What if it Snows?

Better?

 

Got mom all stitched up.



Pulled into home 20. Oh dear.

the culprit

All fixed except a trim.

 

I had a job "riding fence" one summer as a teenager. Boss took me way back up in the hills to a line cabin, no electricity, had to either hand pump water or fire up the generator to fill a small cistern. A small coral with 2 pens, very small barn with 2 stalls, a LARGE stack of hay in small bales, and a string of 4 horses. He supplied all the food I could eat, all the beer I could drink, all the ammo I could shoot, and all the fencing material and tools I needed.

For the next 10 weeks he was the only human I ever saw... And that was every Friday. Pay was $100/day minus $25/head that couldnt be found on his range or otherwise accounted for come roundup. There were 3 other "shacks" (calling them that is being generous) in the farther reaches of his range I could use aswell... And I did.

I rode every inch of fence within a 50 mile radius of that line cabin every week. Every Friday he would bring me a very large cooler of perishable food and take the cooler he had brought the previous week. Every other week he also brought a HUGE crate of non perishable food (mostly canned goods, but also some dry stuffs like baking goods to make bread and cake. Was supplied enough steak to have it for 4 meals a week. And more hamburger than I could eat... But my dog appreciated the left overs. At the start he showed me a very well stocked first aid kit... It filled an entire double tool box (the kind mechanics have, the bottom box is on wheels and a smaller box sits on top) and it even had quick reference guides for how to treat serious medical emergencies by yourself. He would replenish the first aid kit as needed.

It was the best AND the worst summer of my life.... I never ate better, but still to this day I've yet to work harder. And I've never been as saddle sore as I was that summer either, think I was still walking bow legged for a month after that summer ended. I learned a #### lot too, its amazing what you can learn through trial and error.

 

Tell the Mom's the boys said 'hidey ho' and get well soon

 

@Dave_in_AZ was bucking hay but would of liked to have you & OM for dinner. She could visit the Barn kitties. Orylib needs an alien invasion.