Moving!

Faye Fox said:
The big influx of California folks came in the 60s and early 70s. Boulder that was once a "cowboy" town became a hippie haven. Also there was a big influx of folks from Texas, especially in Southwest Colorado. Property prices soared and ranches started dividing up into smaller acreages. What was once ranch country with cattle drives, livestock auctions, and Grange halls, became small acreages for expensive horses and million dollar houses.

Steak houses became fancy restaurants, some even vegetarian. Less folks saying, "You guyszz" and more "Y'all" or just "guys" some using "dude."

I like where I live now because for the most part, ranch land is the same as it was 50 years ago. I love the old west and ranching country.
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Sorry, Faye, but things do change from years ago. Heck, I remember, when plowing a field, reaching behind me and pulling a rope to release the 3-blade plow. Our neighbor had an old tractor, I believe it was a Farmall, that had to be cranked from the front to start it. A farmer friend of mine, that graduated high school a year after I did, got rid of all of the livestock his dad had on their farm and only done crops. He invested into a rather large chemical sprayer that was driven, not pulled with a tractor.

Today in ranching, I read, and seen a picture of, a rancher using a helicopter to check his herd of cattle with and another rancher using a Polaris to work a ranch. A lot of ranching now is done with hydraulic equipment. Just the way it is.

IOW, in many parts of America, computers are part of farming and ranching today. There is still lots of labor involved, but software programs for breeding, crops, etc. are also used.
 
Cody Fousnough said:
Sorry, Faye, but things do change from years ago. Heck, I remember, when plowing a field, reaching behind me and pulling a rope to release the 3-blade plow. Our neighbor had an old tractor, I believe it was a Farmall, that had to be cranked from the front to start it. A farmer friend of mine, that graduated high school a year after I did, got rid of all of the livestock his dad had on their farm and only done crops. He invested into a rather large chemical sprayer that was driven, not pulled with a tractor.

Today in ranching, I read, and seen a picture of, a rancher using a helicopter to check his herd of cattle with and another rancher using a Polaris to work a ranch. A lot of ranching now is done with hydraulic equipment. Just the way it is.

IOW, in many parts of America, computers are part of farming and ranching today. There is still lots of labor involved, but software programs for breeding, crops, etc. are also used.
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Oh yes, I am aware of all the latest technology used in ranching. I see it every day. While we still have ranchers that use horses for roundup and rope and drag hot iron branding, we also have those that use ATVs for roundup, squeeze chutes, calf tables, and ear tags and freeze branding.

My lament was about ranch land being sold and divided up into small acreages.

I am headed out for my walk on hayfield road and along an irrigation ditch. The end pivot sprinklers on the alfalfa field are all automated and last year, the owner installed a device so he can reprogram it or stop it in case of a problem, using his cell phone. He never has to leave his house.

When he dies, his kids will sell off his ranch and it will become half acre plots and be incorporated into the city limits. That is what makes me sad.

Yep, I know all about those old, single, double, and triple share plows, raised and lowered by pulling a rope that let a lever run on a cam. We had a double share manual cam drop that I used for smaller jobs, but for doing the 80 acres alfalfa hayfield, I used the 5 share with hydraulics and the International with a turbo shift transmission. That was in the 1960s. Now days tractors have all kind of electronics for everything you can imagine.

We have two companies that have several helicopters they use for spraying, checking livestock, rounding up wild horses, mapping, checking irrigation, predator hunting, etc.

Talking about computers playing a big role in todays farming and ranching, our local Agricultural Extension Station, has a robot driven tractor that they control with their computers. Even ranchers that use older methods, still use computers to track markets, order supplies, do all their bookkeeping, keep records on livestock. track weather patterns, and you name it, they can do it. It goes beyond just software programs, ranchers have direct online connections to all kind of resources.

Here is what I see on my daily walk.

P.S. Watching pro bull riding and just saw one of the US Border Patrol, IE a bull fighter, get launched over 15 feet in the air. He wasn't badly hurt even though he landed on his tailbone. I think he knows what "playing with the bull and getting the horns" means. :sneaky:

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Even though my acreage is small, I get offers to buy it monthly by subdividers. I am glad I don't have to support myself and family with only farm income. I like how I do things with a potato fork and a walk behind rototiller, having lent out the pastures. My daughter wants to try building a tiny house in the piney woods. I fear trespassers will cause trouble for her with that. She has already taken over MY barnhouse as a play house. :rolleyes: for her crafts and taxidermy.:confused:
 
Even though we haven't unboxed many things, there are still some boxes that we did unbox things. Heck, we even have some sealed boxes that have two Moving Company Inventory tags on them. One from our move from Jacksonville, Florida to Loveland, CO and another tag from a different Moving Company that brought our stuff here to Henderson from Loveland. We have come across a few boxes where the contents have to be put into a better box. IOW, we have gotten pretty "worn down" doing so much repacking and packing.

My wife, sometimes, isn't nearly as organized as I am, however, she is still doing a great job of packing things. I have to seal any boxes we pack with Heavy Duty Shipping Tape from Walmart, because she just doesn't have the hand strength to do it. Part of my "working years" was in Warehousing, Shipping and Receiving and, later on, in Purchasing and Inventory Management. So, I have created seven Excel Spreadsheets of all of our boxes, that includes a box number, what's in each box and the location of each box. A box number, description of what's inside and our last name is on each box. Our Storage, which is a garage right down the driveway from our apartment, our spare bedroom, parts of our dining room and a closet.

We have already told each other that this will definitely be the LAST move we make from one state to another. However, only, and we do mean ONLY, "if we have to" move to a different apartment in the future, we could do that. But, even that would have to be given some very serious thought.

Another thing for sure, we are going to "downsize" some things later. IOW, we are getting things ready for the move next month (end of May), as well as we have gotten our boat/trailer ready to be transported (by flatbed) to a Boat/RV Storage in Loveland.......................but, all of it is sure wearing us out, but we are surviving.
 
I can understand the wearing out, Cody. I hope I never have to move again. If y'all have moved those boxes twice, isn't it a good idea to get rid of them rather than move them again? If you haven't needed the contents in several years, it's unlikely that you will ever need them.
 
So, just how is our "packing/move" going? Well, I'll simply say this, "it's going!" LOL
We have a week and a half until the moving company comes. Saturday, May 23rd, they are suppose to be here and we definitely HOPE they keep that date and get here somewhat early on that morning.
I got a Complete Abdomen Ultrasound yesterday AM. I haven't been getting the pain on the right-hand side of my stomach that much anymore. Don't know what happened, but whatever has happened, we sure like it. Tomorrow, I get my 4th Lupro Hormone Injection and that will be the last one here. One of the side-affects of that injection is emotional change. I do find myself shedding some tears easier than I use to, when watching some emotional thing on tv. After tomorrow, the rest of my blood labs and injections will be in either Loveland or Fort Collins.
As far as packing, for the move goes, we are keeping it up. We are definitely going to have to do some, actually more than "some", downsizing there.
In fact, I've just finished up eating some breakfast, so it's time for me to get back to packing, labeling and taping boxes. In a different post, I will tell you folks what happened this AM dealing with our Allstate boat and apartment insurance. IOW, we have both, but the local Allstate office told us "we don't have you listed as having insurance with us". We got it straightened out, but it took some frustration to do it.
 
Cody Fousnough said:
So, just how is our "packing/move" going? Well, I'll simply say this, "it's going!" LOL
We have a week and a half until the moving company comes. Saturday, May 23rd, they are suppose to be here and we definitely HOPE they keep that date and get here somewhat early on that morning.
I got a Complete Abdomen Ultrasound yesterday AM. I haven't been getting the pain on the right-hand side of my stomach that much anymore. Don't know what happened, but whatever has happened, we sure like it. Tomorrow, I get my 4th Lupro Hormone Injection and that will be the last one here. One of the side-affects of that injection is emotional change. I do find myself shedding some tears easier than I use to, when watching some emotional thing on tv. After tomorrow, the rest of my blood labs and injections will be in either Loveland or Fort Collins.
As far as packing, for the move goes, we are keeping it up. We are definitely going to have to do some, actually more than "some", downsizing there.
In fact, I've just finished up eating some breakfast, so it's time for me to get back to packing, labeling and taping boxes. In a different post, I will tell you folks what happened this AM dealing with our Allstate boat and apartment insurance. IOW, we have both, but the local Allstate office told us "we don't have you listed as having insurance with us". We got it straightened out, but it took some frustration to do it.
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Hood luck with the new place, hope it is the dream yall are looking for.
 
Marie Mallory said:
Hood luck with the new place, hope it is the dream yall are looking for.
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The apartment complex will be new to us, but the city (Loveland) definitely won't be. We lived in Loveland for 4 years and know our way around there. And, we know Fort Collins, which right above Loveland, quite well also. IOW, just one of the reasons we chose to move back to northern Colorado instead of to Reno, NV or Prescott, AZ. After visiting Carson City and Reno, we found out that Carson City is way, way to small for us and Reno is trying very, very hard to become another Las Vegas. After visiting Prescott, it was just "ok", but still not for us.
 
I thought y'all might enjoy what Cody will see on his move. It has been 50 years, but I have made the trip from St George, Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado several times. Beautiful country. These stock photos may not be right off the highway, but are very close and gives an idea of the beauty of the trip across Utah and into Colorado.

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Faye, we have drove from Colorado, both Parker and Loveland, to Vegas twice. Right down the I-70. the first time we drove it was in May of 2007 to see my wife's sisters and her mother, who were at a Timeshare in Vegas for Mother's Day Weekend. We stopped at Devil's Canyon and a few other places on the way. Our biggest concern is getting to Loveland, so we can be there when the Movers get to our new apartment. Basically, this isn't a vacation, this is relocating and trying to keep an "on time" schedule for reserved hotel rooms. One room in Grand Junction and another in Loveland. But, thanks for the pictures.
 
Cody Fousnough said:
Faye, we have drove from Colorado, both Parker and Loveland, to Vegas twice. Right down the I-70. the first time we drove it was in May of 2007 to see my wife's sisters and her mother, who were at a Timeshare in Vegas for Mother's Day Weekend. We stopped at Devil's Canyon and a few other places on the way. Our biggest concern is getting to Loveland, so we can be there when the Movers get to our new apartment. Basically, this isn't a vacation, this is relocating and trying to keep an "on time" schedule for reserved hotel rooms. One room in Grand Junction and another in Loveland. But, thanks for the pictures.
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I know it isn't a vacation and moving is stressful, but I thought others here that haven't made the trip, might enjoy the beauty of it. Good you are stopping in Grand Junction. That is a long enough drive for one day.
 
Just like I stated on another thread, we continue to pack of things. Have a spot in Loveland for our boat and trailer now. And, finally, got someone from Shiply to transport our boat and trailer to Loveland. The company we hired has had a very, very difficult time getting a driver due to the cost of gas, but we got a call this morning that a driver will be on his way. He will have a flatbed/winch to pull the boat and trailer up on the flatbed. IOW, something like tow truck where the flatbed on the back tilts down to the ground and a vehicle can be pulled up on it and then the flatbed flattens out straight. We were really starting to worry that we'd have to leave Nevada on Sunday and leave the boat and trailer sitting in the Dry Storage. Then we have to find someone to transport it without being at the Dry Storage to see it go on the flatbed and leave.

The Movers are scheduled to be at our apartment this coming Saturday morning and load up. Our stuff will be the only load that will be in the box truck and delivered straight to our new apartment in Loveland. We will turn in our Cable Box/DVR tomorrow evening (Thursday) and finish packing on Friday.

As for our new Loveland apartment, we will have everything turned on by the time we get to Loveland. We will not drive straight thru. Leave here Sunday AM, after spending the night at local Holiday Inn Express, and head for Grand Junction, CO. Spend Sunday night there and on Monday AM, head for Loveland. That will be Memorial Day and the apartment complex office will be closed, so we will stay at the Hampton Inn in Loveland.

That's it for now.
 
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