Storms over Amarillo.....

Steph and I are back in Texas, still about 8 hours from home though, but here in the Lone Star state. New Mexico was good...glad it's over and behind us.

This evening was crazy... one minute we were under tornado warnings and t-storm watches, and clear skies the next...gotta love Texas weather.

We're here until Sunday...home on Monday. Ciao...

-Lone Wolf

Roping lesson #2....

Lesson #2....Don't fall down!!!!!

Sometimes it's unavoidable, like today. Horse just dropped his inside shoulder and gravity and his momentum did the rest. Luckily no one was hurt.

One day down in Farmington...two to go.

-Lone Wolf

Roping lesson #1......

Arriving safely in Farmington, New Mexico this morning, and after all the B.S. of setting up... I had some time to play a bit. Since many of you haven't a clue to what is involved with this whole Team Roping thing.... well, this is your first lesson.

The images I've posted are the first step dealing with the cattle, called wrapping the horns.

Horn Wraps are used to protect the steers' ears during a roping, so they won't get torn off. During the wrapping process, the chute crew, "The Prairie Dogs," brings about 20-30 head into the chutes,(long skinny thing in the photos), then the crew, consisting of 5 or 6 guys, starts to wrap. When the guys finish the steers are let out of the chute to find its way to the end of the pen, called the stripping chute, (sorry, no photos).

I know this sounds REALLY interesting, LOL, but it makes for some fun images.

Have a great weekend....

-Lone Wolf

p.s. I love the winking steer...this dude has plans for the weekend.

HOME,HOME,HOME....

We made it home from Alabama via Georgia.... and, yes... WE HAVE BLUEBONNETS!!!!

-Lone Wolf

More from Georgia....

Greetings....again.

The first full day here in North Georgia was quite an eventful one, allow me to explain....

My in-laws live on 15 acres with a creek that runs in front of the house, well, when you get enough rain the creek sometimes rises more than they like... Steph and I have heard about this occurrence over the years... we got to experience it first hand the other night. WOW!! That's all I can say.

After all that, my brother-in-law John and his wife Robin, Uncle Steve and his wife Linda, and sis-in-law Mary all gathered for a get together Saturday. Thank goodness the weather cooperated. It was great to see everyone.

-Lone Wolf

Our time in Georgia.....so far.

Well, well..

Our time here in Georgia has been a blast...getting here was a trip and a half. We left Kempner last Wednesday morning, everything was going great until we we got an hour and a half north of the house....BAM...a dove decides to commit suicide on the front of our truck. Thank goodness it didn't get stuck in the grill of our truck like the bird in South Dakota. Next, after staying over with some friends in north Louisiana, the trailer blows a tire (with horses in it of course), after waiting an hour on a wrecker to change out wheels, we finally get back on the road...to find a tire shop in Jackson Mississippi to get a new tire. Nice little 2 hour detour. Somewhere between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham we hit another snag, a car catches fire about half a mile ahead of us. We thought, "GEEZ, WHAT NEXT?" You never want to say that out loud, but hell, you can't help it.

We finally get here with no other "events."

-Lone Wolf

World Cup qualifier in Nashville.....

The WC qualifier match between U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago was less than exciting...great people watching, but the game itself was pretty lame...Brad and I both agreed. Got some pretty descent images... Had a great time shooting a World Class sporting event...Thanks again Selfy!!!

-Lone Wolf

Old Barns are COOL!!!!

Finally back from an unexpected 2 weeks on the road, and leaving tomorrow for more of the same. While spending time in Nashville, we stayed with friends of ours who have a Dairy farm that hasn't had cattle on it for about 10 years...great photo ops!

Not much is going on here, just working...ALOT!! Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend.

-Lone Wolf