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Post by zekesgirl on May 31, 2012 14:31:33 GMT -5
bc, Steve hasn't answered you so I will. Our dates at the 7th Ranch are June 22 - June 29. Last year the horses were $175 and then the cost of the guide (Chip Watts) was split between us.
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jun 11, 2012 8:45:45 GMT -5
Sorry bc missed that one. We are riding the Rosebud Battlefield this year. Hope you can stop by
Terry-- Digger will be there but Roman got injured and was sold so I will look for a new horse. Chip had a few ideas. Roman was a good horse. I have a new quarterhorse named Chief. his color is similar to Roman's. He is a red roan.
Steve
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Post by zekesgirl on Jun 11, 2012 18:18:02 GMT -5
Sold him because he got hurt? Turn him out and let him heal.
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jun 12, 2012 9:34:47 GMT -5
He was hurt
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jul 3, 2012 8:20:10 GMT -5
Had a great trip but back to work at Lake Powell for 5 days so will have to wait to post some pictures.
Things we did:
Met Gerry and Melanie
Walked the battlefield
Went into the timber area
Rode the Custer approach area from Reno Creek to the battlefield to highway 212
Observed markers in timber area and retreat crossing
Observed Wiebert stakes
Rode across SSR and observed the valley
Good times with friends
AZ Ranger
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Post by Yan Taylor on Jul 3, 2012 9:46:54 GMT -5
I have become very green with envy AZ, the chances of me getting to the area are looking more remote each year, I need a lottery win and quick about it, I did win £10 last week though, it’s a start anyway, you never know the six numbers could be mine tomorrow night, it they come up the drinks are on me.
Ian.
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jul 7, 2012 16:16:57 GMT -5
We also rode horseback from the 7th Ranch to Highway 212. At one watering place there was a recently (stinking) cow that got stuck and died in place. We saw numerous Wiebert pins marking locations in his book , crossed the river twice at Reno' s retreat crossing, rode down SS ridge to MTC, then the ridges across MTC, Butlers marker and along the east boundary of Custer battlefield to Highway 212. More to follow.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jul 8, 2012 9:17:04 GMT -5
Poor cow!
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Post by zekesgirl on Jul 9, 2012 13:04:14 GMT -5
Especially poor cow because the owner was told she was there and needed help.
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Post by bc on Aug 5, 2012 11:13:34 GMT -5
Well, I didn't make it to Gettysburg this year either. But we did leave on Friday afternoon for Colorado. Come out here and see the mountains again and maybe take in a nice, quiet, and peaceful movie at a theatre in Denver.
We have no agenda except to probably go to the usual dives such as Denver, Dillon (here now), Vail, Aspen, Leadville, the heated indoor pool at Salida, Cripple Creek, and end at the Springs where we can see the beautiful Garden of the Gods, Seven Falls, and maybe clum Pikes Peak. My wife has an ancestor that discovered a gold mine in Poverty Gulch in Cripple Creek and then sold it before it made over $500,000 in gold and those old mining records are at the Springs so we want to check them out. Also may do some horseback riding along the way as well. Probably meet up with Chuck at the Springs Starbucks.
I've had my monthly Army authorized 10 rounds of practice with my 73 SAA colt cavalry revolver. Could make a trip up to Boulder and see Darkcloud Tell and see if I can shoot a watermelon off his head. With another 10 rounds of practice, I'd be ready to try an apple. If it is good enough for the Army then it should be good enough for Mr. Tell.
bc
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Post by benteen on Aug 5, 2012 13:40:51 GMT -5
I've had my monthly Army authorized 10 rounds of practice with my 73 SAA colt cavalry revolver. Could make a trip up to Boulder and see Darkcloud Tell and see if I can shoot a watermelon off his head. With another 10 rounds of practice, I'd be ready to try an apple. If it is good enough for the Army then it should be good enough for Mr. Tell. bc Britt, Make it a grape, and remember your weapon shoots high, have to aim a little lower ;D D/C.. Just kidding, you know I wish you no harm, it was just too good to pass up Be Well Dan |
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Post by bc on Aug 7, 2012 9:36:12 GMT -5
Citizens of Colorado don't have to worry about me as they can see the sign on my forehead that says I'm a tourist and can be taken for every last dime they can get. Seems like every time we check in somewhere they only have one room left which is the presidential suite but they can knock 10 bucks off the price.
So far we have been to Dillon, Frisco, Breckinridge, Alma, Fairplay, then backtracked to Vail, Glenwood Springs, Marble, and now Aspen. Nothing like an evening in Aspen during a monsoon rain. But we still have plenty of dives/hell holes/tourist traps to go yet. Picked up some marble at Marble to make some little dog and cat headstones. Figured out the hard way that the Prius doesn't have the clearance of a four wheel drive vehicle but we motor on.
We stopped in Alma when we saw a hydroponics store out in the middle of nowhere just full of equipment and CO2 bottles. We were interested in learning how to grow tomatoes that way except the long haired hippie/space cadet working there didn't know anything about tomatoes. After seeing a steady progression of hippies in and out of the place getting stuff on a Sunday afternoon, it dawned on me that Colorado was a medical marijuana state. When I asked about that then he awoke out of his daze and became an expert doctorial candidate on the subject. I thought the growers had to be state certified and only sell through certified pharmacies but he was quick to tell me that anyone with a doctor's prescription for it can legally grow their own. One guy came in to buy a big oxygen size bottle of CO2. When I asked what it was for he said they keep the atmosphere around their plants metered at a certain ppm level of CO2 and plants will grow almost twice as much with help from their timed grow lights. They don't teach that stuff back on the farm in Kansas.
Picked up an excellent book, The Buffalo Harvest, by Frank H. Mayer and Charles B. Roth. Mayer was a buffalo runner/hunter during the heyday from 1872 to 1880 till the buffalo were gone. A lot of good information about the methods and guns of the time. One thing he said was that buffalo runners could stop at any army post, tell them they are low on ammo, and get free ammo because of the unofficial army position of stamping out the buffalo to get the NAs to the reservation. He got thousands of .45-70 rounds free from the army as did all the buffalo runners. They pulled the ammo apart to use the powder and lead to make reloads for their own Sharps.
NAs hunted by riding alongside running buffalo and continually jabbing buffalo in the side just behind the ribcage with their lance until internal organs and bleeding caused the buffalo to drop. Bows and arrows was not used. That was the training they had which was useful in pursuing running soldiers. Buffalo runners were called such from running all over the country looking for buffalo but actually hunted from a stand which was two sticks fastened towards one end to make a V notch to rest their heavy rifle barrel in. He/they used telescopic sights as well. Unlike the 4 or 5 power ones of today, the ones made back then were usually 20 power and sometimes 30 power which is why they needed the sticks to hold it steady to sight in on target.
He bought 2 wagons, a smaller one for cook and camp supplies and a large one for buffalo hides which would be skinned and staked out fur down so they could dry in the sun a few days. Crew would include a cook/driver and usually 3 skinners. He only shot enough buffalo every day that his crew could skin out. Enlightening stuff. Gotta hit the road.
bc
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Post by bc on Aug 14, 2012 0:15:42 GMT -5
Well we made it back home Friday night. After going from motel to motel and staying in places like the 100 plus year old Delaware Hotel in Leadville, which by the way still offered the exact same amenities to its guests that it did when it opened, we decided to stay the last two days in Cripple Creek at the same place which was the only place outside of Denver that had air conditioning. The Delaware had a 2 airconditioner, (2 windows wide open with no wind). Which brings up the point that most people today who are spoiled by AC don't understand how people back then could deal with it without much of a problem. Didn't gamble a dime as we were too busy. Drove to the Springs and spent Thursday afternoon at the County building by the Garden of the Goods going through microfilm. Found reference to 3 claims owned by Linda's ancestor. They didn't have all the real records. We found out the next day that the museum in CC kept them. The three claims are the Maudie May, Granitite, and Niagra but still don't know the exact location yet somewhere in Poverty Gulch. They have to file yearly affidavits of labor to prove they worked and improved the mine for 5 straight years to get the patent.
Didn't really get a chance to get on the internet and try to track down Chuck. But I did beat Chuck to the punch and stopped at the Bookman used book store on Hwy 24 and cleaned them out of all their Custer books at a cheap price.
Did an impromtu ghost tour of the Tabor Opera House in Leadville as we were the last ones doing a tour of the day and the conversation turned to ghosts. She won't discuss it publicly but told us of some ghost encounters. We turned out the lights and I couldn't get any ghosts to appear by the piano when I played it, move the rocker in the dressing room when I talked, or open this door when I closed it. I couldn't get any ghosts to respond at the Palace Hotel in Cripple Creek either. Guess I need some of those Zac Bagans ghost buster electronic devices to communicate with them. I'm more of a ghost busted.
bc
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Post by benteen on Aug 14, 2012 17:37:11 GMT -5
Britt,
What we were all waiting for was to see how your William Tell shot with the Gentleman from Boulder turned out. I see he hasnt posted latley and I hope things went well with it ;D
Be Well
Dan
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Post by bc on Aug 15, 2012 6:12:59 GMT -5
Britt, What we were all waiting for was to see how your William Tell shot with the Gentleman from Boulder turned out. I see he hasnt posted latley and I hope things went well with it ;D Be Well Dan Sorry Dan but when in Colorado you have two choices; either get high or get low. I chose to get low road in Colorado Springs instead of the alternative, Boulder, the hydroponics capital of the world. But they both have a Starbucks and I would have been happy to stop at either place for a friendly visit. Unfortunately this so called vacation was one of go-go-go, eat-eat-eat, & sleep-sleep-sleep with little time to relax except for catching the olympics which were quite enjoyable this year. The Englanders did a good job with it. After doing the 4 S's (sheet, shower, shave, & sleep) I usually didn't get a chance to start the computer. Too bad I couldn't catch DC when he was making one of his radio recordings. Then I could interject with any needed gramatical corrections or even guest host a segment.  bc |
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