June 16, 2008

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Oregon poet Byrl Keith Chadwell shares photos from a May, 2008 pack trip into the Snake River Breaks country of Eastern Oregon. He describes the photos below.

The first one, above, is of my long time packing partner, R.E. Sharp, as we started out along the Snake River trail on the Eastern Oregon side, heading downriver toward Hells Canyon.

Above is the limestone formation we call "The Big W," on Spring Creek, after we moved up into the breaks above Snake River.

 

This is R.E. leading the pack mules thru a yellow pine timber patch as we moved along downriver thru the Snake River breaks country.

This is still "cattle country," un-roaded and remote.  Some of the best of the West.  Of course, I have deep roots in Eastern Oregon, so you might suppose that's how I would see it.

 

Read some of Byrl Keith Chadwell's poetry here where there are more photos,
 and at his web site, which also has more photos.
 

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June 9, 2008

 

Oklahoma poet Janice Chapman shared a photo of her horses:

She told us:

This is a photo of my little horse family. I love to watch them run.

The horses are coming to the vehicle for their apple treats and also to get their hugs and brushing.

I have a very gentle herd. All of my mares and fillies are registered, and so is the stallion on the left, Lucky's Shadobar who is a near Leopard Palomino Appaloosa. I have one 3 year old palomino mare, Sweet Pea, who is a champagne mare. Contessa and Belle are 2 year old palominos. Cocoa is a yearling chestnut sorrel as is the little red roan, Hannah, who is now grayed out to her summer coat. The little palomino stud colt, Little Rascal, belongs to my grandson, David. And of course Big Red and Houston are still our sweethearts. (I also have a two-month-old black Appaloosa filly, Marvel's Glory, who we will pick up in September after she is weaned.)

A storm back in February took out my run in shed. We have a steel shed we are putting up for them. And hopefully in a couple of years we will have quality Five Cent Triangle foals to sell. I sent this photo because it is hard to catch a photo of all of them together where you can tell they are all there. This also reminded me of how pretty it must have been in the old days when there were larger herds to watch and to take care of.

  Previously, Janice Chapman shared photos in Picture the West
of her piece of Oklahoma and more about her horses, here.

Read some of Janice Chapman's poetry here.