Christmas poem
December 23, 2008
Posted By: unknown


*Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all through our land,*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor taking a stand.*
*See the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*
*Something was changing,... more »

great fall colors
October 8, 2008
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October 7th, 2008

The summers are so short, and the fall is so beautiful! We have taken a ton of great photo’s, and will load them on the web site once I have time.

We had two groups in for archery this fall. The first was from Pittsburg, PA. Only one experience hunter in the group. The second group was from Indiana, and were all experienced. The Elk were silent the whole hunt, as the rut has still not started. While both groups were in the elk, they were not able to call them in close enough for a clean kill. One team did say when they got up from their still hunting spot to walk... more »

fair results
August 18, 2008
Posted By: matt


August 18, 2008

Fair is over;

This is the highlight of any ranchers summer. Joey’s steer place well, but the exhibitor behind him let his steer loose in the show ring several times, creating a wreck. This made it hard for Joey to represent his animal well. His second steer place second in the market class, making him eligible for the Championship drive if things worked right.

We wont know how his steers did in the Routt County Raised class for some time. They changed the way they are doing that this year. I think carcass is going to be evaluated first.

His buyers were not... more »

mowing the yard
July 29, 2008
Posted By: horses


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rivers are running full
May 6, 2008
Posted By: matt


May 6th, 2008

Spring is finally coming around here at the ranch. Since winter was slow in coming this year, I guess it had to be slow in leaving! The meadows are clearing off on the south facing slopes, and water is running everywhere. Kim and I tried to take the ranch pickup up the road past the stack yard today, but its still well over a foot deep on the road where I quit plowing. With the sun shine, I think we will be able to get to the upper meadows in about 10 days. Most years we would be harrowing and aerating the meadows already.

The tulips are ready to bloom, and several... more »

snow machines
March 10, 2008
Posted By: matt


March 10th, 2008

March came in with a vengeance, so it’s gonna leave like a lamb, right? The mountains are getting a real winter this year, but so has the rest of the country. This will give everyone stories to tell their grand kid, “I remember the winter of 2007……….”
The paper reports that we’re over 436” so far this winter.

The sun has been shinning bright the last few days, so everyone is in better spirits.

With the time change yesterday, Joey and I went to play on the snow machines yesterday afternoon. We got home from a 4H meeting about 3 PM with lots of sun, so what the heck.... more »

Calving time!
April 5, 2007
Posted By: matt


Sorry for the lack of impute lately. Typing isn’t my favorite past time. And to boot, I just typed a whole page and then lost it before I got it uploaded……….

Spring mud season is here. The snow is almost melted, which is not good. It’s way too early to have the snow melted off. This may mean a long dry summer, which is bad for pasture and hay crops. Although with diesel already selling for $3.25 per gallon, we wont be able to pay for the fuel to cut hay any ways! Hopefully we can take advantage of CAFTA and get cheap hay from Mexico! “this is a joke of course”.

We are in the middle of... more »

Spring has sprung
April 19, 2006
Posted By: Matt


This is my favorite time of the year! There is new life everywhere you look. This is one of the few years of my life we arent in the middle of calving. Hopefully, next year we'll be back in full swing.
We still have a snow base of well over 30 inches, but the south facing slopes are bare. The irrigation ditches are over flowing with the run off. Trout Creek is almost out of it's banks, with the peak runoff to be in the next 2 to 3 weeks.
We've brought in two big trailer loads of TGI's and deminsional lumber to start the remodeling. We will complete the new addition to the lodge... more »