I have decided to change the name of my blog to "Adventures in Ranching" as most of us involved in this way of life know that everyday is an adventure when it comes to ranching.
Our evening started with my husband and I taking a romantic evening drive to deliver liquid mineral to our cows that are a few miles from home. This romatic excursion did not end with a wonderful outcome. Trent was hooking up the hose to the 275 gallon tank on the back of the pickup when the tank broke and gallons of mineral started to gush out. Like most ranchers would when faced with spilling expensive feed onto the ground, Trent shoved his hands into the hole to try to stop the flow. As you can see by the pictures, he was covered in the sticky stuff but did manage to get the hose shoved back into the hole and we were able to get about 1/3 of the mineral actually into the tank. The rest ended up all over the pickup, Trent and myself ; as well as, a good portion of it ending up on the ground. The good thing is there was some snow so the cows should clean it up off the ground. Our mineral supplier did tell me to just leave Trent out there and the cows would clean him off. I thought against it but I did make him strip off all his mineral covered clothes before he got in the house. Well I guess it did get a bit romatic after all! :) Merry Christmas to everyone.
Our evening started with my husband and I taking a romantic evening drive to deliver liquid mineral to our cows that are a few miles from home. This romatic excursion did not end with a wonderful outcome. Trent was hooking up the hose to the 275 gallon tank on the back of the pickup when the tank broke and gallons of mineral started to gush out. Like most ranchers would when faced with spilling expensive feed onto the ground, Trent shoved his hands into the hole to try to stop the flow. As you can see by the pictures, he was covered in the sticky stuff but did manage to get the hose shoved back into the hole and we were able to get about 1/3 of the mineral actually into the tank. The rest ended up all over the pickup, Trent and myself ; as well as, a good portion of it ending up on the ground. The good thing is there was some snow so the cows should clean it up off the ground. Our mineral supplier did tell me to just leave Trent out there and the cows would clean him off. I thought against it but I did make him strip off all his mineral covered clothes before he got in the house. Well I guess it did get a bit romatic after all! :) Merry Christmas to everyone.
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