Road Block

I will take a road block like this any day over traffic in a city.

This is what living in the southwest is really like....yes people still have sheep drives right down the middle of the road. These sheep are moving from one grazing area to another on the ranch with the sheep herder and herding dogs pushing them along. There are other dogs around on the sides of the herds making sure the sheep go where directed.

It isn't uncommon to see sheep or cattle in the middle of a busy highway moving from one grazing pasture to another. I remember getting in the middle of a cattle drive in 1986 right after we moved here. I couldn't believe my eyes! I thought I was in the old west! I didn't know people still rode on horseback and moved cattle in the middle of the road. We drove through....very slowly as the cows bumped into our car.

This isn't the best picture, as I snapped it through the car windshield. I will try to do better next time.

#sheep, #sheepranching, #sheepherding