A real treat, a girlfriend of mine who used to live in Hermosa Beach moved to Wyoming 4 years ago and we set off to visit her. We headed south 2 hours to Buffalo and then headed West over a mountain pass, through an amazing red rock canyon (some of the rock there was stated to be 3 billion years old), it was a bit scary, it was snowing, icy and windy as we crossed the pass and momma was nervous! But we made it, and landed in a tiny town (population 304) of Ten Sleep, a story in the town told of how the Indians named it cause it was 10 nights travel from their journey from one point to another.
12 miles South and we saw a sign for the Otter Creek Grazing Association. That is where Jessica and Beau live with 5 week old daughter Bree. Some 20 families own the grazing assoc which is about 80-90,000 acres and they send their cows and calves to graze for 6 months during the spring and summer. By late Nov, the cows have all been picked up and taken back to the owners ranches and fed hay (that they grew during the summer when the cows were gone) for the winter. The calves disappear in early November (they are sold) and I was told that the mother cows cry out their sorrows for days. 4 guys work the ranch and they move the cows all over the property during their stay there. They are some 40 miles to the nearest town, it was very cool to learn a bit about ranching life, they get up early, work till dark often 7 days a week. They were very happy folks who seemed to like their peaceful privacy just fine. We sure enjoyed loving on the baby and playing with the 4 dogs and one cat, what's better than babies and animals?
When we headed back over the pass to make our way to Colorado, it was sunny but still lots of snow to enjoy, they boys wanted to get out and play, oh they are sure gonna get their chance soon.
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