Anshutz - Brrr Cold!

Well for those of you that do not know I was able to go home for a week and help my uncle and my dad gather cows. We have run our cows for years up above Evanston in the Uinta Mountains at a place called Anchutz! It is beautiful there and I have told myself that if I ever win the lottery that will be the first place I will buy. I had a great time - worked my butt off but still had a great time.

Now for those of you that are reading this and are from Texas you probably don't know how to get cows in in the snow and still stay warm but it is all about layering and with my mom's help I think I wore an average of about 5 layers each day (tank top, underarmour shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweatshirt, down vest and then of course the carhart coat). You should see me try to get on my horse but luckily I was able to ride my dad's horses and they are all stump trained (which means they will stand right by a stump so you can get on it and then get on your horse). Now I know that to most people this attribute of a horse really wouldn't really increase the value of the horse but to me and my short legs it means alot! So thank you dad for letting me borrow your horses - I really appreciate it.

I loved riding with my uncle Pete and my dad everyday but I have to tell you that my uncle is notorious for thinking he sees a cow and then we ride for about an hour and finally finding out it was either a bush or a moose. On a place that is over 90,000 acres you can ride awhile just looking for a few cows. We were lucky and it snowed the first weekend and so most of the cows were waiting at the gate ready to go home but we did have to do some riding to look (which is the best part). So after years of listening to my uncle about a cow over there a few miles away I brought some binoculars and that seemed to solve the situation!

All in all it was a great week and I hope I can come back next year with my husband to ride because I know he would love it.