We thought last year's winter was mild in our part of the world, but this year is turning out to be even more mild. The only benefit is that we are able to milk the fall for an extended period of time. Brandon is still attempting to collect mule deer radio collars to reuse this winter, and the day after Thanksgiving was the perfect opportunity to recover one of the more remote collars on our equine. Turned out being a rather long day, but one to be remembered. The canyon we were in was full of blow-down and frozen creek crossings and we just about headed back to the barn. When we hit an impassable creek crossing we had to have a family conference. The backcountry-blonds decided to stay with the horses and build a little fire, while Brandon went the last several miles on foot to retrieve the collar. After getting back to the ponies just before dark, we had a wonderful night ride back to the trailer under a beautiful near full moon. What brave little girls we have...
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