Another Road Trip

Linda and I drove up to the ranch on Wednesday.

We were meeting with the septic guy.

While there, the man who had managed

the property since 2004 came by to check

the water and the cows.

(Linda arranged to have him continue

until we can get Kyle up there...)

Kyle and I were up there last week and

there were 8 baby calves at that point.

He said there were 2 more babies

within the past day or two,

bringing the total of babies to 10.

We drove around on Linda's UTV

and checked out the property

(it's only the 2nd time she has been there)

and she finally got a really good look

at her new land and all her cows.

The babies are SO CUTE!

We found a couple peeking out from behind a tree.

Check out the heart on her forehead!

Isn't she adorable?

And she's a GIRL!

Breeding stock!!!

After we chatted with Jeff (the septic guy)

and drove around the property,

we headed into town for some lunch

and to make some plans for how to move forward.

When we got back to the ranch,

we decided to recount all the babies,

so headed out to where they had moved 

(a shady line of oak trees)

and started counting.

I noticed a cow standing off by herself

who looked like she had just given birth.

Sure enough! There was a brand new baby!

We had seen Mama sitting out in the middle

of the pasture when we were looking before.

She didn't have an ear tag and they were

supposed to have put new tags in everyone.

That means the new little one is less than an hour old!

Linda was really excited!

(She LOVES baby cows...)

Next we headed down to Ocala to talk to

some folks about some housing ideas,

and then on home.

We were pulling a trailer so we could

bring (and leave) the UTV up there,

so took the "back way", which takes around

3.5 hours instead of 2.75 hours if you go

through Orlando.

On the way home, we went through

a little town and found a FUN shop

on the side of the road.

Decided to stop (since neither of us

were in a particular hurry...)

It was LOADED with these fun, life sized statues!

Of course, some of them were larger than life size.

Like this little rooster, for example.

Unfortunately, my phone battery died,

so these are pictures Linda took.

There was also another section that was 

all different kinds of pottery,

with a TON of those bowl-type sinks

that had beautiful painting.

Reminded me of the sink in Sondra's mountain house

spare bathroom.

So pretty!

We might have to come back to get some

sinks for Linda's new house!

Anyhow.

It was a fun trip.