Riding the Range With Val

Fargo left this morning to attend Judy's week-long Summersing camp. http://www.judyfjell.com She has been sharing the studio space with me for a couple of days while visiting Cassandra.

Val called to see if I wanted to ride the 4-wheeler with her to bring salt/mineral licks to the cows out in the far pastures. The ranch was especially beautiful because there has been enough rain to keep the hills green longer. We saw about a dozen pronghorn on the way out but no bear sightings. Last year we spotted two bears when we were out there. Val has pictures of a big bear in her front yard messing with Jacqui's doghouse. She recently saw a moose and her calf, but no luck today. I have yet to see my first moose.


Val was up at dawn moving the cattle to another pasture and we noticed that a lot of the calves were still separated from their mothers, who were enjoying the shade and water down by the creek.


The calves started bawing loudly and soon the mothers arrived from over the hill and the babes had a slurpy lunch reunion with their moms.