Oregon Trip

My Grandpa and I drove out to Oregon to see family in October...(and yes, I realize that it is almost Christmas...) :)
Here are a few photos of our travels and things we saw.

A beautiful sunrise in western Wyoming

We stopped at Twin Falls Idaho for lunch...the gorge is beautiful. The locals said that there wasn't enough water for the falls to be going so we didn't go up there.

We stopped to stretch our legs in eastern Oregon. It was way hillier than I thought it would be!

We stopped at the stunning Sahalie Falls along the Mckenzie River

My Aunt is an artist, so we got to visit her studio and see some of her art. It really was fascinating to hear about the process behind the creation of the pieces.

You can check out more of her work at almeidiastudio.com

I spent a day up at the Evergreen Air Museum seeing Howard Hugh's Spruce Goose and several of my favorite WWII airplanes 

We went and visited this 100 year old covered bridge across the Mckenzie River

We spent the weekend on the Oregon Coast. We waded in the Pacific (it wasn't much colder than water from the garden hose in the middle of summer...) and ate some of the best seafood of my life!! 

We went to an Oregon Ducks Woman's volleyball game. They had a petting zoo "for the kids" but I'm pretty sure there were as many adults there as kids! I got to hold a ring-tailed lemur!

And the Ducks won their game pretty easily so it was a good night!

Soon thereafter we headed for home.

One more beautiful view in Wyoming :)

Harvest Moon

It's going to be bright out tonight! The last couple nights it's been bright enough to see the outlines of the trees and horizon. 

Weaning and a new baby

So my horse ran into a gate with her hip and tore herself up pretty badly Friday. I won't post pics because they are bloody and gory, but she is doing great for what it is, and she will be ok once it heals.
So here are a couple from today =)

We put nose blabs in our calves to wean them. It is just a flap of plastic that fits into their nose that makes it so they can't suck, but they still have their mom around for comfort. That way when they get separated from their mom, they aren't still depending on her for food. It just makes it a lot less stressful for them so they stay healthier.
Since Callie is on medical leave and it was an easy gather today, I rode my gelding, Vegas. He is 25 and has been retired since last year. I was going to grab another horse, but he's been following me around every time I go into the pasture like he's bored. So he got to come. He's so out of shape, but he had fun :) (I assume...)

  (He is the one on the far right...the grey horses were out in force today :) )

This is what a nose blab looks like in a calf. 

And we had a bit of a surprise in the feedlot this morning. We had pulled this cow out of our herd because she didn't have a calf this spring. Apparently, she had lost her calf sometime after we checked to see if they were pregnant, and then a bull bred her in early January. (we were letting the bulls hang out with the cows because we thought they were all pregnant, and it was one fewer pasture to check and water tank to chop ice in). Since the calf was born so late, we will probably sell them to someone who calves their cows in the fall.

Photo of the Day(s)

September 17

Checking cattle...

September 18

Pepper

Callie wanted the camera all to herself!

Vegas...love that old guy!

Gus being a goof...it was either this or a lens-full of horse nose

I don't think I ever got a photo of Woodrow's whole face..

Photos of the day :)

Yup, still not making it on here every day...but it's only been 4 days instead of 12!! :)

September 13

Not sure how, as there is a cover over this part of the waterer, but our steers keep unscrewing the float and letting the water run. 

September 15

Look how green it still is!!!!

September 16

 

Took Caydee for a walk out to see the ponies, and took along her ball thrower. 

The pones thought it was fun to grab and wave around and scare each other :)

Photo of the Day - or Week

So I've been wanting to do a photo of the day for this month...and I've been thinking about it and taking photos...but I keep neglecting to post them! So here are the first 12 days!!!

September 1

September 2

September 3

September 6

September 8

September 10

September 11

September 12

August In Sunsets

oops...this is a sunrise....

Sunset

One thing I love about Colorado is the beautiful sunsets :)

With a bonus of the dog getting told to knock it off by a grumpy cow :)

Everybody looks better in good light!!