Wow! 25K for just making the top 75? Boy am I a few decades late. When I was still doing shows with the folks I was doing good to get a ribbon or a trophy and a gift certificate to a local show area tack shop....OR the bar with Broasted Chicken that I couldn't go into because I wasn't 21!

Neighboring rancher's wife and her mother were championship level in the Reigning competitions. The have a pretty good-sized room in the indoor arena "open stall" barn that was just stacked full of Trophy Saddles, enough Trophy's to open a trophy shop with, Head Gear and all sorts of stuff they had won along with pictures. Her mother is gone now and she retired from competition a number of years ago after her back injury. Her husband says she came up to him last June and told him she was done riding. They've sold all the horses and are selling off everything equine. The horse trailer, Saddles, everything. Really strange because just before that they had a couple of tons of hay delivered to the barn. Couldn't have fed more than a few bails of that. She had come off a Mule the hard way and broke her back a few years ago and had a terrible recovery. She may have had something happen that triggered some PTSD and the sale of everything. They took off for their 'winter' ranch in Arizona where they winter over while I was gone on the elk hunt. We're kind of curious if they are going to be selling one or both ranches. If they sell the one here, we could be getting new neighbors, but we'll see. They've been here since 95 or 96. Her dad used to own the place, they owned the one we're in now. Originally from California...

 

Goodnight Allen, Jim, Rich and...

 

Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else.

 

Good Monday morning Ford Tinkerer's.
Welcome to December.

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. 16° with about 70% blue sky. Warming up now that the sun is giving us some full exposure. Temp probe is in the 'shade' on the west side of the house. Temp in Crescent on the Road Cam is fully exposed to the sun and is showing 10 warmer.

 

Good morning Chris, Jim, Allen, Rich and others.

28° in my neck of the woods this morning under cloudy skies.

 

Good morning Jim, Tim and...
Getting lunch already.
Currently 50.2° up from 34.2° at home.

 

Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else.

 

Goodnight Ford Tinkerer's.

 

Good Tuesday morning Ford Tinkerer's.

 

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Good Wednesday morning Ford Tinkerer's.

 

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Good Thursday morning Ford Tinkerer's.

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Got back last night. Pond skimmed over with ice. Started the morning out at 24 with mostly overcast sky. It's starting to warm up quickly. Supposed to get rain and rain/snow mix for 5 out of the next 6 days. We'll see....