Cows, Horses, Dust, and More

Matt was very accommodating and graciously determined to accompany his wife on one of her most loved adventures - a cattle drive with the Moons. Since this was immediately prior to their trip to Albuquerque (likely the next post), Casey and Jenni tagged along for an adventure they will not likely forget. :)

They left Provo bright and early Monday morning, so they could meet up with the others for the cattle drive. After searching the dusty trails for a while, we finally found our goal location, and got saddled up and ready to go. Cosette got so excited, that she neglected to remember to grab the lunches that had been lovingly packed prior to leaving Provo... oops. As the team ventured out (3/4 of them doing so for the first time), they found their way along the fence line until they found their first victims. - cows and their calves grazing underneath some shady trees. Too bad Cosette forgot to give some of these new adventurers a brief lesson, for as she took off at a brisk trot, the others followed (however unwillingly at such a pace). Once the heart rates and screams died down a bit, the 4 got to work: gathering, pushing, looking for more cattle, pushing onward still. The long hard day began.

Check out that handsome cowboy...wait, only Cosette's allowed to do that!! Nevermind!

What was meant to be a 6-8 hour drive, turned into 11 long, hot, dry hours as the cattle sauntered unwillingly on, the water ran out, lunch time came and went without much food for the poor souls who had their lunches left in the car by a forgetfully excited hostess (of sorts), and the hills of the desert area blurred together until the group was slightly disoriented and unsure of which way to go.

View from on top of a horse :)

She was having fun! :)

Hehehe :)

Jenni & Casey during "lunch" break...

By the end of the day, we were all thoroughly exhausted and in dire need of some H20. Cosette would say the day was a challenging blast, the others....well, let's just say that they might say otherwise...

He was so tired, he even let his eyes droop in the car (don't worry, it was safe for the time).