Steve and Libby are in Wyoming on a week-long trip to attend a Jackson Hole wedding, so I managed to kidnap Steve for a few days of visiting our western Wyoming range country. The photo above includes Steve and Libby, and Cat and Jim Urbigkit.
Steve was given the proper introduction to this wild range as we drove through the Bondurant basin to see teams of draft horses cutting hay, and we met one of Cat’s old friends, a local cowboy, in the Bondurant post office. Continuing south to Cat and Jim’s, Steve was met by an empty wine bottle on the step (left over from the evening prior) and a dead prairie dog in the yard, compliments of guardian dogs. Steve was able to meet the sheep, burros and guardian dogs, as well as see a variety of raptors, cranes, pronghorn antelope, sage grouse, and even a pygmy rabbit in the wild (something few have seen).
Steve gave a public presentation at the Sublette County Library in Pinedale about the ancient relationship between man, bird, horse and dog which was well received by its audience. After being so well behaved, Jim and Steve then proceeded back to the ranch to drink vodka like Kazakhs, so by the time we deposited Steve back with Libby on Saturday, he was indeed slightly worse for the wear, but a good time had been had by all.
Here’s Steve out in the sagebrush country near the Big Sandy River, with Tabernacle Butte in the distance.
5 comments:
I was in Pinedale earlier this summer for a cattle branding at the Taylor Ranches! I bred their dog Bella and was up for a visit and to help out with the cattle drive and branding. I even made it to the Pinedale High School graduation ceremony. They have a great community up there.
I documented some of my adventures:
http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/tag/wyoming
Those of us who live along the Rocky Mountains really have it good, don't we?
I hunt antelope with a friend from Jackson Hole and we hunt up on the ranch country above the Green River from the Rendezvous area. The bucks aren't huge but taste pretty good. I'd love to be enjoying a burger and beer at the Elk Horn right now.
Thanks for helping make this my favorite blog. I love the area and hearing about it.
JW
I hunt antelope with a friend from Jackson Hole and we hunt up on the ranch country above the Green River from the Rendezvous area. The bucks aren't huge but taste pretty good. I'd love to be enjoying a burger and beer at the Elk Horn right now.
Thanks for helping make this my favorite blog. I love the area and hearing about it.
JW
Fantastic! So glad y'all made this happen.
Good article i like it,, documented adventure and enjoyment. A time of closer relation to nature.
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