BevLive: Getting to the Bluegrass

It rained all day yesterday at Wilson’s. I managed to get all my dogs worked but didn’t do as much as I should’ve. I got Joe to turn back a couple of times for sheep. He never managed to do a clean turn back but he did convince me that if it ever became necessary for him to find a second group of sheep we might eventually manage to do so…maybe.

Spent today driving to Lexington. It was a little over seven hours of uneventful driving, the best kind. It’s warm and sunny here. I seem to be parked next to a very noisy generator which is unfortunate but not surprising. I’m parked in the shade of some big trees which will be good as hot weather is forecast.

The field looks beautiful as always. The outrun is 425 yards with the normal huge cross drive. The set out us 175 yards from the holding pen which is very good as sheep breaking back are often a problem here.

I’m up early with Hemp and then have both Meg in Ranch and Joe in nursery tomorrow. So I get to try them all on the western sheep. They have Texas lambs for both open and novice this year. Should be interesting. [Editor’s Note: Bev and Hemp got a 70.]