YIKES!!! That was a close call!!!!

This morning we helped Dwight, Lee and Rob move some cow/calf pairs "across the oil"..... which was west from their place a couple of miles. ...."the oil" is the Kilgore road.   It all went pretty good --- no troubles with the calves wanting to go back to find their mama.    Then on the way home we stopped to talk with Dan and Sheri ----- "did Dan want to go look at the well timer  ....out by Rosebud.... that was giving him trouble?"    "Yes".    He had to go get a load of bulls from the Hard Grass Ranch and then he would give Gary a call.

About 2:00 Dan came and picked Gary up with 2 bulls in the trailer that he would put with the cows that were already out there.  According to Sheri ---- those bulls gave her a bit of grief.   "Dan says, 'just stand there'......I don't want to stand there"......  and I added 'and get run over'.   Anyway ----- on with the story......

Next to the cow tank (water tank) is a fenced in little 4 foot X 4 foot area where the electric box and well is located.  Gary had just climbed over the fence and into this little area when he heard a "buzz".....he looked and.... yup!!! --- rattlesnake.  Needless to say he climbed back up on the fence and yelled for Dan (who at the time was unloading the bulls)...... bring a shovel!!!!!

The rattlesnake measured 44 inches.......  cousin Lee had just killed a 50 incher out by Dwight's place.  We heard the record length of a rattlesnake (perhaps from this area) is 57 inches.   So these two were right up there in size!!

We really don't need to encounter anymore of these creatures ----- thank you.   Thank goodness there weren't any strikes!!!

And that was our excitement for the day......oh yeah ---- Gary took me out for supper at the Peppermill.......a nice end to a good day.

God Bless!
Gary and Barb