Pipe-Line

Big pipe!
dropping into the trench

It is hard to see how deep the trench is. I'd say 8 feet. Look at the guy at the end of the pipe in the above picture. It gives a little perspective. I took this shot standing on the animal crossing.

It was too far away to see here, but there are about 10 different trucks on this hill either dumping dirt or hauling pipe.

The pipe-line coming from Wyoming to Oregon takes a little jog through our property in South Canyon. It is amazing to see all the dirt they have moved and how deep the trenches are that they have dug. Semi's bringing pipes come past Marges all day. We had to drive the cows right through one spot. They made an animal crossing for us by filling up the trench with dirt. The cattle were a little leary at first, but then they went in.

Tag-a-Long

We saw this little guy following our cows earlier this summer when they were in the main canyon. We figured he would get back with his band. We were surprised to see him still with the cows this fall. He stays close to one pair in particular and they just let him follow along. He is now in Avon until we drive him to the corrals in a couple of weeks, when we'll call the owner to retreive him!

Fall Cattle Drive

We don't very often drive cows up the Public Grove road, but today we did. It was beautiful. I always like riding this trail. The pine trees smell so good and it is just a peaceful place to ride, but today it looks different than I ever get to see it because of all the snow! If I wasn't careful to duck under the trees, they would dump their entire load of snow on top of me. Alma and Cody were very nice and didn't "accidentally" hold branches and release them either. The second picture looks hazy but it is the steam coming off the cows body. We had Hailey riding with us, so I was a little less out-numbered. It was a great way to spend my birthday!

Red 38--All Grown Up!

Back in a post I made in April called Red 38, I took a picture of the girls holding on to this cute red new-born calf. Well here it is 6 months later and here he is again, almost as big as his mother. Way to go Red!

Fall Calves to Mantua

We drove 33 pairs of fall cows and calves from Sink Hole to Mantua to a waiting semi. They went along so good and the weather was perfect! Alma is walking along to keep the babies going down the road. They like to wander off and it is very steep at the top and not good to get down! Cody had a good day of roping. He is still working on Nevill's "power steering".

Moose on the Loose!

On my way to Marj's I saw this moose meandering through this field. He had a limp and looked a little thin. His hind legs are completely grey. I had to call Jon White to ask if moose had a waddle and he said that they did. This one seems very long. Jon thought it might be an old Bull. It was fun to see anyway.

Young Women in Excellence

Sierra's display

Savanna's display

Our theme for Young Women in Excellence this year was "For Such A Time As This".

We wanted the girls to understand how important it is to know why they are here at this time and that they have a great work to do, just like Ester did. We pushed them to talk about what they learned about the value that their project centered on, and we ask them to talk for five minutes.

They came through! I was so proud of them!

It was amazing to hear them grasp what they learned. Some of them didn't get it until they were speaking and then you could see the light come on as to what they did learn.

It was a nice evening.