Just for Fun

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Just for a bit of fun or in the interest of the moment I thought I would tour you of the parts of the farm I talk about — The Back Forty and the Upper End.

This is the head gate…you’ve been here many a’time with me, but I’m going to start here…where the lifeblood of the land (the irrigation water) starts

At-theThose are two alfalfa fields on either side of the irrigation road.  They are not our fields but our neighbor’s.

HeadgateTo get to the head gate we go past lots of ‘fun to hide in’ areas.  (Fun for the cows when we had them.)

The-pasture

 

When we had cows this was their favorite pasture.  We call this the Upper End.  It is the Upper End of our place.  You can see one of  our alfalfa fields in the corner.

The-upper-end

The Upper End is full of hills and dales.  When the kids were little we would take them and their little plastic sleds and head up here and go sledding in the winter.

Shannon had a goat, Bambi, and the dogs who always went with us…the dogs didn’t sled, but Bambi always road down on his own sled every time.  He would even help pull it back up for another go at the hill. 🙂

From the Upper End we take the only road over to the Back Forty,

Road-to-the-back-40That is Terry the tiny blue dot going toward the Back Forty.

The-viewThe Back Forty is stunning (in my opinion).  All of the front of the photo is our land.  The view is from the hill on the Back Forty.  Our land ends way over to where you see the two trees and the dry looking spot.  This was also the area that burned, a couple of years ago.

I could take you to the Burn Road, but I didn’t this time.  The Burn Road is the road Terry built so the fire trucks could make it to the burn instead of waiting for the fire to ‘get closer’.  The ‘get closer’ was almost a disaster –coming 1 foot from the equipment and 5 feet from Misty’s house and barn.  “Never again,” he said, so he built a road.   I’ll have to do that sometime, just so you can see the West side of the place.

We are not big, we are small farm, but we are lovely farm full of diverse lands and wonderful pastures.  At the new alfalfa field

New-field

 

You can see the into the south west portion of the Uncompahgre Plateau.  You say “Un-come-pah-gray,” meaning — rocks made red by water, rocks that make red water, or just plain dirty water.

Grand-Junction

Between the two blue mountains (part of the Plateau and another mesa) is Grand Junction

The-west

This is a little further away so you can image the span.

TheWell that is a short little trip to give you and idea of the places I talk about when I say the Back Forty or the Upper End.

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Thank you for coming along for the ride,

Linda

 

 

 

 

 

23 thoughts on “Just for Fun”

  2. Oh my goodness! This is breathtaking, again! I know you are a “small” farm compared to big corporate farms, but to me it all looks huge! In Italy, we are all crammed into such tiny spaces, I can’t imagine having land spread around me like that. You must breathe differently! Wow wow wow. It’s just too beautiful for words. I also can’t imagine using the word “mesa” to describe where I live! I love that! I used to read American Indian myths when I was little — I loved them — and the word mesa used to fascinate me. I’ve got to get my kids out there! If and when we come, we’re paying visit. You’ve been warned!

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  3. Loved it, Linda… Thanks so much.. You may be a small farm–but it’s huge to me. How many acres do you have altogether?

    What a wonderful place to live. I can feel your love for it -through your words… That is awesome.

    Do you miss having cows????? What will be different next year?
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  5. I loved taking the tour!! So many familiar vistas (well maybe not the headgate!) and loved seeing my favorite part of the world from your beautiful farm. Teri

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  7. Thanks for the tour. Just a stunning place where you live. You must be up pretty high to get those amazing mountain views. I have to get WAY up high to see the Blue Mountains. We can also see the windmills in the Walla Walla area with binocs. The red flashing lights at night. Way cool. Fire roads are a wonderful thing. We have them all over the ranch. Also to check cows on. A lot of people have a plowed fire break around the perimeter of their pastures.

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  11. Fascinating as always Linda. So enjoyed the tour round your farm. I must do the same here one day although as we are an all grass land farm it wouldn’t be anything like as interesting.

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  13. And a wonderful ride it was…thank YOU for taking us along. It really is beyond beautiful and very nice to have a picture in mind when you speak of one or the other area..
    I am still smiling thinking of your daughter’s goat sledding…and pulling the sled back up the hill. Now if he could have been trained to pull everybody’s sled back up with them on it, what a treat that would have been!

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  14. I’ve read that goats are characters, and it sure sounds like Bambi was one. 🙂
    Your place seems HUGE to me. It’s all beautiful, and your alfalfa looks great, too.
    Hope you have a wonderful week. 🙂

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  19. Looks very pretty..yes does help to see what pastures your right…the long distance looks beautiful to..and your flowers bed are very pretty, I love following your post….

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