Cool Morning 2014 New Year's Eve

This morning we awoke to a little frost, -21F  at 7:00 am.  I guess you can call it cold when it is at least 20 degrees cooler outside than in a typical chest freezer.  This is at least the third time this cool this year.  

Hardware Ranch Logan Utah

Grandma treated us to the wagon ride to see the elk out on Hardware Ranch Management Area up Blacksmith Fork Canyon Utah.  The bottom two pictures are of a cottonwood tree the beavers were in the process of cutting down.  Julia, Tyler, and Sheila are in the photos out on the refuge. 

Elk Hunting Area 66 Near Oregon Basin

Snow and Frost Before Christmas

Even Jack got frozen.  Christmas Day added another 2-3 more inches to this total. 

One That Got Away

There are two photos of this deer posted at the bottom of the last entry.  It was fun to watch this guy just 20 yards off of the road just 15 miles from home. 

Some Of The Locals

All but the last two photos are of different deer.  I took a drive about 15 miles out of town westward and found these guys just off of the road.  This evening I saw dozens of shootable bucks and about 300 deer total. 

Decent Deer Burlington Wyoming

This guy is fairly typical of ten other bucks we saw while elk hunting off the highway between Meeteetse and Burlington about fifteen miles from here.  All together, we saw three to five hundred deer and about twenty to thirty other bucks along with the ten. 

A Second Cold Night In Burlington Wyoming

I took this picture this morning at 6:30am on our porch.  18-20 below zero F.

Cold, Cold, Cold

Cold weather has come our way early this year.  This morning the thermometer on our porch was at -14 F.  As you can see, it is 7:30 this morning and is beginning to warm-up its now about -12 F.  The projected high for the day is going to be around 7 degrees above.  It's weird to think that the present temperature outside is colder than our freezer. 

Tyler Burlington Vs Basin At Burlington, WY

 

Today Burlington played Basin.  Burlington 8th grade won the 1st game and no score for either team in the sixth grade battle.  In the 1st photo Tyler is being doubled teamed.  In the 3rd Photo Ty is watching the ball Great! and in the 4th Photo, Tyler hit  the ball carrier # 93 and he is going down.  Tyler is #72 with Blue Gloves. 

Burlington Vs Rocky Cowley WY

Here are a few photos of Tyler playing a number of position.  Just look for the kid with the BLUE GLOVES (Number 72) and that's Tyler.  In the top photo Tyler is the one gabbing the ball carrier by the jersey. 

Tyler 6th Grade Football Against 8th and 7th Grade Worland WY

 

Just look for 72 and Gloves of Blue!!!

Tyler Clip Three Burlington Vs Worland

Tyler is number 72 and has blue gloves on. 

Mountain With A t View

 

I took this video today working with Big Horn County Weed and Pest.  .  It overlooks Shell Canyon and Ranger Creek Campground in the Bighorn Mountains.  What a view!

Spraying CanadaThistle in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming

Working for Big Horn County Weed and Pest has its advantages.  This week we were working in the Big Horn Mountains spraying Canada Thistle on a ridge south of Ranger Creek near the Bench Timber Sale.  Below is Shell Canyon, what a view. 

Beartooth Highway

Yesterday afternoon we started up the Beartooth Highway ( One of the highest roads in the world) with a summit at just under 11,000 feet.  Time ran short so we didn't make the summit.  It's only about a two hour drive from Burlington.  The Beartooth runs Red Lodge Montana to Yellowstone Park.  Most of these photos were taken just a little above the 9,000 foot level at a rest stop.  Red Lodge is a beautiful little community.