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North to better pastures

ready to leave LaClede

Our decision to move most of the ewes north was not an easy one. We have never not kept them (relatively) close to home on desert sagebrush steppe grazing permits. Last February, our sheep were trapped by bad weather and roads. When this winter started early and hard, we bought extra feed and hauled it to them daily, hoping for a thaw. We did not have back-to-back blizzards like last February, but it has just kept snowing and getting colder. Eamon found sugar beets which had frozen in the ground in the Big Horn Basin. After lots of phone calls and planning, we started loading ewes, and rams, on trucks and moving them to beet fields and crop aftermath in the north part of the state. Most of them had never seen a truck.

morning wagons

Meghan bringing them up

loading

Guillermo

northward bound

Pat and Pepe at Cyclone Rim

unloading the trucks in the dark

the next day

where’s the beets?

the first day of the rest of the winter

 

 
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Posted by on January 16, 2020 in Animals, Dogs, Family, Folks, Peruvian sheepherders, Sheep

 

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Avocets in April

Avocets on the Adams Reservoir

 

These Avocets were braving cold water on the Adams Reservoir near Dad, Wyoming.

Bottoms up!

Looking underwater

 
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Posted by on April 26, 2017 in Nature and Wildlife

 

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Happy anniversary

Pat and Sharon in Ariquipa

Pat and Sharon in Ariquipa

 

September 27th is our 41st wedding anniversay. We had the good fortune to be attending a meeting in Jackson, Wyoming. As we were having dinner, we noticed that the Tetons were reflected, upside down, in the wineglasses of nearby diners. It was quite a sight.

The Grand Tetons

The Grand Tetons

 
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Posted by on September 27, 2016 in Events, Family

 

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Greater Sage Flamingo

The rare Greater Sage Flamingo was spotted nesting at the Cowboy Inn in Baggs, Wyoming.

The rare Greater Sage Flamingo was spotted nesting at the Cowboy Inn in Baggs, Wyoming.

 
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Posted by on May 23, 2016 in Nature and Wildlife

 

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What happens if you don’t pay your bill at El Rio

Rhen and Gael washing dishes--McCoy supervising, at El Rio Restaurante  in Baggs

Rhen and Gael washing dishes–McCoy supervising at El Rio Restaurante in Baggs, Wyoming

 
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Posted by on December 8, 2015 in Events, Family, Folks, Friends

 

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Deer season has closed

looking forward to another winter

looking forward to another winter

 
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Posted by on November 17, 2015 in Animals, Nature and Wildlife

 

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Snake River Community Barbeque and Fun Day

Has anyone else noticed the prevalence of “Fun Day” to describe gatherings in our community–and it’s true. We in the Little Snake River Valley really know how to have fun! Right after Labor Day, we have an end-of-summer, about to plunge-into-fall-work, guess-it-will-be snowing-soon celebration. This year the Community Barbeque included a barbeque (go figure), bouncy big toys for the kids and some grown-ups, live music, an arts and crafts display, and, of course, The Mostly Peruvian Soccer Tournament. One of our neighbors donates the use of his hayfield, next to the museum, as a soccer venue. Most years, the hay is put up, and the stubble is a little stiff. This year, due to generous (some might say overabundant) rains, the field featured somewhat soggy windrows, some of which had been raked aside to allow for clear soccer fields. This year, eleven teams played. A few were turned away, after being deemed to be too far afield and too semi-pro to participate. This gives you an idea of how many Peruvians are employed in agriculture in our area and surrounding communities. This is a day that the players look forward to all year. Even though several of our sheepherders left their flocks for the day to play for our team, the Osos de Ladder Ranch, alas,  our guys did not prevail. Still, a good time was had by all–truly Fun Days!

Peruvian soccer game in the hayfield next to the Little Snake River Museaum

Peruvian soccer game in the hayfield next to the Little Snake River Museum

Sundog, entertaining the crowd

Sundog, entertaining the crowd

A fabulous quilt by Aggie Stocks on display.

A fabulous quilt by Aggie Stocks on display.

Rainbow over the swingset and museum

Rainbow over the swingset and museum

Oso Antonio with Rhen

Oso Antonio with Rhen

Kids in line for the bouncy toy, with their shoes off

Kids in line for the bouncy toy, with their shoes off

Eamon on the bungee pull, with Brenden

Eamon on the bungee pull, with Brenden

Museum Director Leila Emmons with McCoy , Tiarnan, and the garden planted with the kids on Pioneer Day

Museum Director Leila Emmons with McCoy , Tiarnan, and the garden planted with the kids on Pioneer Day

Sally Martinez supervises the roasting of the lamb, beef and pork

Sally Martinez supervises the roasting of the lamb, beef and pork

Peruvain soccer players check out the Strobridge House

Peruvain soccer players check out the Strobridge House

Rhen at the top of the slide which has terrified generations of children

Rhen at the top of the slide which has terrified generations of children

Museum scarecrow

Museum scarecrow

Tiarnan and Siobhan under the sunflowers

Tiarnan and Siobhan under the sunflowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maeve at the Carbon County Fair

Here’s Maeve at the Carbon County Fair.  What’s Fair without cotton candy?

Cotton candy at the Fair photo by Bigfoot99 - KTGA 99.3 FM Saratoga/Rawlins, WY

Cotton candy at the Fair
photo by Bigfoot99 – KTGA 99.3 FM Saratoga/Rawlins, WY

 
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Posted by on August 12, 2014 in Events, Family, Folks

 

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Castle Rock

Castle Rock at sunset Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Castle Rock at sunset
Sweetwater County, Wyoming

 
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Posted by on November 14, 2013 in Nature and Wildlife

 

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