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I didn't intend to be a law breaker. But it was right there on the sign: There was to be "No thru commercial traffic."
Well, cattle are our commerce (among other things). And we ended up having to use Fourth Street Road for a little commerce last week.
We weren't going the speed limit either. In fact, we held up a little traffic during our version of a cattle drive.
We moved cows from milo stalks to a small wheat pasture. Randy enticed them to leave with a little hay in the back of the pickup.
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Then Jake and another helper, C.W., kept them along the straight and narrow with 4-wheelers.
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I was parked at the corner. My mission: Slow people down with the flashing warning lights on the pickup and help turn the cattle south when they got to the corner.
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The cattle cooperated. The pickup driver who got stuck behind the cattle was patient. All in all, it wasn't a bad way to spend a little time on a beautiful afternoon.
The cattle seemed happy, too.
And the "girls", as we called them, always knew exactly where they were going!! In fact, I always thought that they were happy to be going!!
ReplyDeleteGood article and good photos!
Thanks, Jane! I always appreciate your faithful reading!
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