Were now at the Paulton's ranch in Power River. We got up at 4:45am and had breakfast of eggs and gravy and bi. He took lunches and then headed for the pastures. Some of them are 10,000 acres. We road all day up and down the gullies looking for cows and caves, pushing them to the South. We road at least 15 miles if not more. It was amazing country. Near the end of the day we pushed some of the found cows to a pasture. 4 wheelers were driving them, one of them got stuck and Phillip roped it and he and his horse pulled it up the hill.
We could just see the main heard being driven back to the coral about 5 miles off. Our horses were just too played out to catch them. We were trying to decide what to do when we could see a truck and trailer coming our way. We road the 5 miles easy and then trailered our horses back to the coral. The wrangler had brought the trailer with fresh horses to catch the main heard. They headed off and we loaded our horses drove the trailer. The main heard arrived at the coral where the horses were staying, about the same time we arrived in the truck. It took a long time to drive, the trailer was loaded with 10 horses. We moved some heifers before the main heard arrived. Then we unsaddled, feed and watered the horses. They were glad to be done for the day. We headed to the headquarters for supper. We ate around 9 pm. Then turned in. Tomorrow is a day of branding and sorting of cows and caves.
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