Tuesday, July 1, 2014 – Busy but Productive Day Running Around, Post Cattle

Well, it wasn’t long into the night when the cattle found the hay and alfalfa in the back of the pickup truck, and we could feel the RV being pushed around. I had to get up several times during the night to shoo the cows away, but it didn’t take long for them to come back again. During one of my waking spells, I figured out we would have to put up our portable corral. Up to now, we’ve only used it to keep critters in, this will be the first time we’ve used it to keep critters out! So it was only just after daybreak when I got up and started to put the fence up, weaving it around the baby aspen trees that are all around us. Couldn’t seem to get it electrified, but I’m hoping it will at least act as a deterrent. Tried to get back to sleep, but couldn’t, so I got on my computer to see what kind of signal I had, and discovered just enough to download my e-mail and get online briefly. Wrote some e-mails and did some computer work, had to shoo a few more cows away, that had breached the fence. Finally Hubby got up and we managed to electrify the fence, but a few more cows got through, so I’m not sure how effective it will be. Later in the day, a cowboy on horseback came by and was herding them away, so maybe they just escaped after all, and we’ll have some quiet later on. After breakfast, Hubby drove back down to Durango to get a new tire, propane, groceries and to go to the post office, which too him all afternoon. I got a lot of odd jobs done, including getting my desk completely cleared (a rare experience!), fixing the floor of the closet so the trapdoor didn’t keep falling in like it did on this last bumpy road, gluing some jewelry together, fixing the fan in the bathroom, a whole bunch of odds and ends that have been bugging me. On the way back to camp, Hubby stopped off at the main campground with one of the portable rain barrels and filled it up, only to have it fall over a spill all out when he reached camp. We had just enough still left in the horse trailer tank for the night, but it’s something we’ll need to do again tomorrow. We then settled in with a movie and popcorn for the night, both exhausted once again. Fortunately, the cows hadn’t been around all afternoon, so I’m hoping for a more peaceful night tonight!