Hi all,
It's been a very good summer riding for cattle, branding, doctoring and meeting some of the best people out there and seeing our good friends once again too! We've kept real busy with all our guests helping us along the way during our summer weeks. During August we catch up with late branding, continue with any calves found that need to be castrated, doctoring, etc. We also ride our spring country checking for strays on Deadman and the Robinson Place. We drive the strays back to their neighboring pastures a mile or two away. Any of our cattle found will be driven back to Hanks or the Lone Wolf. This ride is a good long, scenic ride which takes up a full day. Our main cattle work is keeping pretty well caught up although no dote there is always something else we can find on the to do list. We're vaccinating to prepare for weaning right now. The calves will have this booster shot to help them along during the weaning process. Late September we'll look forward to our cattle drives. These weeks we'll be gathering cattle and cutting out cow/calf pairs most likely cows with the largest calves are cut and separated for the drive. After a few days of riding and locating cattle and calves we'll have a size able herd cut out for the drive. The drive is about 55 miles to Crooked Creek. This trail goes through gorgeous and very versatile changes of scenery. If we wean at Dead Man it will be a bit shorter drive although it makes for a absolutely beautiful scenic ride back to Lone Wolf camp. Either way we'll know with in the next couple weeks after Hip thinks it over.
Our daughter Sheena is helping me with our guest ranch bookings now. So far things are going well. She's a lucky girl I think because she has someone to help her out with the computer procedures. Looking back when I learned I didn't have anyone to show me. We choose to use the computer and Internet since I bought my first computer anyway. My mother in-law Abbie had never used a computer before however neither had I! Abbie, Hip's mother is our foundation along with her husband, Hip's father Lloyd Tillett. Anyway I remember those days very well and have learned so'ooo much since then. Many of our guests have helped me along the way too and I couldn't have done it with out them. Now I can help Sheena and very much enjoy our time together and watching Payton our grand daughter. This will free me up to help the ranch hopefully with feeding, hauling livestock and especially during spring time when foaling, gentling and halter breaking the colts also re-exposing ranch mares. We're getting some very nice registered Q.H. babies that will become two year old next spring. Dez our wrangler and Hip will start riding them. It will be fun to see how much the halter breaking and gentling them helps during the breaking process, keep our fingers crossed we'll see! Sheena, seems to be enjoying helping the ranch too. Now that she has Payton she can be with Payton and help the ranch combined.
We have truly enjoyed each and everyone who have visited and still yet visiting the ranch this season. It is hard to believe our 2009 guest season will come to a close after Oct. 10th. Where has the time gone??? it's flow by already! In case your interested our 2010 dates are available!
Thank you for your time, we'll keep you posted!
Loretta
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