The sun is shinning here in Colorado, there is moisture in the air and someone else was here to help brush the mud out of the horses hair! What more could you ask for?
But I do feel sory for the gunfighters today the ground is pretty soft from all the rain so they will look real authentic after they play dead in the mud! I bet there will be a good bit of discusion about who is going to do the shooting and who is going to do the dieing. :) !!!
But while its cool I better get the kinks out of the horses legs and then I have those ever present saddles to clean and oil. I am at a stand still on the repairing part 'till I get in some parts. Anyhow have a good one and stop by the tours are in full swing.
The White Mountain Trading Post is a FREE living history museum in south central Colorado, in the town of Fort Garland. We do daily gunfights during the summer as well as many reenactments of traditional arts and crafts such as blacksmithing, spinning, silver working, flint knapping, soap making and a host of others. We are all volunteers and we are constantly looking for more people of all ages and interests to help us preserve history.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
July 26
It rained last night! It has not rained for several weeks and only a couple times for the last several months; it has been so dry that the weeds have been having a hard time! The only bad thing about the rain is that some of the farmers had their hay down, so the rain may have ruined it. That in turn is not good for us because then the price for good hay goes up and the horses don’t do enough rides to pay their way even at the old hay prices. We are trying to find some good pasture for the winter, maybe in a milder climate, that would help considerably on the feed bill. We will see.
But for now we are dealing with the mud with only mild complaining. It is everywhere it gets tracked in all the displays and of course the horses are covered with it. They just love the mud. When I turned them loose last night for there daily run they rolled several times apiece in the mud, then they would get up bucking and rearing and tare out across the arena. My buckskin mustang, Lady Baby Buttermilk had to get one up on the other horse though; she went in and layed down in the lake of run off and got her entire body soaked with muddy water. I still haven’t got all the mud out this morning. Everything is wet, all the saddles and saddle pads so I am running a skeleton crew today while everything gets dried out in the sun I only have a couple horses saddled for giving rides. Things ought to be dry soon though, the sun is out nicely and its pretty warm.
But for now we are dealing with the mud with only mild complaining. It is everywhere it gets tracked in all the displays and of course the horses are covered with it. They just love the mud. When I turned them loose last night for there daily run they rolled several times apiece in the mud, then they would get up bucking and rearing and tare out across the arena. My buckskin mustang, Lady Baby Buttermilk had to get one up on the other horse though; she went in and layed down in the lake of run off and got her entire body soaked with muddy water. I still haven’t got all the mud out this morning. Everything is wet, all the saddles and saddle pads so I am running a skeleton crew today while everything gets dried out in the sun I only have a couple horses saddled for giving rides. Things ought to be dry soon though, the sun is out nicely and its pretty warm.
July 24
God has blessed us with another beautiful day and like usual there is a lot to get done. I did not even finish a single one of those saddles so I have those to work on and of course I will also be giving rides.
I have promised myself that today I am going to make time to practice with my trick rope. How am I ever to get that butterfly trick if I don’t practice? I got my new rope in but I have only used it twice for about ten minutes once and five the other time. Now Yancey has been getting some use out of it, he is getting pretty good with the big loop and vertical. Speaking of that new rope I was so glad to get it because it is the exact kind and brand Will Rogers and Monte Montana used! Of course that wont make me rope better but in my mind it kind of seems to insinuate that; don’t you think?
We have a gunfight coming up soon and we have a lot of horse training planned for today. I just hope it doesn’t get too hot; At this altitude that sun can be brutal!
I have promised myself that today I am going to make time to practice with my trick rope. How am I ever to get that butterfly trick if I don’t practice? I got my new rope in but I have only used it twice for about ten minutes once and five the other time. Now Yancey has been getting some use out of it, he is getting pretty good with the big loop and vertical. Speaking of that new rope I was so glad to get it because it is the exact kind and brand Will Rogers and Monte Montana used! Of course that wont make me rope better but in my mind it kind of seems to insinuate that; don’t you think?
We have a gunfight coming up soon and we have a lot of horse training planned for today. I just hope it doesn’t get too hot; At this altitude that sun can be brutal!
July 23
It looks like it is going to be another beautiful day here in the San Luis Valley yesterday it was in the dry 90′s with some evening showers, I expect similar today. We will be giving tours all day as well as horse rides. In between all of this I have about twenty saddles to clean, repair, and oil; so I better get to it.
July 23
Well, we at the white mountain are going to try to start this blog thing, I hope it will work out well and be helpful to all you people planning a trip out this way.
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