The rodeo season is a little slow right now, for whatever reason, May doesn't host as many big rodeos. It's lucky for me because it frees me up to do fun things like go to brandings and other events. In particular, I was able to go to Montana to a friend's ranch and help him move some cattle around. He had around 800 head of fresh yearlings that needed to go about 8 miles to a new pasture. We did that chore, then camped on Saturday. On Sunday, he gave us a historical tour of the ranch. It sits just west of the Battle of the Little Bighorn where Custer was wiped out. We drove the cattle right where Custer made his approach and camped where one of the other commanders, Reno, crossed what's now called Reno Creek to support Custer. I'm going to write an online exclusive story about the trip for Trail Rider Magazine coming up shortly. So stay tuned, in the meantime, here are some pictures.

The manager of the ranch, Dave Miller, used his completely authentic chuckwagon hitched to a four-up team to lead the way. The cook, Ed Anderson, is riding shotgun.

Behind the wagon we brought 782 yearling heifers to greener pastures. The drive went very well.

We put the cattle on Reno Creek to water. This is where they'll live for the summer.

We camped in this pretty little spot. Many historians believe this is where Reno crossed the creek (and the pack team got bogged down) on his way to support Custer.