What, more cows!?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

It's been a while since I wrote about some mysterious winter visitors that I thought could be wild horses. A friend had recently told me about encountering wild horses near Merritt in the 60s, and the idea of wild horses is very romantic, so I guess I wanted the creatures ...

More cowboys!

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

This morning when I was up on the roof for the daily conference call with my client, the wind brought men's voices over the tree tops. I looked to the southwest, but couldn't see anyone, and figured it must be hunters at the top of the ridge. After I was ...

Cowboys rode up to the gate

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Cowboys, dogs, and dirtbikers: unexpected visitors to Monkey Valley The Douglas Lake Cattle Company has the grazing rights for the land all around Monkey Valley. So it is not really surprising that I've seen quite a few cows—and a fair number of bulls, too—but that's another story. It was a real ...