Three lovely little gals came to Swan View Ranch the first part of March looking for wethers to show at their Gunnison County Fair in July.
Most of our wethers were already sold, but as luck would have it, we had just three left that were a little younger.
The girls purchased the three wethers, but needed to wait until the end of April for them to be old enough to leave their Mamas.
In April, one of the girls returned with her family to gather the three wethers and travel back to Gunnison with them.
Three months later, one early morning in July, Gerald and I left for Gunnison. We were looking forward to watching the three girls show their wethers.
We were so pleased to see how beautiful their goats looked. It was obvious that they had received the best of care as their coats glistened with good health and they looked so neat and trim because the girls had done such a wonderful job clipping them.
These gals had been very busy. The wethers had been well fed as they had really grown: Rolf weighed 86 pounds, Friedrich weighed 80 pounds, and Alexander Hamilton weighed 75 pounds.
We found a spot in the bleachers and waited for the show to begin. Gunnison has such a great building to house the 4-H animal shows. The town is also home to some of the neatest, friendliest people, which makes going to the shows even more enjoyable.
The first market goat class consisted of wethers weighing from 71 to 80 pounds, so that included Hamilton and Friedrich. Tristen and Samantha did a great job showing their animals. Tristen took 2nd place with Hamilton…
…and Samantha took 3rd place with Friedrich.
The second market goat class consisted of wethers weighing 81 to 90 pounds so Rolf was in that class. Kim took 2nd place in that class with him.
Samantha took Reserve Grand Champion with her wether, Friedrich, in the Intermediate Goat Showmanship class. Way to go Samantha!
Just as a side note: Tristen also took first place and Reserve Grand Champion with her steer, Abraham Lincoln! He was as beautiful an animal as we have ever laid eyes on. Good job, Tristen.
Congratulations on your graduation from High School, Kim, and best of luck to you in college.
Our day in Gunnison ended way too quickly. It was so nice to spend the day in the lovely 70’s to 80’s temperatures. We knew we’d miss them when we arrived back home to our 101 degrees!
Congratulations to all three girls and their wonderful families for the great job they did. We certainly hope our paths will cross again as trips to Gunnison are always special—as are the people that live there!
