Builds 1963 FJ45LP SWB Fixed Top "Sweet Simplicity" (3 Viewers)

[middlecalf]

45 looks great!
Stay cool up there Paul! I know it’s been hotter than heck!!

Our current fun - still a couple miles from us but except for smoke blackout would be an entertaining view from Anderson Reserve’s deck

 

[EWheeler]

@middlecalf Was cattle ranching any part of your life before "retirement"? Reading your posts over time I have picked up that you likely worked for Boeing for your career and now are chasing cows for fun. Just curious how one makes the transition from the corporate world of Boeing to the polar opposite of small town cattle ranching. My father grew up in SE idaho on a small hobby dairy farm. He split the second he graduated high school and didnt care to see another cow in his life. We grew up on property in western Washington state, but dad got into excavation so we were around earth moving equipment, not farm equipment and animals. I chased my own path and left small town america to see some of the world, its been fun, but I miss the community of rural america. More days than not, I dream about simplifying life and escaping the rat race to a rural existence similar what you present here - I'm jealous!

 

[pardion]

Our current fun - still a couple miles from us but except for smoke blackout would be an entertaining view from Anderson Reserve’s deck
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We are hoping we don’t have to evacuate.

 

[middlecalf]

No background in this cowboy stuff at all. I should have skis on in the winter and a flyrod in my hand in the summer from what I grew up doing in Steamboat. Went full aerospace geek somehow so Boeing was obvious career point. My FIL (retired thoracic surgeon) grew up on a farm in Illinois, so he’s acquired the farm and ranch stuff over the years. I’m just <forced> cheap labor now .

 

[middlecalf]

Yikes John! Prayers for safety. Take care. Paul

 

[middlecalf]

From this on Friday…

…to this on Monday. We can see the butte now

 

[Owyhee Jackass]

What do they call that butte now? I know it's not Squaw...

 

[middlecalf]

Can’t pronounce or spell what they call it. Around here we still call it Squaw Butte (and creek).

 

[middlecalf]

They love it when the ice cream truck is in the neighborhood

 

[redfj45can]

 

[middlecalf]

Mr. Hitachi and Mr. Toyota having a spring conference in late summer

 

[middlecalf]

Springtime, almost

 

[middlecalf]

There we go, surf’s up

 

[middlecalf]

End of another upland cow work season.

Time for apples I guess.

 

[redfj45can]

 

[middlecalf]

Just make sure you fill ‘er up when you do.

 

[redfj45can]

Just make sure you fill ‘er up when you do.

We'll see what she prefer.
(°R°)ed Bull or (°C°)oke.

 

[middlecalf]

In the mean time…

 

[redfj45can]

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

Got between a cow and their hay?