The Long(horn) Walk

After a VERY dry June, July and August got us back into the normal rainfall we get during those months.  I think we're still behind in rainfall year over year, but we have been catching up this week with rainfall every single day.  As I may have told you, Tricia and I embarked on a lifestyle change where we try to get out in the late afternoon and walk briskly to get our heart rates up.  

We use a step counter and our goal is 7,500 steps each day.  I try to beat that, though, and want to get the average up to 10,000 steps each day.  We normally walk around the perimeter fence in our pasture.  One lap is 700 steps.  With all the rain, walking in the pasture is an impossibility unless you wear rubber boots.  That's not conducive to walking!

So we've altered our routine and we walk down our country road.  It is paved for a good ways.  We take Belle, our Great Pyrenees with us.  She enjoys the walk and sets the pace.

Even though it is a country road, people drive too doggone fast!  We get off on the shoulder and let them pass.  About a half mile down the road is an interesting sight - at least for around here.  A farmer has a small herd of Longhorn cattle.  They are always right by the fence to greet us.  The big pink cumulus cloud in the background makes a nice shot.

The longhorn cattle look at us curiously as we walk by.  I always wonder how you work those cows in a chute.  It seems like their horns would not fit in a normal squeeze chute to work them or load them.  I guess there's another way to do it.

Looking at those cows remind me of watching The Dukes of Hazzard in my childhood.  Those horns on those cows look just like the ones mounted on Boss Hogg's 1970 Cadillac DeVille.  Just the good ol boys, never meanin' no harm...  Time to stop singing and get on home.  There's a big storm cloud brewing in the north.