BYC Café

[OrganicFarmWife]

Good morning everyone

 

[henny1129]

Yes, Montana is the big sky state. Also the treasure state. It's a big state, 4th biggest in the Union, and we only just got a million people in the whole state. My folks' ranch( it's definitely a ranch) is in a county with only 435 total people in it at the last census. It's in the mountain shadow of the little Snowy Mountains, in Petroleum County. I keep telling them that people who want to get away from everything would like it out there, especially the stars at night.

The county seat there in Petroleum County only has 300 people. The whole county has 435. But, we have a townhouse near Billings, where I live, and that's 2 hours south of the family ranch. And there are no woods there. It would be what you might call high plains, almost desert but not quite, since it's mountain shadow. There are buttes all around, and fossils, agates, and all sorts of cool rocks. Badlands, that's another word for it. You can't see the nearest neighbor, who is 5 miles up the road north, and there is noone south for 20-30 minutes. The dirt road is an old wagon trail that crawls along the tops of some of the buttes. It's quite a view! I like it best in late spring, before the bugs come out but after the rains have made it green, and before the sun makes everything hot and brown.

Montana sounds beautiful! I would love to go one day!

 

[henny1129]

Good morning everyone! Thanks for the coffee!

 

[henny1129]

Here is a story for you all.  This is the write up on my friend...

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/11/cold-springs-fire-woman-rides-horse/

Glad everyone is safe!

 

[scottcaddy]

Good Morning All!!!
Thanks for the coffee, got to get things done before the afternoon rains start again.
At least we had 2 dry days over the weekend.
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! The horses leave TX today and should be here tomorrow around noon. Getting the non-burnt trailer for the trip to Co. Springs,

, and going to figure things out as we go along. I think they have a handle on the fire at the moment and the people that live around here are literally patrolling the trails and camping areas, informing campers about the fire ban. They are freaked out. I personally think they should spend some of their energy mitigating their properties, but you can't fix stupid.
More coffee please! It, as always, is going to be a beautiful day!

 

[scottcaddy]

Margie, Take care and have a uneventful trip!
A lot of people find it easier to 'talk about something' then to 'do something'
Scott

 

[Bantambird]

I hear ya on the fire protection! Every year the hills and prairie burn. It's a given that something will catch on fire during fire season, especially since everything out here is designed to burn to renew itself. Defenseable space people!

 

[lcertuche]

We have been blessed with rain this Spring and Summer so I don't think we have to be all that worried about wildfires this year. The U.S. Forrest Service does a controlled burn during the year, usually in Fall or Winter and I think it gets away from them at times. Dry years there is the problem of tossed out cigarettes on the highway. I feel for everyone living in the drought. My SIL lives in Porterville, CA and they have really had a terrible time of drought for a very long time.

 

[Tumbling K]

Good morning folks. Coffee is on