having trouble with the land line so- oops? He said he was worried the phos toxins got to my allergies- so it's definintly a good thing it rang through, he sounded relieved! lol, nope they didn't gas me out!
Sounds like I'm taking the rental car back to Rapid to pick up the last truck we have in the shop tomorow! We'll see if I can even get the car out of here in the mud! Nite.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Rapid City and Country Corner Cowboys
Today was sorta like a day off. I did chores this morning, with the help of Tina. But, then headed back to the house to take a shower and get ready to head to Rapid City to meet Mom, John, and Ann. I brought the old chevy pickup to the chevy dealership to get the darn lights fixed and had them pick me up there.
From there we did a little tourist trapping~ First stop: Cosmos. Ann and John had been there but Mom and I hadn't. It's one of those things you always drive by but never actually go see. So, we went...it was Cosmo like? I figured out most of the phenomena minus the whole appearing taller and shorter thing- now that was strange! It didn't help that we had the biggest cornball for a tour guide ever as well! Next stop: Mt. Rushmore...is not visible in the fog! lol, I have been there several times and I think everyone else had been there a few times as well, but today you couldn't hardly see a thing up there, it was way too foggy. So, we toured the gift shop, ate some ice cream (yey for rb floats!) and went on our way. Final Stop: Reptile Gardens. Now, this place is pretty cool. We got there during the alligator show, which was so amazing. It made me nervous that this dude was just walking around with probably thirty alligators all around him. But, it was really cool and his demos were nifty as well! So, after touring all the cool snakes that were molting and birds and lizards and such we headed back to the chevy dealership where Merle had switched trucks and picked up the chevy, leaving me the ford that was just fixed at the ford garage.
We ended up following each other home because of the timing we left. So, we stopped at Country Corner, this little middle of nowhere place on hwy 44. Merle beat me there and called and said to stop and meet up with him- so I walk in the door of this joint and it's jam packed with cowboys! Haha, I was definitly not a local, and it was pretty funny to watch some heads turn at this random girl who entered their turf! But, it was worth the short entertainment, and we headed on home. We used the CB radios most of the way and pretty much held an off and on conversation about who's land we were passing and the weather just to stay awake!
After surviving halfway up nasty (freshly graded?!) Hisle road we come across one of our cattle that is out in the ditch and chase her back in...and fix the fence she jumped. She really challenged me and wanted to run me over that little turd- but I got her beat! Finally we made it home and did chores. Then, headed in and had hamburgers at the other place and I tried to redeem myself in Kings in the Corner- and did not succeed! But, the good news is I watched the news tonight for the first time in like forever- GM and Chrysler? wow!
Anyway, I better head to bed, it sounds like a pretty likely chance of rain tonight yet...maybe we won't get to the buffalo tomorrow either?
From there we did a little tourist trapping~ First stop: Cosmos. Ann and John had been there but Mom and I hadn't. It's one of those things you always drive by but never actually go see. So, we went...it was Cosmo like? I figured out most of the phenomena minus the whole appearing taller and shorter thing- now that was strange! It didn't help that we had the biggest cornball for a tour guide ever as well! Next stop: Mt. Rushmore...is not visible in the fog! lol, I have been there several times and I think everyone else had been there a few times as well, but today you couldn't hardly see a thing up there, it was way too foggy. So, we toured the gift shop, ate some ice cream (yey for rb floats!) and went on our way. Final Stop: Reptile Gardens. Now, this place is pretty cool. We got there during the alligator show, which was so amazing. It made me nervous that this dude was just walking around with probably thirty alligators all around him. But, it was really cool and his demos were nifty as well! So, after touring all the cool snakes that were molting and birds and lizards and such we headed back to the chevy dealership where Merle had switched trucks and picked up the chevy, leaving me the ford that was just fixed at the ford garage.
We ended up following each other home because of the timing we left. So, we stopped at Country Corner, this little middle of nowhere place on hwy 44. Merle beat me there and called and said to stop and meet up with him- so I walk in the door of this joint and it's jam packed with cowboys! Haha, I was definitly not a local, and it was pretty funny to watch some heads turn at this random girl who entered their turf! But, it was worth the short entertainment, and we headed on home. We used the CB radios most of the way and pretty much held an off and on conversation about who's land we were passing and the weather just to stay awake!
After surviving halfway up nasty (freshly graded?!) Hisle road we come across one of our cattle that is out in the ditch and chase her back in...and fix the fence she jumped. She really challenged me and wanted to run me over that little turd- but I got her beat! Finally we made it home and did chores. Then, headed in and had hamburgers at the other place and I tried to redeem myself in Kings in the Corner- and did not succeed! But, the good news is I watched the news tonight for the first time in like forever- GM and Chrysler? wow!
Anyway, I better head to bed, it sounds like a pretty likely chance of rain tonight yet...maybe we won't get to the buffalo tomorrow either?
Monday, June 8, 2009
Out in this country...
Ok. This one is gunna have to be shorter than normal cuz it's late!
Today was a fun one. I did chores like normal and then helped Merle round some things up so he could go set up the buffalo corals for loading them up tomorrow. He was leaving and wasn't planning to be back until the afternoon. Mom, John, and Ann were planning on meeting me in town around eleven so I stayed back here. Meanwhile, I started scraping and shoveling out the shed floor and cleaning it up in a few spots. Jeff was building a gate, and Tina came later to help me clean. We got almost done when I decided I had better head back and clean up to meet everyone in town. I met the fam around noonish at the fire hall and we went to Cho-Snazz- the nicer restuarant in town- it was tasty...although I think I was the only one hungry! haha-thanks for dinner John! Then, we stopped by the grocery store and headed out to my house. John was able to follow me in the pickup because the road had dried out enough this morning to get a car back on it. Due to our lack of running vehicles, I was driving the old, black chevy pickup and we had some trouble with the doors...it was a sight to see, me pushing and mom pulling! lol, I'm sure the locals got a kick out of it.
Well when we got back here I gave them the tour and we gave Joe some shots that he was due for. Then, we hopped in Toro (my car) and I took them for a drive out to interior and the badlands. There was lots of scenery and it's very pretty all through there. I took a back BIA road, so it was pretty desolate with some open range. On the way up, I realized the Ann really liked the prairie dogs so I took them all the way up to the "Prairie Dog Ranch Store" (the same guy we buy cattle feed from) and she was able to feed the dogs some peanuts- what fun, haha! So, afterwards we made a stop and the visitors center and a few other little ganders here and there and then I took them back to their car at my place. It was lots of fun to see everyone and I am planning to bring the rental car back to Rapid tomorrow and spend the day up there with them. I think I have cultured everyone enough for one day.
After they left I did the horse chores that were left and then helped Merle hook the haybuster up. He invited me up for leftovers again so we ate and played a game of kings in the corner...a very relentless game! We decided to play to 200 (first person to reach it looses) and I sat at 199 points exactly for four or five rounds until I finally lost! We ended up playing like eleven hands...hence the late night! O, it was worth it to have a little fun once and a while. But, I better go to bed or the boss will wonder why the heck I'm so tired in the morning- haha!
Today was a fun one. I did chores like normal and then helped Merle round some things up so he could go set up the buffalo corals for loading them up tomorrow. He was leaving and wasn't planning to be back until the afternoon. Mom, John, and Ann were planning on meeting me in town around eleven so I stayed back here. Meanwhile, I started scraping and shoveling out the shed floor and cleaning it up in a few spots. Jeff was building a gate, and Tina came later to help me clean. We got almost done when I decided I had better head back and clean up to meet everyone in town. I met the fam around noonish at the fire hall and we went to Cho-Snazz- the nicer restuarant in town- it was tasty...although I think I was the only one hungry! haha-thanks for dinner John! Then, we stopped by the grocery store and headed out to my house. John was able to follow me in the pickup because the road had dried out enough this morning to get a car back on it. Due to our lack of running vehicles, I was driving the old, black chevy pickup and we had some trouble with the doors...it was a sight to see, me pushing and mom pulling! lol, I'm sure the locals got a kick out of it.
Well when we got back here I gave them the tour and we gave Joe some shots that he was due for. Then, we hopped in Toro (my car) and I took them for a drive out to interior and the badlands. There was lots of scenery and it's very pretty all through there. I took a back BIA road, so it was pretty desolate with some open range. On the way up, I realized the Ann really liked the prairie dogs so I took them all the way up to the "Prairie Dog Ranch Store" (the same guy we buy cattle feed from) and she was able to feed the dogs some peanuts- what fun, haha! So, afterwards we made a stop and the visitors center and a few other little ganders here and there and then I took them back to their car at my place. It was lots of fun to see everyone and I am planning to bring the rental car back to Rapid tomorrow and spend the day up there with them. I think I have cultured everyone enough for one day.
After they left I did the horse chores that were left and then helped Merle hook the haybuster up. He invited me up for leftovers again so we ate and played a game of kings in the corner...a very relentless game! We decided to play to 200 (first person to reach it looses) and I sat at 199 points exactly for four or five rounds until I finally lost! We ended up playing like eleven hands...hence the late night! O, it was worth it to have a little fun once and a while. But, I better go to bed or the boss will wonder why the heck I'm so tired in the morning- haha!
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