“The weather in the northern range is very
unpredictable and can go from unbearably hot to snowing in the span of
just a few hours; it pays to be prepared for any condition. One June
morning we were trailing cows up into the cooler high country. We had
to go about 27 miles up through hill country to the summer pasture. The
weather went from clear, temperate conditions to rain and then sleet;
by noon we had almost a foot of snow. The next day was the town rodeo
and the day dawned 85 degrees and sunny. The joke up here is ‘take off
your long johns on July 4, and put them back on July 5.’”