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I'll probably be leaving box wash sometime next week

1/29/2021

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Ahhhh, the good old days when I arrived at Box Wash about two weeks ago. It was warm, the skies were blue and cloudless, and the humidity was .001%. Little did I know then what was heading my way.

Mostly cloudy today, but still enough sunshine to keep my batteries charged up and me living a normal life.

My post office tracking number tells me my etrailer package should be here tomorrow, so now I have to keep my fingers crossed that I ordered the right size dust cover, or I will have to make a decision, and y'all know how I hate making decisions, of whether or not I should stick around Wickenburg to straighten the problem out or mosey over to some other town that has a post office that takes general delivery and reorder my dust caps from there.

Of course, if I did that, it would mean towing the Arctic Fox around with a piece of tinfoil held on by rubber bands keeping dust, dirt, and small critters, out of my wheel bearings.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice sunny day, so I think I will head into town to watch some of the team roping at the various arenas and run a few errands. I've got a propane tank that needs filling, a package to pick up at the post office, some trash that needs disposing of, and a few groceries that I should buy.

Normally I wouldn't let that many of my responsibilities pile up, but even though the weather is better it's still kind of rainy and I don't feel like doing anything until the sun comes out.

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As soon as I got settled into Box Wash, a front came through changing everything including my mood, and seemingly lasting forever. This picture reflects the mood I was in about four days later.

Reminding me more of the Pacific Northwest than Arizona, my trusty solar panels and seemly bottomless battery bank got me through these troubled times more comfortably than I expected.

I thought I would put a close up of the red things on the team roping flaggers stirrups, and maybe someone well-versed in equine accoutrements could offer a suggestion as to what they are. I looked up images for team roping flaggers on the Internet, and no other flaggers had these things on their stirrups so they have nothing to do with team roping rules, it might just be a personal thing, I just can't imagine what purpose they serve.

12 Comments

TX Sasquatch

1/30/2021 05:44:41 am

Obviously, those are pipe rail fence dusters. Can also be used for painting these fences, but different height horses are needed to get all the rails painted. Start with miniature horse and work up to a percheron..

Tom

1/30/2021 09:15:48 am

Well finally an answer that makes sense. Paint rollers for a fence, it would probably even work to paint a house if you could find a horse that big. And I'll bet that idea was invented by a cowboy just so his horse would have to do all the work while he takes a nap in the saddle.

Tom

OFM

1/30/2021 08:28:57 am

It is still too cold up north in Del Rio so I extended my stay down here near Roma until Feb. 11. I like the 75f-80f days we have here now. Specific plans are a bad idea unless you have a good reason like Grandkids on March 4. Enjoy yourself.

1/30/2021 09:17:43 am

if it was 75 or 80° in Wickenburg I would stay here longer. But it looks like even though it's farther North, due to the lower elevation I can pick up a few more degrees in Lake Havasu, or Laughlin Nevada. So one or both of those spots is probably where I'm heading pretty soon.

Yeah there's few things worse than disappointing expectant grandkids, but I won't be facing that until late May early June, March is the snowiest month in Colorado.

Tom...... trying toooo hard to stay warm.

Linda

1/30/2021 03:11:54 pm

The flagger has poor vision so those red things help him find the stirrups.

1/30/2021 06:02:19 pm

That could be it, but since there's a lot of money at stake and the flagger has to see instantly what's going on and throw the flag at just the right time, you would think the Ropers would've killed him by now.

Tom

Eddie

1/30/2021 04:01:13 pm

Those are skid boots or protective boots on the flaggers stirrups. H e just didn't put them on his horse yet. They are wrapped around each leg for protection and are held on with velcro straps. The stirrup is a good place to store them when not in use.

1/30/2021 06:08:55 pm

EDDIE! You da man. I looked up skid boots on the Internet, and that's exactly what they are. I wish I had a prize to give you, but all I can afford is an Attaboy so.... ATTABOY EDDIE!!!

Tom

Eddie Householder

1/30/2021 08:30:45 pm

If you want to see a good video of a dog google in Skidboot the dog. This dog is amazing.

1/30/2021 09:46:26 pm

Thanks for that Eddie, I looked at the video you recommended, and that Texas dog really is amazing. But I don't know if I would want a dog smarter than me, he might have me doing tricks and begging for food.

Tom

Judith

1/30/2021 10:00:56 pm

At last. A solution. I did look up skid boots for horses, and didn't find any that looked like that, but I'll confess, I didn't spend very long. There are so many rabbit holes on the internet that I can disappear down, I try to control myself from time to time. So thanks to Eddie. Those of us who were concerned can now rest easy.

1/30/2021 10:16:23 pm

I found some that look very similar, I think the ones in my picture are an older and less expensive style.

Yeah the rabbit holes in the Internet are famous, I can start out looking for skid boots for horses, and 1/2 hour later I'm looking at scuba tanks without even knowing how I got from there to here. If there is such as thing as too much information, the Internet is it.

Yes all of us with inquiring minds will have Eddie to thank for a good nights sleep tonight.

Tom

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