Turkey Month

 

 

Well its that time of year. Time to think of all the things that we are grateful for.

My Mom had surgery last week on her heart, and has pulled thru like a trooper, she is now in a rehab center, to get her strength back, soon she will be home and be able to go to the bathroom without assist. That will make her happy, I know it would make me happy, to go by myself.

All our kids are doing well and so are the grandmonster’s. All horses, mules, and dog as well.

Mike and I are doing okay, things will be better in about 138 days. That is the first day of spring, and I can’t wait till the cold is gone, for another year.

Hunting Dogs and Attitude !

Hunting season is really starting to heat up, we have the elk in the freezer. Mike has started to grouse and pheasant hunt.

Saturday the Pheasant season opened in Idaho. Mike let the dog out and he pointed a few , but the birds are not holding and are flying. (poor Patches) he just can’t seem to catch a break.

Monday night, Mike again let patches out into the yard, (poor Patches) Trisha and Mikey came over for dinner . so Patches again didn’t get to go hunting.

Patches is becoming quite vocal, he sat outside and grumbled and growled for about a half hour. Mikey thought he was crying. I told him no he wasn’t, wait a while then he will cry he is just upset right now. Sure enough half hour later Patches is crying a long forlorn wail. Like somebody is dragging his heart out of his mouth. Here is a nice picture of the crying Patches. He won’t sit or stand for his photograph.

looks kinda of scary doesn’t he. In this next picture he is chasing a tweety bird.

Mike and Patches hunting behind the house.

Talk at you next week, maybe if I drug the dog he will sit still, not holding my breath.

Fall then Winter, Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

Fall is still here.

But winter is fast approaching, Mike and his friend Roger went and retrieved the elk camp that we had set up this past summer. These next words are his I am just immortalizing them for him if that is the right word.

We left Friday morning , and drove into a snow storm, in Wyo. Parked the trailers, at the trailhead. About a foot of snow on the ground. We then preceded to unload the mules and get them packed for the ride in to our elk camp. This is a 10 mile hike or 3 hours on horses and mules.

The trail, nobody had been up the trail since the last storm. WE had to break trail with only a foot of snow this was not hard, but it was snowing and the Wind. You know beautiful WINDY WYOMMING. Thats why Wyo starts with a W and not a Y so that is can rhyme with Wind. This ride took us 5 hours to get in, promised Lora I would call when I got service on my phone, called her on top of the mountain, and boy was it cold, the wind she was a howling, and we still didn’t know if our tent was still going to be there.

Our tent was still there, sure looked different from our summer camp. See pictures.

summer camp, then winter camp.

Tent is leaning quite a bit from the snow, it snowed all night long, but thankfully the wind quit blowing, or we would have had drifts over the tent. I forgot the pancake syrup at home so all we had for breakfast was coffee and bacon, thankfully we were loading up and heading back out.  There was another camp of 4 guys up here as well, and they had been up here for a week, but were heading out on saturday as well, they didn’t have any feed for their horses, they had 8 head, we gave them what we had left over from our hay cubes, which was about a bag, not really enough for 8 horses.Breaking camp was a chore of and  in itself the tent was frozen could not get it back into the bag. So we folded the tent the best we could and lashed it to the mule, will have to wait for the tent to thaw and dry out before putting away for the year. We had 3 ft of snow to break trail thru. So Roger and I broke trail back to the trailhead,as the other camp their horses hadn’t had any decent feed, for a couple of days.

Thankfully Saturday was a clear day, and very beautiful. We made it to the trailhead and loaded up the mules and went home. My mules got teased a lot because I brought horse blankets for them to stay warm cause I know the wind is terrible up on the mountain and in the horse trailer, but they were warm and cozy. The other animals were just jealous, cause they were freezing. Thats my trip and I am glad that I’m back home.

Hunting, Horses and mostly mules

Can we say that we are ready for winter? I finally had to break down and turn the furnace on Wednesday morning we received our first storm of the winter. Deny that winter is coming but it was cold. One good thing I don’t have to pick anymore stinkin tomato’s . I helped my daughter tear down the trampoline for the winter and Karson my grandmonster turned 5 on monday.

Mike shot his elk a 6 point but it has only one horn the elk broke it off. Mike thinks maybe fighting another bull. Here is a pic of his winter camp glad I only go in the summer.

the summer pictures of this same area are on my earlier posts.

talk at you later have to convince Mike(the evil one) that I want to paint my living room and get new carpet and kitchen floor, wish me luck.

Fall The changing World

Another summer has flown away. Its starting to get colder, the trees are a changing colors.

Wow, what else can I say I hate autumn/fall.  I love spring/summer, winter I hibernate who cares it’s all white.

The thing about fall it is only pretty for about 3 weeks then its just brown and dead looking until it snows. Then we get the best in spring/summer, and I’m happy again.

Well Mike is off hunting again until about the end of  November he will be back and forth home and hunting. another reason why I hate fall.

I’ve said enough about Fall and my hate relationship with this season. I’m waiting for a new adventure to start. maybe renovate my kitchen and floors will see how much money I have,  probaly enough to paint.

Talk at you next week. Here is a sad picture of fall.  180 days til spring the count down has begun.

Horses and mules

Well summer is over. It has been a real quiet week Mike was supposed to go hunting this past week end. He got the horse trailer loaded and all the panniers weighed , then while packing his sleeping bag into its bag he pulled a muscle in his back.  He thought he would be better in the morning, but this was not to be. He ended up calling his friend Robert to cancel the trip, and I got to unload the horse trailer. What fun! Today is Monday and he is starting to move again, back to normal. Thank God!  Here is a pic of summer ending. See ya next week.

Horses and Mules

Well summer is about over used my last vacation day Friday. Hunting season is now open and now I’m a hunting widow. Mike got back Sunday from his elk preliminary hunt, just looking.

Mike sure had a lot of country to look at. It is still hot in the high country, no frost lately so the trees haven’t started to get their fall colors yet. The tetons in this picture still have a cap of snow that won’t leave in my life time.

This next picture is for my friend who is afraid of high narrow trails. Annika don’t look down it’s way down just keep your eyes on the trail. Don’t look between the mule’s ears cause Lil John is looking down off the side of the trail and he even thinks it looks scary down there. the trail is to the left, just don’t look to far to the left cause it’s the same view as to the right.

You would think this is country for mountain goats, but no there is actually deer and elk and bears up here. Maybe next week Mike and Robert will get to see an elk to shoot at with his bow.

Were all fine here .The kids are back in school. Talk at you next week.

Horse and mules, kids

Well summer is about over. Had lunch with my mom and it was great but sure was glad to get out of the rat race the traffic was terrible. I seen more cars and trucks in one day down in the big city,  than I see and 2 years where I live. I’m such a red neck.

My grandmonster Dustin had his birthday party today he turned 9. Everybody had a grand time swimming as it is still hot.

The Evil one left for his elk hunting trip today won’t be back for a week. Yeah I get the whole bed and house to myself. Mike called me about 4:30 pm today from the top of the mountain he got cell service incrediable don’t you think. He used to go hunting and I wouldn’t here from him for a week. Technology is grand, don’t you think?

Another great picture.

Horses and Mules

Well what can I say this time about the wilds of Wyo. This picture about says it all.

WE loaded up the horses and mules.

and off we go.

Elk Camp for the next 2 months is now set up for Mike and his buds.

Mike scouting for the elusive ELK.

I really think the guys like the flowers, they just can’t seem to bring themselves to say that they like the flowers, so they say that they are scouting for elk, bet Mike is eyeing some Indian Paint Brush over in the next canyon. ha ha.

My adventures in the wild are done for the year when Mike gets done hunting about mid October they will bring the camp out, not me as there will probably be snow on the ground and I don’t do well in the cold I’m such a hot house flower type of person, or is that hot headed. I’m sure its hot something.

Everybody is doing fine hopefully Mike and his buds will have trophys to post on this here blog.

Have to go graze the mighty steeds as they did an outstanding job this week-end, without them none of our adventures would have happened.

need two pictures just to get all the animals in.

talk at you next week.

Kids Horses and Mules

Its been another fun filled week-end. Took the grandmonsters to the county fair, and boy wasn’t that a site. Me herding 9 count em boys, and my own 2 son’s.  My son’s were the outrider’s gathering up the boys that would stray from the herd. After 15 min of trying to remember names and calling them by their correct name they were all christened with a nick name .” BOY” get over here. You would just about die laughing at every boy at the fair that would turn around and head back to their parents. Here are pictures of the great sleep over at Grandma’s house after the fair, it’s about the only time they were quiet and in one place.

Now it’s back to work just so I can recuperate for next week-end.

Next week-end going back over to Wyo. finish packing in the hunting camp. Til then bye.