IM BACK WORLD!!!!
Hey, so I’ve been on a hiatus from the ranch life, and as a result my blog as well.
I went home for a while. Went home to see the family mainly. My mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and I took a month off to go home and be with the family.
I also had some shit to deal with for school, which I wont get into because its a really long drawn out story, and I’ll just end up ranting.
Back to my mom. She’s just fine, other than being in a pretty serious amount of pain at times. Her cancer is between stage 0 and 1, and hopefully, will be taken care of in just a short period of time. I love you mom, you’re such a trooper.
It feels great to be back on the ranch, I forget how different this place is from a typical urban or semi-urban environment. It’s so peaceful out here. It is also great to see all my friends who I missed while back home. Everyone here has been so great helping me get through this tough time. Thank you everyone, your support means so much to me.
So I’m back, on the grind again, with the hunting lodge in my sights. I’ll be working full time on it from here on out, until it’s construction is complete. It seems to be moving along well, but there is a ton of work to do, as with any large project like this. Unfortunately, this means that my blog posts might be a bit drier for a while, as most of my time will be spent at a desk in front of paper or my computer screen.
However, I’ll still try to get some good shots of interesting subjects while I’m doing desk work like this because even though I’ll be at my desk most of the time, I wont’t be there all the time. With such a beautiful natural environment surrounding me, it would be almost impossible not to go outside at least once during each day. Also, I’ll be participating in some of the cooler cattle moves, some riding, some roping, brandings, concerts, etc. It’s going to be an awesome spring.
Last weekend one of my best friends from life, Trent Cohune, came out from Vail to visit me on the ranch. Although he was only here for one full day, we made the day count by going on a great ride in the morning, hunting in the afternoon, and fishing in the evening. It ended up being an absolute blast, it was so awesome to see a childhood friend which I really haven’t hung out with in years. After visiting, TJ has decided that he would like to apply for our summer internship here on the ranch, which would be awesome if he got. It would be so fun to have him out on the ranch this summer.
Here are some of the pictures we took last Sunday. Unfortunately, the camera didn't make it on our ride in the morning, so we only have pictures from hunting and fishing.
Anyways, they’re great pictures.
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| We converted the AR-15 to .22 cal so we could shoot a brick of rounds without paying 100s of dollars. |
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| On the hunt |
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| Oh hey look, I caught a fish... |
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| Oh, fish number two! |
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| (one cast later) fish number three! |
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| I think I'll Tebow fish number 4. |
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| I got one. Yea, one. |
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| Keep em comin... |
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| Ok, now you just look bored. Fish number six. |
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| Finally, it's getting dark enough, he can stop embarrassing me at my own pond. Fish seven. |
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| Ended on a beautiful note, what a great day we had. |
And some extras from previous days...
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| The view towards Pikes Peak from the exact location of the new hunting lodge. Pretty awesome. |
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| A cool scene right outside of the bunkhouse. |
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| A beautiful moon we had one night, this photo doesn't do it justice, but it does alright. |
Well, life is good out here, It's great to be back and great to see everyone again. I'll start posting regularly again now that I'm back.
Hope you enjoyed this one. Talk to you soon!
- E
