Goings On 2

Time to update on our goings on for the past few days. Crops are planted, calves are branded,road ditches are mowed, yards are mowed and we are planning to make a trip to the dump tomorrow. Progress,Progress (with a capital "P").. Things are considerably less pressing than a couple of weeks ago. We've had some great spring rains and things are really green and lush. It's almost hard to believe that western Kansas can be so beautiful. I was riding pastures last week checking cows and there was actually water running out of hillsides in places. Yesterday we finished up branding with help from Jason and a friend Mike, and Russell. Gwen and Paige and Lane showed up later in the morning and we had a great lunch together courtesy of Ann and then Paige and I moved cows and calves back to where they needed to be and then we just pleasure rode for awhile. I showed her a couple of old dugout home sites on our place and tracks from the trail drives in the 1870's from Texas to Nebraska that still show up. Gwen mowed in the drizzle and took Lane to the creek and they picked some wildflowers for Ann.
Milo is coming up and the feedlot is completely empty. Life is great!!
We plan to attend a wedding in Hays Saturday and then think about leaving for the anniversary trip that Ann is planning. Still no definite destination though. What shall we do?
Harvest will start sometime around the 25th or sooner and wheat looks good. That will be here soon. I hope to replace some wooden feedlot fence with pipe and cable so we can have a project to work on for awhile.
Ann actually has been home mostly for awhile. She has a teacher inservice Thursday and Friday and is planning a kitchen remodel job(replacing countertops and maybe a shower(no-Bob doesn't do well at things like that). That's all folks and check in for an update on the trip destination. Bob