Good Clean Fun

Is there anything more fun than a day of branding?  It's one of those sure signs of spring and we were blessed with a beautiful day last Saturday in Lonepine at Deb & Mike's.  When you mix kids, dogs, cattle, smoke, a little dust and cow poop, it's the perfect recipe for fun.  The afternoon was comfortable, the mountains still had lots of  beautiful snow and the wind didn't blow too much. Best of all, Clancy had recuperated sufficiently to do his usual job - the branding. 

Sadly, the days of roping and dragging the calves are over it appears.  That was always good for a few mishaps and lots of laughs.  As you can see, the table is an efficient way to do the job and is much quicker provided you can find young tough guys to push the calves up the chute.  We had it all.

On the medical front, Clancy traveled to Salt Lake City on Monday, the 25th, for his first quarterly lab workup.  He will likely stay a couple weeks and do an abbreviated round of chemo.  It will be similar to the first round he did last October and should chase any hidden cancer cells out of his system (forever).  His interim lab work has been excellent, so we can only expect more of the same.  He's scheduled to meet with the doctor and review test results on Thursday, the 28th.