Have we already mentioned our to-do list? I told Josh last night that I just want to revel in our naivete a little longer, or at least as long as possible- to take those long evening hikes, looking out at the sunset, and see beauty not work. To see a coyote silhouette hanging on the high rim framed by the night sky, know its ominous presence but feel the power in its beauty at dusk without feeling the need to have a rifle. I want to keep climbing high into the rocks, looking down hundreds of feet at the open grass, jagged rocks and muscled elk on the horizon without seeing the poison weeds or the fence desperate for mending.

Nonetheless, the work is omnipresent. The place we are is certainly romantic but crumbling all around us. There are barns with buggies and antique horse gear. There are bones and corpses from the rotting of life. There are views touched with scampering wildlife. And there is this growing to-do list. We’ve only been here since July 1st, though, and in that time we have seen some amazing Wyoming country and taken care of the nitty gritty efforts from relocation. We’ll take in the rest of this one dusty bit at a time, and hopefully with a couple of good horses at our sides sooner than later.

Check pastures- grass, water and fences of all pastures

Rebuild the corrals

Fix squeeze shoot

Rebuild, clean out and organize barn

Write our business plan

Find and buy two horses

Research cross-breeding

Get a loan and figure out grants for new and younger farmers/ranchers

Finance, buy and build yurt

Train a cattle dog

Find winter hay