Baaaack to Sweet Water County in Yellowstone Country

Written by Rob LaGrone


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Here's one you won't hear inrepparttar city: Steve Richert recalledrepparttar 133709 time his son Josh and several other kids had treed a bear inrepparttar 133710 yard and had gone and fetched knives to tuck into their belts like a pack of would-be Davy Crocketts. We howled at Steve's description of practical, down-home parental discipline dispensed through an open window to a bunch of kids milling about under a tree: "Leave that bear alone!"

There were plenty of others:repparttar 133711 day Rick almost bought a farm implement by accident atrepparttar 133712 auction,repparttar 133713 County's road-paving techniques, and Terry's use of propane bombs to get prairie dogs out of his pastures. I'd go back to Yellowstone Country forrepparttar 133714 stories alone.

It had been a fairly mild winter, andrepparttar 133715 ranchers needed to protect their stock early against ticks and other pests. At Crazy Mountain Cattle Company, where Rick Jarrett and Karen Searle raise cattle and sheep, we started with their nine ranch horses. Rick sprayed them with an insect repellent and then vaccinated them for such ailments as "strangles" and West Nile Virus. Most ofrepparttar 133716 animals took it well, but two were rather spooked byrepparttar 133717 spray bottle. Sometimes it's hard to predict what will scare a horse.

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Caribbean Carnival on an American Archipelago – St. Thomas Jump Up!

Written by Edwin Ali


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Another troupe, The Party Lovers dressed up in traditional African outfits included five sections of men and women, dressed in brilliant costumes with tiger stripes, leopard spots and shades of yellow and purple and drew rounds of applause fromrepparttar onlookers.

The Gathering Troupe was adorned in traditional costumes from tribes in North Africa and New Guinea. The large troupe danced in four different sections in Post Office Square before gathering together to march towardsrepparttar 133708 Stadium asrepparttar 133709 crowd eagerly anticipated their arrival.

There was additional thrill and excitement asrepparttar 133710 Skydancers Mocko Jumbie troupe fromrepparttar 133711 British Virgin Islands performed. The members exhibited limber and acrobatic performances, hopping on one stilt at times torepparttar 133712 delight ofrepparttar 133713 crowd. Arryl Donovan withrepparttar 133714 Inverno Troupe sparked quite an excitement with his huge dragon costume as he moved from side to side.

Calypso Monarch Whadablee wonrepparttar 133715 coveted crown forrepparttar 133716 fifth consecutive time on St. Thomas and remained undisputed champion.

He took home a first prize of $5,000 andrepparttar 133717 glory of winning forrepparttar 133718 fifth consecutive time. Other winners were Road March, first place Jocky Jam Band, and Grammy Jam Band and Crazy Man Immigration tied forrepparttar 133719 second place.

Inrepparttar 133720 Adults Parade, with floupes with more than 300 members, Escoe and Associates, Bacchanal Time won first while Hugga Bunch came in first withrepparttar 133721 floupe with more than 100 members.

Inrepparttar 133722 Float Parade, Gypsy...the Bounty came in first while University ofrepparttar 133723 Virgin Islands came in second and Angels Wings placed third.

Asrepparttar 133724 curtains drew to a close on St. Thomas, thousands were gearing up forrepparttar 133725 14th Annual St. Croix Half Ironman International Triathlon. Some 750 athletes took part in what has become an event that features courage, determination, endurance, and physical strength.

The athletes have to complete a rigorous three part course that traversesrepparttar 133726 picturesque terrain and tranquil blue waters of St. Croix. The competition starts with a 1.24 mile swim from Protestant Cay torepparttar 133727 wharf area of Christensted. Fresh out ofrepparttar 133728 water,repparttar 133729 racers then begin a 56-mile bike ride on a challenging course that travels through lush tropical forests and alongsiderepparttar 133730 Caribbean Sea. Duringrepparttar 133731 courserepparttar 133732 riders.confrontrepparttar 133733 notorious uphill stretch of twisting road known as "The Beast" that averages a grade of 14 percent as it climbs 600 vertical feet in seven-tenths of a mile. Competitors then concluderepparttar 133734 face with a 13.1 mile run that circlesrepparttar 133735 grounds ofrepparttar 133736 Bucaneer Hotel and finishes inrepparttar 133737 historic town of Christensted.

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