We learned here that the “dogies” in the “Git Along Little Dogies” song refers to calves who are not weaned. Because they would eat grass before their stomachs were developed, they had swollen tummies… that looked like a sack of dough. They were called dough guts, later shortened to dogies. Git along, it’s yer misfortune and none of my own.
- Those spiky cacti sure look pretty when they bloom.
- Mike team penning, where we were timed to see how quickly we could herd three cows into the corral. Our FAST lope improved our time from 53 seconds to 26. We felt pretty proud until the next group did it in 15 seconds…
- Sports Illustrated did a swimsuit shoot here in 2007 with none other than the Queen Bey, Beyonce Knowles.
- Morning coffee tastes better in nature ❤️ We’re at the halfway point on our morning ride to Panther Peak.
- Tennis is a sport, but horseback riding is an ADVENTURE!
- Suicide Pass – really gorgeous, but if they called it Tranquillity Pass, we wouldn’t have gone! 😂
- Late afternoon in the Saguaro cacti.
- Mike in the stocks. His offense? Leaving horse treats in his saddle bag. Tsk! Tsk!
- Riding through Saguaro National Park.
- Songs around the campfire: Ring of Fire, Happy Trails and Git Along Little Dogies.
- Sunset on the corrals that surround the ranch.
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