The Archway at Lincoln School

Metropolis, Nevada

Metropolis Hotel

What remains of the Metropolis Hotel

Another Lincoln School Arch Detail

Shadow: May Theme Day

The sun setting on what is left of Metropolis, Nevada.


The Theme for May 1st is Shadow
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Lincoln School Arch Detail

Ghost Town: Metropolis, Nevada

This is in the basement looking up at the arched entryway to the Lincoln School in Metropolis, Nevada

Who Let the Cows Out?

Life Flight at Work

Wild Cow Milking

If you want to see some action that is a cross between the PBRA and the Keystone Kops then you need to see the "Wild Cow Milking" competition.
It goes like this... 4 Cowboys, one on a horse and three on foot, have to catch and extract milk from a wild cow.
The rider ropes the cow and then two cowboys move in to secure the cow (top two photos), before the fourth comes in to extract the milk (bottom photo).
Then the cowboys, with the extracted milk, must run back to a circle designated before the competition begins.
The Keystone Kops part is because the cow is wild it does not exactly stand still to be milked. I saw men being thrown from side to side, dragged at the end of a rope by a running cow and my favorite was the kid being dragged while holding on to the cows tail (center photo).

To Ride Another Day

See the rest of the shots from the 2009 Ranch Hand Rodeo at Deuce Photo

Hats Off

Learning the Ropes

These young cow hands are picking up the tools of the trade.

Cowboy at the Rodeo

Saddle Bronc

This past weekend was my first full weekend in Elko. I have lived here since early January but have been in Salt Lake City and Seattle on most weekends. Not to mention being so busy during the week that I did not get many photos done.
I am finally getting settled in. So much so that I was able to take in a little local passtime.

In a place that has place names like TS Ranch and Six Bar Ranch, and street names like Diamond Lady Lane, Rockin' Chair Road and Lazy T Street, you can't miss the rodeo. That would be just plain old un-neighborly.

Prairie Cruiser

Awe!

My First Home Match in 09

Spotted!!

Vintage Power 2

Eat Gas?

While driving along I-84 in Oregon pondering the current economic situation, I found this sign.
It gave me pause to think what I might be willing to eat out of necessity.
I suppose I would even eat fish before eating gas but it would have to be really, really bad gas.