Dear Friends,
I am in USA attending a fund raiser, participating in the Jackson Hole Film Festival and going to PopTech! I am in New York for our board meeting today but wanted to share the most amazing experiences I had in Jackson Hole Wyoming.
But the thing I will remember most is the sight of cattle being driven from one ranch to another. The Sheriff stopped all the traffic so I had to get out and run to where the cattle were being herded across the road by the cowboys and girls. A fellow motorist stopped me and asked where the photos would be online …these are for you Mary Haworth. The following pictures were taken on the exhilarating morning of 3rd October.
Motorists had to give way to cattle and cowboys for a good half hour
Real cowboys with lasos!
Bringing up the rear were the calves.
This was my first sight of Real American cowboys – Amazing!
The people of Wyoming are amazing, friendly and …well just like us Kenyans. THe countryside is like Kenya too ….full of wildlife, and especially big dangerous mammals! I saw my first Elk, moose and chipmunk
Ok not big or dangerous but chipmunks are adorable!
Elk doe – these guys make a really eery weirdly haunting call all night – kind of sounded like whales singing. Bizarre!
Big daddy moose – check out his beard!
Grand Teton… this mountain looks suspiciously like Mt Kenya doesn’t it? No wonder I felt so at home in Wyoming!
I love America!!
There’s so much to share about what I learned in Wyoming …coming next – stories of human wildlife Conflict that make lions sound like mice!
Donations made here are
Feb 28th Liza H USD 11.00
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i love the story,wow its gr8 to see cowboys wish u had more pics
Paula – I envy you. I love Jackson Hole – Used to be a sleepy town – not any more, but once you get out of town the area is beautiful!
Those cows will be transported hundreds of miles to slaughter soon. Ranchers in Wyoming fought bitterly to prevent the Grand Tetons National Park from being made, because all that protected land and wildlife cuts into their grazing land. Those poor cows are one of the biggest threats to wildlife in the entire West and Plains.
And those cowboys? They’d rather shoot wildlife than look at it. This is not some romantic tale of the West, it’s hard and cruel reality for wildlife and farm animals.
s.
Isn’t Wyoming beautiful! I go to school just a couple hours away, make sure you go to Yellowstone! You can hear the Elk bugle this time of year and you might even see some Buffalo – they are gorgeous!
You lucky thing Paula!! Thanks for these pics….my cousin Francesca Colloredo Mansfeld lives in Jackson Hole….find her in the book & give her a ring!! Will