Wales Permit

Last week, we trailed cows up on the Wales permit. Earl and some friends left at 5:30am and started the cows from Chester. I got kids up and ready and lunches and coolers loaded and the kids and I met the herd just as it was starting up the canyon. Dally and Kalon rode as soon as we got there but Hayes and Chansy stayed in the truck and trailer with me. Hayes had torn a gash in his thigh the night before on some barbwire and was out of commission.

Ty

Earl and Jaws and Kalon on Bullseye. It was the real first hard ride that we tried Bullseye on
and he did so well. Kalon has a new favorite horse now. He is actually Junior's old horse (long story how we ended up with him).

Kalon and Dally hiding in the grass.

Earl and Dally trailing down into Rees' Valley.

Riding in the truck. Usually, he doesn't want to ride but his cousin Ty was helping us and he really wanted to ride with him.

Earl and Chansy

Rees' Valley. We stopped for lunch and to let the cows rest.

It rained and threw a little lightening but not bad enough to scare us out of driving back down the canyon.

Dally fell asleep in the truck the last mile of trailing but she rode the whole way besides that. They decided to ride the 8 miles back off to Wales.

Pulling a trailer up Wales canyon is NOT fun. Hairpin turns and drop-offs make for a very unnerving ride. Holding back a trailer full of 7 horses on the way back down Wales Canyon was SO not going to happen, especially after a rain storm. I crawled down with one horse in low gear, 4-wheel drive and still breathed a sigh of relief when I made it down. All in all, it was a beautiful day! Everything was greener than I have EVER seen it. Almost an unbelievable green!

(and we didn't see any rattle snakes this year) YAY!