Castlewood Canyon Hike

Summer is here in Colorado!  
( Including wildfires unfortunately )

We tagged along with our neighbors, and did a 8 mile loop through Castlewood Canyon St Park south of Denver.  

Very pretty - glad we went!!!

Great vista's, flower's, and we even saw a snake!  ( great plains rat snake )

Montana Memorial Day Vacation

Joanne and I are back from a very fun trip to Montana to see family and for me to help brand at my boss's Montana ranch South of Three Forks. 

First stop was in Hardin, MT to see Ron and Peggy.  It was a big week for them, since they are retiring from their teaching positions.

They have placed their home on the market and in the process of figuring out the next step of their lives.  Very exciting!

We then took off for Belgrade to see Mary, and stopped in Big Timber for a fun 9 holes of golf.
While Joey visited and golfed with Mary, I took off to help out with branding at my boss's ranch.

It is a very pretty place South of Three Forks, MT with the Madison River on the Eastern side of the ranch.


Rounding up the cows, sorting, inoculating, and branding went pretty smooth with lot's of helpers like me.
Then we headed up to Helena, to spend a couple days with Pat.  We golfed, hiked, and enjoyed Pat's great cooking!

 After a lot of visiting, it was time to head back home with a fun trip through Yellowstone NP.

It was a great trip, and it was nice to get home and squeeze our cat's hello!  :~)

Spring Visitor

It must be getting closer to spring....

this guy was snooping around our bird feeder at 5 pm on Sunday.  

I chased him around the east corner of our house, and then got a couple neighbors to come see him.

 Unfortunately, they did not get a good look at him, but he is sort of cute peaking through this tree.

A coon hanging around during the daytime always makes me a little nervous.   Stealing my brother in law - Pat's phrase.  "That's not right!"