Owyhee Field Day

One of the ladies that we have come to know in Jordan Valley coordinates a field day for fifth graders at the various schools. This is not just one or two schools in the area. It covers schools both from Oregon and Idaho. The size of the schools varies from 20 students in one or two room schools, to large metropolitan areas. I guess she knows a sucker when she sees one, and she was relentless in the understated guilt that she laid on me, and of course I agreed.

The date was April 31 to May 1st at Owyhee Reservoir. We were given a half brother to Josie, our Brittney. His name is Brick, and he is 1 1/2 years old.  It was a given that we would have to neuter him. I arranged the surgery at a vets office that was on our way to our campsite. We dropped him off, and continued on to our site. It is at a campground that also houses the Dam personal. The road into the area is a bit more rural than I would have thought. We of course had to drive through Idaho to get there. I am sure that you have heard of various sites, as in- "You can't get there from here". The road there was built in 1927 or 1928. I am sure that it was a bit of a challenge to build at the time. I went back to get Brick later that day.

I am molting the two girls on the block, so it wasn't all that much problem in dragging them along as the stars of the show. The programs were quite varied and I am sure, interesting to the kids. There was everything from Fur trapping to wild horses to gold panning. I am sure it was much a more interesting day than sitting in a class room. The program covered two days of demonstrations to 15 kids at a time. FFA teens were the guides for the kids. There was about 600 or more kids that went through the programs.

I put together three short video's that covered the aspects of hunting with Falcons and Hawks, and the rest of the time was taken up with questions and petting Yogi. Of course the hit of the show was that wonderfully patient sweetheart, Yogi. Almost all wanted to pet Jessie, but I explained that we just didn't have enough band aids to cover the wounds that were bound to occur.  Not all of the kids got to go to all the presentations, but Yogi allowed 120 kids, their guides and various parents and teachers, to pet her.

It was a bit cold at first, but the classes didn't start until 10:AM, and the two days were the very best days thus far this year.

The only time that there was any panic was when Yogi made a really clever sneak attack on poor ole Brick, the new dog. After that we put him in his kennel to keep him safe.

He's trying to recover from it all this evening.