Back In The Saddle

It seems like this year we've needed to ride more...which is just fine with me!  We got to saddle up again this morning.  It was a perfect day for riding; no wind, mild temps in the 70's, and blue sky.  We started early and I joined my brother-in-law and our ranch hand on horseback while The Prairie Dad and Kid went ahead on the 4-wheeler to check out where we might need to head to gather cows.

After we got everything to the corral, The Prairie Kid joined us.  He was SO much more confident today on his pony, Bart...almost caulky.  He just jumped in the mix like an old pro.  I love hearing him hooting and hollering at the cows and following suit.  Fun!

I rode up on a mountain lion kill this morning.  Poor deer.  It was a pretty fresh kill...which immediately had me looking around thinking, "predator, where are you???"  Who knows...probably watching us from some sneaky location.  

Our hand also saw a baby elk that was killed. : (

 Getting them into the corral...just to be counted and taken out the other side

 And then, the best part of the day, was when my bro-in-law showed me these...

 

 BRAND new twin antelope babies!  They couldn't have been an hour old yet!  They were about a foot long each and just still as can be.   The ground was still wet around them from their birth.  Amazing!!!

I think The Prairie Kid talked the ranch hand's ear off...and asked a gazillion questions. 

 The Hand told me that The Prairie Kid informed him that red ants taste like sour patch kids.  Huh, I didn't know this... ; )

I was so impressed, again, at The Prairie Kid's riding and moving the cows

 What a great morning!