This morning I got up,
fed the animals,
tidied the kitchen,
made my breakfast
and got a call from Kyle.
(He was at the chiropractor...)
He had gotten up,
loaded up his fuel drums
and gone to pick up fuel
for the equipment at the ranch.
Then he went to the chiro.
And got a phone call from Gina.
She found a "batwing" (those giant
mowers you see on the side of
the highway across the country...)
for a good price in Okeechobee.
So...
He came home,
I got to drive the Cat,
while he unloaded the fuel drums
from the back of the truck
and onto his big trailer.
(He said I did a good job!)
And then we headed south.
It's old and rusty,
but he decided at half the price
of a new one, it was good enough.
So he bought it.
They loaded it onto his trailer
and he strapped (chained) it down.
It's a BIG piece of equipment,
with the wings extended it has a 15' reach!
But he has a BIG piece of property.
He's been mowing the ranch with a
6' drag behind mower.
He spent 3 days last week mowing
ONE PASTURE!
Ridiculous!
And costly!
You have to make WAY more passes
and use WAY more fuel in the tractor!
So he is VERY happy to have this
added to his equipment.
After we got it all loaded and secured,
we went across the street to the
Okeechobee Livestock Sale Barn.
(They only have sales on Mondays...)
Auctioneer selling a cow!
(And the nice lady recording each sale...)
Real live ranchers,
buying said cow.
More buyers.
And another cow.
How they enter the ring.
(The floor is a giant weigh scale...)
The weight is displayed behind the
auctioneer's head.
He calls out the prices as the buyers
hold up fingers and make secret signals.
It was hard to follow,
but FASCINATING!
We stuck around for an hour.
Then literally went next door to the
feed store and I bought 200 more pounds
of cow feed (I bought 200# on the way down
to school on Friday, but with us going out
of town, I wanted to make sure we had
PLENTY...)
And then we headed home.
It was a fun day!
And we got lots accomplished!
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