Friday, July 09, 2010

2010 cattle branding at Happy Valley Ranch!

Hi Y'all!
When were stopped by the ranch, enroute to Idaho Falls, Dale connected us to

www.youtube.com/cattle branding in La Grande Oregon

A friend of theirs did a good & accurate job videoing it then set it to appropriate music. Watching it made me "homesick" to again experience this FUN family day where the newest calves are branded & potential "bulls" are turned into "steers"! (EEwww - ck out what the puppy is chewing on!;-) Look closely & you'll find Dale, George, Meghan, Scott & even 5 yr old Kendra involved in one way or another! From memory, I'm sure the missing from the video "womenfolk" Charlene, Karen etc, were in the kitchen cooking up a fit meal for those hungry "cowhands"! Branding day is ALways looked forward to! mc

4 comments:

Heidi, Mark and Jake said...

I'll check it out, but i'm a little scared by the description!

MMcC said...

Nothing to fear! Just "cowboy time" stuff at Happy Valley Ranch! mc

EVIE----MONT said...

I enjoyed the video - but had trouble picking out most people - except Kendra was pretty obvious. Did spot Megan and George, too.

MMcC said...

Part of Kendra's "job" was helping castrate the male calves, although that wasn't actually shown on the video!;-) mc