Baby Horse, Driving Rain, etc.

Nancy and I both had the day "off" and on our way into Newport we stopped by the ranch to see how things were going. Apparently they had a pretty awful time of it yesterday: several cows got into the creek (which runs in a very steep-sided channel through the property) and got stuck in the mud. Joe and Paul and some of their neighbors were out with tractors and straps all day trying get the cows loose.
When we stopped by at midday they were still doing the dirty work of cleaning mud off equipment, and this in a driving rainstorm. It's a level of resolve that we have to admire, one that's rarely called for in the suburbs of Los Angeles (well, there was that one year we had the puddles in the side yard).
Of course we stopped by the horse barn to check on Jeep and her baby. Mom didn't seem to mind our being there so much today. Nancy took a couple of video shots. See them at Baby Horse II.