[Leica] Cattle drive along the river

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Looks quite surreal to us tropical folks!

That said, my favourite is the portrait of the cowgirl.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 10:47 PM Aram via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Every year the Eaton ranch drives a few hundred head of cattle along the
> highway through the Yakima River Gorge from one feeding ground to another
> for birthing.  This year it was supposed to be today (Sat) but due to the
> storm that was predicted, they moved it to yesterday.  Good thing.  As I
> type today it is 21 degrees with sustained 30mph winds and gusts to 45
> with
> snow blowing around the house so I can barely see across the street.  Wind
> chill hovering around zero.   Yesterday it was also 21, but no wind and no
> snow.  Here are a few shots.
>
> They have about a 4 mile walk from where they enter the highway to get to
> a
> resting/watering spot called Big Pines Campground.
>
> Here is an album with some of those photos.  View them large, please.
> I'll
> direct you to a few of them.
>
> Approaching the resting spot
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0332.jpg.html   and
> the next three
>
> Some of the workers
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0341-Edit.jpg.html
> The cowgirl in charge
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0346.jpg.html
>
>
> The river was mostly frozen over, so they did not spend much time there
> before they were herded back out to the road for the last 5 miles of their
> drive to the birthing grounds.  These are all pregnant cows.
>
> Heading back up to the road
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-5593.jpg.html  and
> the
> next three.
>
> On their way
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/wc/Cattle+Drive-0354.jpg.html   and
> the next one
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Aram
>
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
>
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