From Here to the Pavement

From our place, it is a half mile to the pavement. That is where our closest neighbor resides and where our mail box is located. Our place is surrounded by something like 17,000 acres of government land. Local ranchers have grazing leases on the government land and their cattle call that land home. The easement road which is our driveway is a favorite hangout for the cows. Often we have to "ease" our way through the cattle just to go check the mail. Most of the time they are reluctant to move out of the way. That gives a new defination to the phrase "traffic jam".