Well, in my last blog, I talked about the amount of snow we got at my place over the previous weekend. That was nothing. This past weekend over two feet of snow fell at my house. My horses were snowed in, my trucks were snowed in and I couldn’t get to my cattle to feed them right away.

I spent most of the storm knocking snow off my tree branches in an effort to keep all the branches from breaking. It was a wet, heavy snow and fell straight down the first day. Some of it melted as it fell, but it covered the ground evenly, about a foot deep. Then overnight on Friday night more came in and started blowing. It drifted. I managed to get to my calves and feed them by Saturday, but it was touch and go a couple times if I was going to get stuck or not. Fortunately, it looks like the calves weathered the storm well. I fed them again Sunday and they dang sure went after the feed.

I’ve included a couple of pictures. I was able to get my work truck out pretty easily, by now I’ve learned where and how the snow drifts, so I parked it with that in mind. My good truck, however, didn’t come out until Monday night and it was iffy then. You can see how high the snow drifted in front of my barn, that overhang is about eight feet high.

We needed the snow, it was dry in our part of the world, and I’m thankful for it. It’s funny, though, fighting wet, heavy snow all day saps your energy completely. By Sunday night, I was whipped. But, there’s a great feeling that comes knowing the green grass is just days away and the animal lives you are responsible for are doing well.

Speaking of people trying to make the lives of their animals as good as possible, check out the latest issue of the HorseLink Magazine. You’ll find some inspiring stories about horse training and horse keeping. See it here.

Finally, if you haven’t done so yet, be sure to submit your questions to Al Benson, Fastback’s rope-making guru, who will be conducting an exclusive interview for MyHorse.com about rope making wherein he answers your questions. Email questions now to askal@myhorse.com.

Editor's Note: Hey guys, don't know what I was thinking but contrary  to what I said, I filmed that on April 13. Also, if you'd like to ask Al Benson a question. Email it now to askal@myhorse.com