

This is her story: Renee Russ Jackson
Hi, my name is Renee Russ Jackson. I’ve been a member of the Elko County and Nevada CattleWomen for about 25 years. I grew up on a...
Like the roots that hold a tree in place...
A few months ago, as I headed to town, the dirt road had my mind wandering and an idea hit me. I thought of the days spent horseback...


The anticipated ending and new hope
We planned ahead for practical purposes, had our dates ready in July and coordinated things with our vet, our calf rep, the brand...


And that was spring...
It's been a while since I've had a moment to just write...long enough I've almost forgotten I had a place to share! But I'm here now and...


The 7 year plan
Spring of 2011. We were new to The Basin and so were our cows. We were figuring things out and hoping they might too. They'd been in...


The rest of the story...
After leaving Cedar City, we headed north again. We were facing the end of our trip and our excitement level was down a few notches. ...
I just wanted dinner...
You'd think by now, living in the land of elk and hunters of elk and winters that can move elk, we would notice and take heed when the...


There are no words.
We woke the next morning, not with the sun. It was overcast and threatening to rain. Husbeast looked out the window and people were...


Perhaps our luck had run out...
If you recall, I mentioned that the only rule we had was "no plans." We would just land where we could and see what we could and wing...


The day we had a lot of questions...
At the base of the mountain just a few miles east of Cortez, Colorado is the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park. We headed in to the...