I arrived at the Ranch around one in the afternoon. It was clear, warm, and a little wind blowing. George and Julie (G&J) let me move some of my stuff into the guest room before venturing off to help George with a project. I got myself organized as best I could and then headed out to meet George. We spent the afternoon working on my future home—1950-60s trailer. I sanded the outside and washed it. Worked on the propane tank connection and learned how to operate the heater inside the trailer. I sanded and varnished some bedpost too. After completing the work that needed to be done on the trailer for the day, we headed over to another piece of property up the road. This piece of land (~500 ac) is no longer grazable because of the aquifer being very low and unreachable by plant roots. I’ll be writing more in the future about water issues out here, I imagine, but it was sight. Almost no vegetation and just “dirt.”
George cut up some old dry logs and I placed them in the truck to take back to the house for splitting. The logs came from an old barn that was built about 130 years ago. Very old wood…
I had the chance of splitting wood when we got back, which proved to be more difficult than it looked. I felt like I was on a reality TV show about a city girl placed on a ranch. I guess, I am a bit of that, but luckily, I know more about cows than the average city-girl.
Julie fixed a wonderful dinner, and we had the chance to talk about some deep topics.
I’m looking forward to my first official day tomorrow.
We have no doubts that you will use this year to spread your wings and fly. From the looks of things you will not just need to fly but actually soar! �� at some future time we will have to have some cider and discuss the difference in eastern and western water rights.
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