What a great weekend. The entire Full Loop family went over to Mossyrock to visit our friend Tim Kunka. Robert and I took three of the kids over Friday afternoon and Molly and Emily came over after work Friday evening. We rode the horses down to the Tilton River and swam them across it. After fishing for a little while, we rode back to the house and sorted cattle until around 10:30. It was really a great way to start the weekend.
On Saturday, we worked the horses and then went back down to the river for most of the day. When we got back we played with the cattle a little while, ate and crashed out. Sunday morning came too soon ... none of the kids wanted to leave. We went back to the river one more time for just a little bit and finally hit the road home around 5:30 PM. We ended up leaving one horse for Tim to work with over the next month.
I woke up this morning to a massive thunder boomer formed over West Valley. So much for cutting hay today, unless the boomer stays in West Valley and the Lower Valley this morning. A great weekend and now back to the grind.
#Tim #Kunka #Tilton #River #Mossyrock #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
July 19, 2011
Another day of crazy weather here in the Moxee Valley ... rain, followed by wind, yuck! Last Saturday I participated in the Sort for a Cure event in Sunnyside. It was my first try at Ranch Sorting, but I had a great time and didn't take last place (actually 11th out of 18 teams). I was going to ride Chili, but she somehow got a cut on her head and it was swelled up. I ended up riding Icicle and she wasn't all that impressed with the other horses or people. She settled in and did just fine the second go though.
We put down 20 acres of hay on Friday and it was about ready to bale, until today's rain that is. The wind is helping out and we were able to get started raking it tonight. It's a little discolored, but I think it'll be alright.
So yesterday was the first meeting of the Joint Executive-Legislative Workgroup on Tribal Retrocession and I found out that I'm either the co-chair or vice-chair (I was called both). That's fairly interesting since I wasn't asked my thoughts on the agenda or schedule for the rest of the year. Oh well. The meeting was actually pretty informative and I've got all sorts of new ideas for legislation.
We're going to go to Mossy Rock this weekend to see our good friend Tim Kunka, ride horses and chase calves. I'm really looking forward to it. Tim trains horses and does a really good job with them. We took him 19 calves a couple of weeks ago, so now he's also holding some sorting events at his place too. If you need a horse trained, Tim is the guy to do it.
#Sort #for #a #Cure #hay #calves #Tribal #Retrocession #Tim #Kunka #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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We put down 20 acres of hay on Friday and it was about ready to bale, until today's rain that is. The wind is helping out and we were able to get started raking it tonight. It's a little discolored, but I think it'll be alright.
So yesterday was the first meeting of the Joint Executive-Legislative Workgroup on Tribal Retrocession and I found out that I'm either the co-chair or vice-chair (I was called both). That's fairly interesting since I wasn't asked my thoughts on the agenda or schedule for the rest of the year. Oh well. The meeting was actually pretty informative and I've got all sorts of new ideas for legislation.
We're going to go to Mossy Rock this weekend to see our good friend Tim Kunka, ride horses and chase calves. I'm really looking forward to it. Tim trains horses and does a really good job with them. We took him 19 calves a couple of weeks ago, so now he's also holding some sorting events at his place too. If you need a horse trained, Tim is the guy to do it.
#Sort #for #a #Cure #hay #calves #Tribal #Retrocession #Tim #Kunka #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Monday, July 11, 2011
July 11, 2011
Wow, an interesting few days. Let's see, Brock played in his final Summer Baseball League tournament over the weekend. The kids played well at times, but didn't win any of their games. Brock seemed to enjoy the season, met some great kids and played for a couple of really good coaches.
Molly finally got her chickens on Saturday ... by Sunday 4 had escaped and were running around the yard. Fun times had by all, but we did get 4 farm fresh eggs yesterday. We also got a few pigs on Saturday and a new dog. Looks like I'll be hunting again real soon, with a new Black Lab.
I've been receiving a lot of email from constituents regarding the new Discover Pass. The idea was junk during session, which is why I voted against it, and is junk now that it's being enforced. I would encourage everyone to read through the exemptions before buying one ... you might not need to. Interestingly, the law has been in place 11 days and now we're hearing "we might need to make some changes to it". Seriously?!?!?!? Yet another example of passing a law in order to do "something" and fixing it later. Ladies and Gentlemen, you can't fix stupid.
#Black #Lab #pigs #chickens #farm #fresh #eggs #Discover #Pass #Rep #15th #District #David #Taylor
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Molly finally got her chickens on Saturday ... by Sunday 4 had escaped and were running around the yard. Fun times had by all, but we did get 4 farm fresh eggs yesterday. We also got a few pigs on Saturday and a new dog. Looks like I'll be hunting again real soon, with a new Black Lab.
I've been receiving a lot of email from constituents regarding the new Discover Pass. The idea was junk during session, which is why I voted against it, and is junk now that it's being enforced. I would encourage everyone to read through the exemptions before buying one ... you might not need to. Interestingly, the law has been in place 11 days and now we're hearing "we might need to make some changes to it". Seriously?!?!?!? Yet another example of passing a law in order to do "something" and fixing it later. Ladies and Gentlemen, you can't fix stupid.
#Black #Lab #pigs #chickens #farm #fresh #eggs #Discover #Pass #Rep #15th #District #David #Taylor
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Monday, June 27, 2011
June 27, 2011
We have about 2 hours worth of hay to finish and we're finally done. I'm hauling a cow/calf pair down to Prosser later this morning after a radio interview with a Spokane station with my good friend Rep. Matt Shea. I had a really nice weekend with the family and got to play some softball in the Shark in the Park tournament in Yakima.
The radio interview dealt with land use, growth management and coordination. I discussed how citizens and local government can take back control from state and federal agencies using Coordination. There's a 10th Amendment/Coordination workshop in Seattle on August 12th and 13th. Anyone interested should contact Trademark America (www.trademarkamerica.org) and plan on attending the workshop.
Well off to work for the day.
#Matt #Shea #radio #coordination #growth #management #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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The radio interview dealt with land use, growth management and coordination. I discussed how citizens and local government can take back control from state and federal agencies using Coordination. There's a 10th Amendment/Coordination workshop in Seattle on August 12th and 13th. Anyone interested should contact Trademark America (www.trademarkamerica.org) and plan on attending the workshop.
Well off to work for the day.
#Matt #Shea #radio #coordination #growth #management #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
After a couple of weeks of playing nonstop catch-up, we finally got caught up! Now we'll try and stay one step ahead ... ha ha ha. We'll see how that goes. Looks like we're going to work cows this weekend and get a bunch shipped to the Sunnyside pasture. We're down to one last hay field to rake and bale, so it'll be time to clean up and do some maintenance on the equipment.
I received word that I was appointed to the Joint Executive-Legislative Workgroup on Tribal Retrocession. Various tribes want the state to pass civil and criminal retrocession legislation, which we argued against last session. It should be an interesting workgroup.
Off to feed the critters, move irrigation and head to town. Have a great day all.
#Sunnyside #cattle #hay #tribal #retrocession #workgroup #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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I received word that I was appointed to the Joint Executive-Legislative Workgroup on Tribal Retrocession. Various tribes want the state to pass civil and criminal retrocession legislation, which we argued against last session. It should be an interesting workgroup.
Off to feed the critters, move irrigation and head to town. Have a great day all.
#Sunnyside #cattle #hay #tribal #retrocession #workgroup #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
June 16, 2011
We finally have all the hay baled and started picking it up last night. We baled 1754 bales on Tuesday and Wednesday ... right around 70 tons of hay, so we're off to a good start. I'm looking forward to not having to sit in a tractor for a couple of days. We've got to sort calves later today to send out tomorrow morning to Tenino for roping. We're working with Bret Hale, owner of the Stick Horse Ranch.
Brock had a game in Selah last night and they won. He has a double header on Sunday here in Moxee against Walla Walla.
The Revenue Forecast will be released later today. Any bets on how much lower it's going to be? We've heard all kinds of speculation, but my bet is that it will be $150 million less than originally projected. If it's any higher than that, things could get even more interesting. There is a rumor that Governor Gregoire decided not to seek a third term because the revenue forecast is going to be really bad ... guess we'll see.
#hay #calves #Redhawks #baseball #revenue #forecast #Gregoire #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Brock had a game in Selah last night and they won. He has a double header on Sunday here in Moxee against Walla Walla.
The Revenue Forecast will be released later today. Any bets on how much lower it's going to be? We've heard all kinds of speculation, but my bet is that it will be $150 million less than originally projected. If it's any higher than that, things could get even more interesting. There is a rumor that Governor Gregoire decided not to seek a third term because the revenue forecast is going to be really bad ... guess we'll see.
#hay #calves #Redhawks #baseball #revenue #forecast #Gregoire #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
June 12, 2011
We're still in the middle of getting the first cutting of hay all done. The rain and my jury duty relly cost us some time last week and this week doesn't appear to be much better. With luck, we'll have most of the hay raked this morning and will finish bailing sometime tomorrow morning.
Brock's here for the summer and played in his first summer baseball games yesterday. He's playing for one the East Valley Redhawks 14U teams this year. He seemed to enjoy it and it'll give him something to do for part of the summer.
Off tothe hay fields ...
#Brock #hay #Redhawks #baseball #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Brock's here for the summer and played in his first summer baseball games yesterday. He's playing for one the East Valley Redhawks 14U teams this year. He seemed to enjoy it and it'll give him something to do for part of the summer.
Off tothe hay fields ...
#Brock #hay #Redhawks #baseball #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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