I am pretty positive on my blog but here is one time I may deviate from being that way and voice my opinion. Not to start a fight but to set the record straight. Recently there was a 12 year old wolf shot and was found and killed by the rangers in Yellowstone. Things happen and […]
He was born in 1992 on a little place up Cinnibar. We left the kids and Aimee’s mare Buttercup with friend of ours for a weekend. We were going to St. Ignatuous MT, to close on a small ranch. Buttercup was due to foal so as country people do we left the mare with the […]
Laying in the Mayo clinic in Rochester MN , for the last 10 days gives a man lots of time to reflect on his life and his accomplishments , failures , regrets, and future endeavors, . The only regret I have is that there werent 8 days in a week , so I could do […]
Every once in awhile I write on here about the passing of someone that means a lot to me. Duane Neal passed away last week , he was an Outfitter in Hellroaring since 1968. His base camp was on Grizzly creek about an hour and a half from my camp on elk creek ! I’ve […]
The distance was about 18 miles from my home and it was approximately 30 mule loads! I was the only one who bid on this job out of 18 outfitters ! It was sept 6 and I needed to have it in before the 12 th! Some of the beams were 24 feet long . […]
Judd and Jessey It was the spring of 1993. I was excited to see the 45 mules Rufus Reese had shipped me from TN. This was close to 1200 head I had bought from him . As I pulled into the Gardiner rodeo grounds with my son Jeremiah a coal black john mule mule caught […]
In 1988 I took a drive to Ronan Mt with Levi Britton . The purpose of the trip was to sell a roan gelding to Walt Vermandal . So Levi decided to pick up a sorrel colt for his son Luke. The colt was a yearling or two year old. It came from Lukes Grandparents! […]
The people who know me personally know that I never debate religion , seldom politics but have strong beliefs about both . Im a Patriot but don’t bash those who aren’t! I don’t make a statement about being a nice person and to be kind to your neighbor then post a nasty post about someone […]
I received a very nice Christmas gift from my nephew Tarquin and this got me to thinking about all the troubled kids Ive helped by giving them something to do and a sense of worth! I have worked right alongside my employees , and never asked them to do something I wouldn’t do . When […]
It was a nice winter day when Dave and I embarked on our journey to TN to buy a trailer load of mules . I was the first person in MT to buy mules from Reese Brothers mule co. in Gallatin TN. That was 1984 . I have since bought 2550 mules from Rufus Reese. […]