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I’m usually here for work - this week an old friend said he wanted to get together.

Just landed at DFW - heading Albany TX.

Looking forward to having some steaks / drinking some scotch and seeing what the real west (sort of west) TX is all about…
 
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Picking up a little feed on the way out…



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Can’t seem to get away from these SOBs !!


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sirbob said:
I’m usually here for work - this week an old friend said he wanted to get together.

Just landed at DFW - heading Albany TX.

Looking forward to having some steaks / drinking some scotch and seeing what the real west (sort of west) TX is all about…
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Sitting in the DFW Lounge right now waiting for connection back to San Diego.
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Cooked some steaks over a mesquite wood fire -


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Cattle seem to like to take a dump right in front of the grill where we cook the steaks in the cook shack! I think they are trying to tell us something 😊
 
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That reminds me a lot about growing up, thanks for taking us along.
 
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Got a flat in one tire this morning - then the spare valve broke off when we where at the far end of the property checking the fence line.

In town now getting both tires repaired.


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Feeding time…


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HubbaHubbaLife said:
Looks like we may have a horsefly issue.... they chewing on you guys too or just the cattle? Lots of tail swatting right there.
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If you keep moving they are not so bad!

They like the cattle better than us😊
 
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It’s that time of day again…

Fixed a fence / changed 3 tires / fed the cattle & repaired a broken trailer today.

Time for some ranch water and get the fire started..

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Hope that’s just a fire pit at this point, tossing gas into a smoker just ruined that cooker.
 
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SpeedyWho said:
Hope that’s just a fire pit at this point, tossing gas into a smoker just ruined that cooker.
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Haha - ya / no

We don’t smoke in it but after the wood burns down we do cook steaks on the coals
 
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Can't wait for our trip back home this summer, takin 2 weeks off driving from Vegas over July 4th to go visit the family in La Grange and Houston, then got a beach house for a week down in Port Bolivar. Here we come bugs and humidity!
 
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Wrapping up and heading home tonight. Had an epic time and great talks with an old friend. Ate great food, drank great drinks.

I got to do stuff I don’t get to do every day and I’m fuller for it.

I’m lucky to have friends that are in so many different walks of life. I got to learn about the history of a part of our country I didn’t know as much about as I do now. It’s been a really great few days.

And, speaking for all the members of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association & the West Texas Ranchers Association…

Eat more beef!




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Apologies if I missed it, but would be interested in the age and explanation of the brand.
 
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snowhammer said:
Apologies if I missed it, but would be interested in the age and explanation of the brand.
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These are registered brands in (forgive my ignorance) what ever group registers brands.

This one is a CB - it stands for Cauble Brothers - this is the one my friends father created with his brother…

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This brand is also registered - it was registered by his grandparents a long time ago. They apparently liked wine, so they made their brand a wine glass. He told me the official name of this one, but I don’t recall what it was. This is the one he uses today now that he has taken over the ranch.

This first one is only for wood - it’s too thick to use for cattle. The thickness of it metal is considered too wide once heated and would be “cruel”.
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This one is the OG, it stays in the house.

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sirbob said:
These are registered brands in (forgive my ignorance) what ever group registers brands.

This one is a CB - it stands for Cauble Brothers - this is the one my friends father created with his brother…

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This brand is also registered - it was registered by his grandparents a long time ago. They apparently liked wine, so they made their brand a wine glass. He told me the official name of this one, but I don’t recall what it was. This is the one he uses today now that he has taken over the ranch.

This first one is only for wood - it’s too thick to use for cattle. The thickness of it metal is considered too wide once heated and would be “cruel”.
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This one is the OG, that stays in the house.

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Glad you didn't end up at the train station.... welcome home.
 
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