“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.’”