Day 8 - Wild West Saga

What can I say?  It has been another beautiful day for both weather and activities.  This AM Dick and I went to see if the critters had gotten into the dead cow but they have not found it yet... strange but it won't be long.
 

Then we went to visit with Harris, a local rancher, as he was "laid up" because he had cut his leg just above his knee with a chain saw.  We found him driving around on his Quad do various jobs so we went back to the house where we had a coffee with him.
 

 I will digress a little as yesterday when we went to visit Wally & Rett, we stopped by the site of the Smith Mine disaster.  There is not much left only a few buildings and a plaque commemorating the men who died here (be sure to click on the plaque to read it).  Apparently there is still a lot of coal in Montana that may or may not be mined in the future.

 
This PM we went for a ride with Astonishing Arda joining us on Dandy.  She has not been on a horse for about 5 years but looked and rode like it was yesterday.  The trail we rode took us through some open fields and some of the Aspen Woods.  The Aspen are starting to change color so it was very beautiful especially when looking across the meadows and mountains.  Arda did great!

 
We finished up the day with another pot-luck supper and a camp fire.  What more could one ask for...

 
And of course there was lots of time for Wrangler Dave to practice roping.

 
Tomorrow we are off to Yellowstone park for a week so I am not sure when I will be able to post again.