Vee Bar Road Trip Comes to an End
Once again I started my day watching the horses come in, but this time from a different direction. And I didn’t stand in their way! I was the only person who cared to watch them come in this morning, but I visited with Bonnie, a woman who comes in during the fall when...
Vee Bar Road Trip: Mink, Pronghorns, and Horseback Rides
As with my other visits to the Vee Bar, I started my day off before breakfast by watching the wranglers bring in the horses from the range. I decided to take my pictures from a different vantage point this time, not thinking about the path the horses take to the barn...
Extended Road Trip to the Vee Bar Ranch, Wyoming
The last time I had the pleasure of visiting the Vee Bar Ranch in Wyoming was in 2011 with Page Lambert’s writing/riding retreat. This time it was with husband Bill so he could try fly fishing and I could ride horses again. We chose a different scenic route this time...
For the Love of the Game-Disc Golf being the Game
Did you know Muleshoe has a disc golf course? I didn’t, but I do now. In fact, I even played one hole the other day. I was introduced to the game by Larry Kirk, a happily self-appointed ambassador intent on promoting the sport and making the rounds for his fourth tour...
Welcome to Meet the Mules
Meet the Mules was held Tuesday night, August 18th. An eager crowd of parents and other football fans gathered at Benny Douglass Stadium in anticipation of the Mules’ 2020 football season to be introduced to the players, coaches, cheerleaders, mascot, and band. This...
I Won a Newspaper Award!
Gabby Perez, Advertising Manager for the Muleshoe Journal, was recently notified that the newspaper won four awards in the Panhandle Press Association Better Newspaper contest. The winners were announced July 24th in Amarillo, and I got one of them. What a...
Methodists Honor MISD Teachers
New Muleshoe ISD teachers started their school year Friday. Returning teachers had their first day Monday. Retired teachers who happen to be Methodists wanted to give them all a positive send-off in this year of the unpredictable. So a thank-you bag was put together,...
COVID Care Packages
When Family Consumer Health agent Kathy Carr and secretary LeeAnn Helton at the Bailey County Texas Agri Life Extension Service heard the Rejino brothers in Olton were taking meals to COVID patients there, they wanted to do something for virus patients in Muleshoe and...
Another Road Trip, This Time to Kerrville, Bandera, and Comfort
The destination for the annual Alice and Elaine trip this year was to the southern edge of the Texas Hill Country: Kerrville, Bandera, and Comfort. I left in the dark and made a six-hour trip, according to the Internet, in five, so don’t believe everything you read on...
Road Trip to South Padre Island
We chose the hottest week of this summer to make the two-day trip down to the southernmost tip of Texas to play in the water and eat lots of shrimp and fish at South Padre Island, across the causeway from Port Isabel. All three families-us, Caroline’s, and...
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