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Animal Husbandry!

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Animal Husbandry! I was shocked to hear my beloved editor address me in such a manner. I try. I really do try to behave. Even when I’m off, I don’t think I behave like an animal. I didn’t think I was a bad husband either. Shows you. Today we are on our way from Silverton, small town, big landscape heading towards Pagosa Springs, Colorado. If nothing else, a reader is sure to learn about the towns of the west. Yesterday I suggested you should ‘buy oil’ because I sold some. Turns out, I was wrong for you. Oil fell. So before leaving Silverton we bought some oil and off we went. The trick is to know when to listen to me, so pay attention. Now we are on the road going south. There are two mountains to climb that our editor has identified. One is called ‘Purgatory’ the other ‘Goulding Creek’ of the famous San Juan Mountain range. The former gives us pause for thought. However, names don’t intimidate us but we choose the latter. It appears to be a better climb. Statistics are: 7 miles, 2600...