March Madness

 And it has nothing to do with basketball. The fact that I even know there is a March Madness related to basketball is surprising because I've never even watched a basketball, or baseball, or football game. Well, some football in college, but that was many moons ago. But this last week was just full. We're always busy, but when busy removes me from my dirt road, it unsettles me. Yes, I'm showing my age. 😉

We loaded up on Friday and drove just over an hour for the annual Safari Club Banquet. DH has been a board member for 10+years and he mans the membership booth for the 2 day event. On Saturday night I run the draw down table with another lady. They randomly draw ticket numbers throughout the evening and every 5th ticket drawn wins a prize with the last 5 being hunts.

There is a bucket auction

And a live auction, along with venders

Friday evening they set up a taco bar and on Saturday they serve a prime rib supper. They sold 600 tickets so it's quite the crowd 

and even though this is the loveliest group of people, we were completely peopled-out by the time we had packed everything back up at midnight on Saturday. They paid for board members' rooms and the hotel next door was super nice. We drove home Friday night, but stayed Saturday night.

Thankfully, Sunday afternoon was quiet

We were home on Monday, but I spent the day working on taxes while DH poured over the bull sale catalog.

And we drove 2 1/2 hours to said sale on Tuesday

We've been going to this sale for 20 years, but always on the ranch owner's dime. This year was different since we were purchasing bulls for our own cattle. These bulls are gentle

The sale was strong...highest prices ever, but if you have cows, you need bulls and this is a family operation. They raise quality bulls with solid genetics.

Wednesday we were back on the road to take our 11 year old truck in to have an oil leak fixed and run some errands. Stopped in at Tractor Supply and saw this food truck in the parking lot and a crowd. 

I was a little skeptical, but we gave it a shot and while we waited for our order, our mechanic pulled up. He said his wife had texted him and told him the truck was in town and where it was. Mark said it was really good so we felt a bit better about it. Yummy Fish & Chip picnic on the tailgate in the parking lot on March 4th. Absolutely. 

As we were finishing up, a gentleman approached us and asked if we wanted to buy cheese from Mexico. We respectfully declined, but as we climbed back in the pickup, DH said, 

"I will buy fish in a parking lot, but I will not buy cheese from Mexico out of a trunk. I have my limits." 😂

And today I am driving an hour to my in-laws to spend some time with my MIL while my FIL tends to some business. I will do a little cleaning, cook Layered Lasagna Casserole for dinner,

and bake a Cajun Cake for dessert

I will leave them leftovers, take some to our son and his family, and bring some home to DH.

Tomorrow we are going after a few more trees for the orchard and will get those in the ground Skeet is always eager to help and he's disappointed when we postpone things to take a phone call.

I am declaring the next 7 days a Not Leaving the Dirt Road Vacation. I will be hiding out on the deck, planning my garden and talking to my fruit trees and chickens. Didn't think I'd reached the crazy old lady stage yet, but there you go.