Wheatland Wyoming Parade

I was in the Wheatland Parade today.

It all started Thursday when Blackie and I went and got the truck to decorate.  CH Brown Trucking was generous to loan the Veterans a truck for the parade.  Each Thursday the veterans meet for coffee so after coffee a few of us came to my house to decorate.

We had 17 Vets show up for the Parade.  From WWII all the way to Iraq and Afghanistan were represented.  11 walkers, one driver and 5 no walkers.  It is always great pride to provide the Color Guard for any event.  That's me farthest on the right...

Following are pics of the parade courtesy of Jane... I asked her to use my camera (pretty damn good job).  The pics might not be in order from the time they left the camera got cropped and posted here.

 Interesting letting three Marines decorate a float and how the order of the service flags turn out.

Many more Photos but this is a good sampling.

Great day at the parade!!

Wheatland Car Show

Went down to Ninth Street to a car show today.  Hope I win the engine raffle!!!  If I did then I would have to get a car to build... choices choices choices

Our Neighbor is Dave (in the blue shirt) of Dave's Auto Body... he does some meticulous work (yellow car above).

Platte County Fair

Time for the Platte County Fair (I'm going to have to strap the camera on) We first showed up at the Rabbit Show... fur Rabbits; meat Rabbits; was fun to watch the 4H kids and the Judge was so informitive.

Then off to the cat show; the kids all had on long sleeve shits; luckily there was not a lot of hissing spitting and scratching going on.

Tonight we just got back from the Rodeo... the teams has to rope a calf head then rear feet take it down and simulate branding it.  The cut out a yearling again rope then tie three legs so it could be doctored the hog tie had to last for 10 seconds.  Then cut a cow rope and milk it (one cowboy did this single handed). and finally cut a numbered cow from the heard and rope and load it in a trailer.  one team did all this in just over 4 Minutes.

Historic Ranch Tour

Spent the day with Jane and Linda and about 50 others touring two Platte County Ranches first the Collins Ranch near Glendo, Wyoming has been around for 105 years.

Most of the Collins family work outside the ranch; it was interesting that they traded horses for motorcycles some time ago.

They are related to General Collins... Fort Collins namesake... Also related to Caspar Collins... Casper, Wyoming is named after...

Can anyone identify the pointy thing in the center of the following Pic?

Had a great lunch then headed to the Twiford Ranch...

If you can zoom in on this Homestead document, you can see the it was endorsed by Theodore Roosevelt.  This ranch has been around since 1879 with some glorious history and stories.

The area where the original house sat didn't have trees at first but now it is a lush and inviting location with a huge willow.

After history and stories and a relaxing time under the shade of a willow; we enjoyed a great meal... Pitch Fork cooked steak, baked potatoes, salad homemade dinner rolls and PIE (I had rhubarb)

The steak was skewered on the pitch fork tines and deep fried in a kettle of peanut oil... Excellent!

Ride to Bosler and Back

Just got back from a ride to Bosler, Wyoming and back with my friend Blackie Budd.

the road work on Wyo 34 is going to be great when it's finished. 

 Subille Canyon will be a much safer road to travel... it has always been a great place to view wildlife,

Saw lots of antelope and some fox near Bosler.

Way up on top it's a special kind of beauty, a place where you use what you have.

Thor - The Movie

After going to Cheyenne to see Florence and pick up some stuff at Sam's Club we got home and decided to go to the movies.  Thor was showing at Cinema West... I really enjoyed the show and remembering the different legends of the names in the show... the movie did a very good job tying present day to the myths of yore... wow, I think its a new record for me last week Pirates of Caribbean and this week Thor; I wonder what this could mean?

High Plains Inititiave - Building the Wyoming We Want

I attended a pre-meeting (at the Library) to the County Commissioners meeting today and then walked over to the Court house for the Commissioners meeting.  There is a lot of controversy regarding this document and opinions were voiced by many.  I believe there were over 550 signatures opposing the initiative which came about in less than two weeks.

The unfortunate happenings of the day were one of the attendees left angry and a second was escorted out of the building by a Sheriff department officer. 

Other than the editorials leading up to this day, I have not noticed quality reporting on the subject nor quality communication from the commissioners office.

Planning and zoning in the counties and cities of Wyoming will continue to of great interest.