Off to the black hills!

So, today is the day I will be going west to see family.

Still waiting on some other people that are coming, so it will be a few hours. Still, the drive from Saint Paul to the Black Hills is 8 or 9 hours. Luckily I'll be staying for a couple months, working for my grandfather. I've done this before; a couple years ago I even got some oney out of it. But the two or so months I'll be here ('til early May) are the longest I'll ever stayed at grandfather's ranch nestled in the black hills. I'll be kept busy, no doubt about that. Grandfather may be getting old but he still has one of the strongest work ethics I've ever encountered. Guy gets up at 5:30 AM to exercise for an hour before heading up into the hills on jeep or horse. I'll be the one checking the cattle this year, tho; he broke his arm doing some silly stunt some time ago, and I'll be covering for him.

One more learning experience for my