Rusty's horse Buddy stepped on a staple out at the ranch and ended up with an abscess. After several weeks of no improvement and stall confinement he was taken back to the vet and they x rayed the foot and found another fragment of metal in his leg. The hoof was dying so Rusty chose to put him down.
Claysen has been interested in cutting things to help make dinner lately. Here he is cutting a tomato with a butter knife. You can imagine what that tomato looked like in the end. We have a ton growing, so one wasted is ok in my book. It keeps his occupied and out of the way.
Rusty had business in Enterprise, OR on Monday so we make a long weekend out of it and enjoyed the Wallowa Lake area. We rented a boat and fished for a couple of hours. We started too late in the day and didn't catch a thing! The boys were a little scared of the boat at first, but quickly relaxed and had a blast.
The views are AMAZING!!!
We road the tram to the top of Mt. Howe. From there you can the Wallowa Valley, the Eagle Cap Mountains, and Seven Devils. It was amazing. The boys enjoyed feeding the squirrels and chipmunks.
After the tram ride we rode the go karts and played mini golf.
Monday morning I saw this accompanied by two other fawns. They laid down before I could get the camera out.
On the way home we went through Hell's Canyon and over the Brownly Dam. This is a view of Seven Devils.
We got home Monday, they boys got haircuts on Tuesday and school started for Callen on Wednesday! It has been a fast and furious summer!
