Revisited

Most of the cows trailed along with their calves clinging tightly beside them while being pushed towards the corrals.  Men on horesback sought high ground to use as vantage points to view any stragglers hidden in the many draws and canyons on the ranch as other men on 4-wheelers quickly zipped around the vast property also collecting cagey mommas seeking refuge.  Heavy spring rains had the rolling eastern plains of Colorado lush with grass and waterholes brimming at capacity.

Fun and Games

"What was that?" I called out to Andy who was off to the side of the dirt road.

"Oh great," he said, thoroughly disgusted and shaking his head.

Together, we took off after the dark shadow that was trying to elude the two men on horseback.

Shoulda' Known Better

Steam rolls off their wet backs as they trail single file through the deep snow from the windbreak that sheltered them from the storm.  Older calves that typically run helter-skelter, bouncing off their mommas and each other, are constrained by the snowfall and follow along in the quickly developed cow path.  An occasional cow stretches her neck to beller as a vapor cloud forms in front of her face.