BEST WISHES FROM LAKEVIEW, OREGON, COWBOY COUNTRY 9 SEPT. 2014

THIS SAY'S IT ALL

Off of highway 140 is a dirt road that leads to Junipers. This obviously is the sign that helps find the dirt road. Junipers is an 8000 acre working cattle ranch with a lake, and a campground right smack dab in the middle of it. It is almost on the Oregon, California, Nevada border. The town, which is 14 miles from the ranch, has a population of 2300 and is the County Seat for Lake County. Elevation 5000 feet.

HERE KITTY KITTY, TASTY CATFISH

If you stare real hard, you can see the campground across the lake and to the left of this stunning fisherman.
We pan fried this cats fillets in butter, garlic, and panko and had him on crackers as an snack before din din.

IT'S A FISHING PARTY

We were fortunate, once again, to hook (no pun intended) up with good friends Andy and Linda Clarkson. During this day, I caught 1 small cat, and Andy and Linda caught 5 nice trout.

WORKING COWBOYS. NO RHINESTONE BOOTS HERE.

Yep, this is the real deal. Five cowboys herding hundreds of black angus cattle. It's fun to watch them work, and it looks like a lot of fun, just riding around on horseback, following these slow moving bovines.

GET ALONG LITTLE DOOGIE

Another one of the real cowboys. They show up early in the morning in their Ram pickups, towing horse trailers. In no time, they are mounted and herding cattle. This guy had to go back for a stray.

STANDING GUARD

There is a whole flock (or is it a covey) of antelope roaming the ranch. This guy must be on guard duty, standing watch over the others.

WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY

Just a normal morning shot out of the windshield. Our camp is on an 8000 acre working cattle ranch. Wildlife abounds. Besides at least a million black angus cattle, there are coyotes wondering through the herds, Pronghorn antelope, squirrels, and birds of every feather including hawks everywhere.

A NICE TROUT FOR A CHUBBY KRAUT.

This lake, Juniper's was stocked over 30 years ago, and never since. These guys are all naturally bred in this water for many, many generations. All we have caught is rainbow trout and catfish here. Both are very tasty.

FISHING IS PRETTY GOOD AT JUNIPER'S

That's my girl, the fish snagger at our fishin hole. She's got a good looking catfish, and a couple of rainbow trout on her stringer. She's a good fishing buddy and a great fish cleaner.