An Announcement of STAGgering Importance

Heads up.  Next Saturday

 

there will be an historic tour

of the ranch including the old stone house

 

 

 

 

   the log barn, the Indian Trail, and the Buffalo Jump.

Tickets $10

(at the Pioneer Museum, Gallatin County Courthouse, etc. etc.)



The Orchard Report

Last night, a juvenile golden eagle said there's a lot going on in the orchard, Bob.  You need to check it out.

 

The orchard had been abandoned for years.  We started revival last year.  The old apple trees are coming back to life. 

 

 

The Wayne Crowell Memorial Honey Crisp we planted last year has 4 apples.

 

And this is really interesting.  Fresh bear poop.

The bear said this is gonna be a great year for apples, Bob. I get first pick. You got a problem with that?

 

 

 



On top of the Buffalo Jump

When our urban friends come to visit we like to take them up to the top of the buffalo jump for a glass of wine

 

a walk

 and a fresh perspective

We Live A Parade

Last Saturday, our friend, Lisa Sabena, who runs the best motels in Three Forks and Bozeman, asked us if we'd lend our old ranch truck to the Lewis & Clark Motel float in the annual Three Forks Rodeo Parade.

 

 

 

     Three Forks is where the Gallatin, Jefferson and Madison Rivers come together to form the headwaters of the Missouri.  It's a ranch town.  Kathryn and the truck looked perfect.

 

 

 

 

Even with a Colt six shooter in my holster, I felt like a department store dummy. Three Forkers are real cowboys. They ride in rodeos.

 

 I did my best. I beaned the urchins with salt water taffy like a real cowboy

 

 and the float won first prize.

Good Evening Deer

The deer stroll onstage at dusk

 

 

to graze (there are two deer here)

 

 

fly

 

 

schmooze

 

 

and stare at us