Papa was up at 4 yesterday morning, to meet Colter and other cowboys at 6:30. They met at Colter's barn, then drove to the west end of our ranch. They gathered cows and moved them toward the pastures we call Hospital and Buck Knob. The move was in anticipation of calving season, which has begun! I watched through the day from home, going up in the tower, out on our upstairs decks, always looking through binoculars. Around 4, I saw cowboys on horseback in the Buck Knob pasture, about 1 mile from our house. They look like ants on a log! A few minutes later, I saw one lone cowboy coming up the road toward home. It was Papa! He had a very long day!
