Driving cattle

Waiting for the cows

Dave Brandt's cattle drive is a great annual event. We push the cows about 12 miles up past Roger's Lake. This year we had 13 riders and 23 cow/calf pairs. Someone joked about "everyone just pick a cow". It's a fun time even if it poured rain. Lakota decided to be afraid of water...again... even after we thought we were over that...another story for the relationship - horse section, I think. Just when you think you have a problem licked, it comes back to test you one more time. She was super with the cows; we had several escapees in the woods that had to be driven back. My horse doesnt fit between those lodge poles as well as some of the smaller ones. The end of the ride culminates with hot sirloin stew, fresh bicuits and Flathead cherry cobbler cooked in dutch ovens over the campfire. I got home about 10:00pm then packed for an early trip to Prosser, WA for the cherry research update.