We started the summer out with snow. I know it was kind of late for snow, but we managed to find it way up in the mountains. And it was the first snow of the four wheel drive season for the white ford. We were doing good until the snow doubled in depth without warning. And from the looks of the photo, we were very stuck. Some four wheeler riders just happened to be up ahead of us and saw the whole thing. They came to help us out but about 2 hours later we were still stuck. Actually I think that we were more stuck. Oh yeah, we didn't have any cell service either. So the wheeler riders offered to give us a ride and that was interesting...they were very drunk. But we made it out okay and mom and dad met us at the bottom of the canyon. They knew when we didn't show up for a while that Guy had gotten a wild hair and headed for the snow drift up the canyon. They were right...it was fun.
Our next adventure was out to Delta. It was only a one day trip with no snow or mud in site. We packed up our dogs and headed to the hills to dig fossils. And fossils we found, among other things. This picture was up on a hill we found called Painter Springs. Great views everywhere!
As the day wore on, Rhody became more and more agitated that we made her leave the farm. It was pretty sad because what dog wants to be let loose in the mountains to run around an chase whatever it wants to. Yeah...not Rhody. She wanted to be back at her farm protecting everything. Rhody had a really great summer. She killed several racoons, many snakes, and more rabbits, squirrels, and mice than we could possibly count. But she absolutely loves her kittens and her chickens. She is the most kind hearted killing machine that anyone has ever met. I'm not sure where she came from, but there will never be another like her. We love her to death.
On the ride home, we spotted a rabbit running along the road. We hadn't seen any rabbits all day long, so the dogs were happy and wanted to chase it. So they did, after Guy shot it. Well the rabbit didn't make it too far. Rhody was not sure if she wanted to eat the rabbit or continue pouting in the bed of the truck. So Dally got first shot at it. And as you can see, she is very much smaller than the rabbit, but don't tell her that. She ripped one of its ears off and took it home for show and tell. Suprisingly, this puppy new that eating rabbits was the cool thing to do.
Well on to snake eating at the farm...a very regular site on most days. This particular one started with me walking down past the grain shed to go feed horses. I couldn't figure out why some birds were going nuts around the side of the shed. Flying back and forth, back and forth. I hadn't seen birds act like this, so I decided to check out what was getting them so worked up. As I walked around the shed, I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Then I finally saw what they were worried about. At the top of the shed, they had made their nest which was full of baby birds that had just hatched. And crawling up the side of the shed was a four foot long snake. It had wrapped itself around the crevices and holes, holding itself up so that it could get some yummy food. I freaked out and hollered for Guy to bring his gun and come a running. He came and killed the snake. The second that our dogs heard the shot, they knew there was something good to rip apart. Pretty much their favorite thing to do. They packed this snake around for about two days fighting over who got to chew on it. Then it finally got thrown into the garbage, but there were many more snakes to be eaten.
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