Monday, November 21, 2011

Mejor Que Nunca!!!


       Some more pics I took at work today. We ended up only getting 8 cords of wood off the mountain because we got snowed out by lunch time. Coming back down off the mountain with three inches of snow on the ground was very interesting. We slide sideways most of the way without a chance of slowing down.


                           
                             Today I thought I lost my camera on the mountain somewhere, but come to find out, one of the Mexicans stole it just to see my reaction. LOL I love these guys. They can't speak English, but we communicate pretty well anyway. I can speak Spanish better every day.

                                                                             
                                                                                                    Cleaning up our aftermath...


                                                 This was before we decided we better head for home. That snow came down fast...

                                 If somebody asks me how I'm doing, I'll answer "Mejor Que Nunca!!!" which means "Better Then Ever". Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!! :)

Saturday, November 19, 2011

A 636 day

         Today I vaccinated 636 heifers with my family and the Great Western Crew. LOTS of work, but lots of fun at the same time. That actually is a personal record for my Dad, who has been a veterinarian for years and years and never vaccinated that many heifers in one day. My little sister took some pics while we were working. Enjoy.

                            Working the heifers today required giving a Bangs vaccination, ear tattoo, and two types of ear tags. Plus whatever vaccinations or branding/dehorning the ranch needed.
                                               One escaped? No problem!!! lol Wonder why it takes three of us? Grab an angry 400lb. animal sometime.




     

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

New Job

          Just some pics I took at work. Seriously, how many people get to work on top of a mountain every day? I work for a woodcutting operation where we produce 12 cords of wood a day. We cut the wood and stack it, then load it into a tractor which takes it out of the canyon and dumps it in a large trailer where we have to stack it again. Between 9 guys, 12 cords is a lot of wood to mess with in a day.
                                     


                                         

                    The little white spot you see is the Very Large Array. It doesn't look very large from 25 miles away. If you haven't see the VLA before, google it.