30.5. In the morning I tried to reach the Ranger (Alvin Withehair Navajo Indian) and the Sherriff, to find out who could trailer us, when I happen to call a Coffee Shop, that was owned by the local Rancher to get a Cellphone number. Jerry was at the phone, and he was the owner of the Ranch, so he got me in Touch with his Brother Mark, who had to send a cowboy up to Antelope wells anyway,
so he would give me a lift.
Dan Graham, the Cowboy / Schoolteacher is picking me up at the lodge and driving a different faster way up to antelope Wells. We find Mark and Szolt right away, and they did not have any problems with the horses, like I imagined in my sleepless dreams at the lodge. Dan told us, that both the American, the Colorado and the Antelope Well had never dried up before, but he knew of another hidden Well, (Escondito) that still had Water last week. He said it was only a mile away, it turned out to be an 1 hour ride each direction, while he was telling us, he had to come up here to look for a bull that had jumped the fence. So after returning he took off, looking for his bull, which to me seemed a pretty hard task given the size and the hilly shape of the landscape. But alas a couple hours later, he returned without bull, but with the info, that it belonged to another neighbor. We loaded the 4 horses to his own and trailer down to Grants again, where he took us to the feed store so we could get some hay and to the Gasstaion to get some Beer. We stayed at his Barn, where John a Friend of Dan showed up and promised to organize a Trailer for the next day, and call back in 10 minutes.
I couldn’t believe it, as my phone was ringing in the given time and he telling me, that tomorrow at six am we would be picked up by John. We had to fight of Dan s Dogs, while Cooking our meal, and went to bed, knowing that we had done the right thing
so he would give me a lift.
Dan Graham, the Cowboy / Schoolteacher is picking me up at the lodge and driving a different faster way up to antelope Wells. We find Mark and Szolt right away, and they did not have any problems with the horses, like I imagined in my sleepless dreams at the lodge. Dan told us, that both the American, the Colorado and the Antelope Well had never dried up before, but he knew of another hidden Well, (Escondito) that still had Water last week. He said it was only a mile away, it turned out to be an 1 hour ride each direction, while he was telling us, he had to come up here to look for a bull that had jumped the fence. So after returning he took off, looking for his bull, which to me seemed a pretty hard task given the size and the hilly shape of the landscape. But alas a couple hours later, he returned without bull, but with the info, that it belonged to another neighbor. We loaded the 4 horses to his own and trailer down to Grants again, where he took us to the feed store so we could get some hay and to the Gasstaion to get some Beer. We stayed at his Barn, where John a Friend of Dan showed up and promised to organize a Trailer for the next day, and call back in 10 minutes.
I couldn’t believe it, as my phone was ringing in the given time and he telling me, that tomorrow at six am we would be picked up by John. We had to fight of Dan s Dogs, while Cooking our meal, and went to bed, knowing that we had done the right thing
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