On Friday Craig had a visit from Betsey and Bob, friends who live close to Des Moines. They brought pizza and the plan was to eat next to the tennis courts, but it was raining. Since it is not very fun eating out in the rain, it was decided to take Craig to their house… Continue Reading
After a nice visit to Dayton we moved over to the west side, or is that wet side. On Tuesday Craig with my help (of course) loaded up the goats and equipment and headed across WA to Des Moines. It was a nice drive until we were approaching the 405 South exit off of I-90,… Continue Reading
Yes, we did make it on the road on Saturday, May 11 thanks to friends. It was quite a convoy. Craig borrowed a friend’s diesel truck which pulled the big trailer with most of the goats, Sue Lani drove our pickup with the little trailer loaded with all the equipment, Tom Dobson loaded 34-40 goats in… Continue Reading
I helped move the new herd down to the pasture on Sunday. Craig and I had a nice run. Craig was out front leading and I was bringing up the rear making sure everyone was following. Sue Lani was helping to keep one group of goats from wandering while Craig and I were working on… Continue Reading
The project list is getting shorter which is good since we will be heading back out into the field next weed. We will be headed to Dayton, WA to work on the levees for Columbia County. Craig is plugging away at his project list. Today I got the opportunity to chase ground squirrels as Craig… Continue Reading
Craig has been busy building fence with the help of his brother, Kevin and friend Rich. My quest was to capture a ground squirrel but I did not have any luck. Yesterday we were out in cold wind, it rain a little and even tried to snow. I laid down next to a sagebrush to… Continue Reading
Craig took the semi in for its annual inspection and service as one of the steps to get things ready for going back on the road. 106 goats have been born since early March. The last week was quite slow with only a couple of kids being born. Craig is hoping the rest of the… Continue Reading
I been offline for the winter. Spring is here. The grass is greening up and the kid goats are bouncing all over the barn yard. Craig is working on putting the schedule together for the spring and summer. It is coming together fairly well, there are still a couple of holes in May and June.… Continue Reading