The sheep are making our annual trek from wintering ground on the Red Desert to the Badwater Pasture, where we will shear the sheep before heading on to the Cottonwood lambing grounds.
Seamus and Cora getting ready to cross under I80
heading for the gate
under I80
Fireworks, anyone?
map of the checkerboard
heading for the Union Pacific railroad overpass
the dogs trail too!
some can ride
!
Here’s Modesto’s ewes, ready to head through Rodewald’s gate
Today, the third band of sheep crossed over the UP line and under I80 at Creston Junction. They are trailing north to winter pastures on the Cyclone Rim and Chain Lakes allotments in the Red Desert. This is a long walk from the summer pastures on the Routt and Medicine Bow National Forests.
Here’s the sheep topping the railroad overpass south of Creston Junction.
Modesto in the mirror
passing the Fireworks Stand
heading north, past I80
almost to the gate
Ladder Ranch
