It's Friday

Today, Ev and I arrived at the ranch to find that every one of the cows had gotten out over night. We had spent the end of a hot afternoon yesterday building a paddock to keep the cattle in over night. Finding that one of the fences had been completely destroyed was not a heartening way to start our day.

The problem, we think, is that there are portions of some poly-wire reels that are orange instead of white. We think that the cows can't see the orange wire as well as the white and thus don't respect the fence. This, on the other hand, doesn't explain why the cattle aren't responsive to the electric shock that's delivered by the wire.

We spent the day gathering the cattle and building a large paddock across Mill Ridge, where they will stay for the remainder of the weekend... or so we plan.

I came home today and immediately fell asleep. Ranch work is tiring - naps are fantastic.

Tomorrow is Joe's son Jack's 13th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!