Posts Tagged ‘O RO Ranch’
Dirty Work
July 30, 2018
Jolyn Young
Oh, good, I thought as I walked down to the corral with camera in hand. There’s a lot of dust today; my branding pictures will look so cool! But that spring day during a drought at the O RO Ranch in northern Arizona held more dust than I bargained for. I could barely see what was […]
Wagon Camp Visit
October 17, 2017
Jolyn Young
Here at the O RO Ranch in northern Arizona, it’s fall time. Wait, it’s fall time everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. I mean that since it’s fall time, it’s also fall wagon time here at the ROs. Yikes. That was an unexpectedly difficult thought to express. The ROs is one of the last few ranches […]
Ponying Your Horse
July 2, 2017
Jolyn Young
Ponying your horse or leading a horse from the back of another horse is a useful skill for both horses and the rider. Your ability to lead a horse while riding one, as well as the horse’s ability to be led from a rider, can come in handy in unexpected ways. If another horse gets […]
Cowpuncher Skill: Trailing The Cut
June 29, 2017
Jolyn Young
At the O RO Ranch in northern Arizona, the cow herd that resides on the west side is never moved. I mean, like, NEVER. The cows winter and calve outside, and natural boundaries are the primary method used to keep the cattle where they’re supposed to be. There are some fences, but the cattle aren’t […]
No Trailer? No Problem!
June 10, 2017
Jolyn Young
At the O RO Ranch in northern Arizona, the cowboys rarely use a horse trailer. In country so steep, rocky and rough that it can take an hour to drive an unhooked pickup 10 miles, it’s more practical and efficient to just ride from Point A to Wherever The Cows Are. During most of the […]
New Cowboy Styles
January 27, 2017
Jolyn Young
We recently traded the snow drifts and sagebrush of northern Nevada for the milder winters and prickly vegetation of northern Arizona. Going from buckaroo country to cowpuncher territory is a big change for a cowboy family who has lived in Nevada for years, but we are looking forward to seeing new country and learning new […]