Day 4 - Thursday May 31

[SD] Cattle Drive (Day 2 and 3) 2007-06-01

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Today we began early 4 am. It will be a long day of driving the cattle. We will stay over night in the woods with the cattle and finish the drive on Friday (Day five).
The day began around 4:30 am. We were packed and ready to go by 6 am. Before we even left the ranch, it began to rain. They need the rain, but it will make the day long and cold. We gathered the cattle just fine. They moved steady in the rain. The cold that made us shiver, made the trip easier for the cattle. We stopped around 10am for a snack, and something to warm us up. We continued the drive and stopped again around 1:30 pm for lunch. We coraled them at a neighbors, Wendell Crawfords. They brought the camper along for us to stay out of the weather and warm up. We arrived at the designated stopping place around 7 pm. I was not feeling well, when we arrived. My stomach was very upset. I had to use a neighbors out-house, several times. I took some medicine and by morning I was feeling better. It was just nice to be warm once again. The cold wind and rain made for along day.