Sunday we went to pick up the covered wagon in Levenworth. Most people get in their trucks with trailer attached and go pick up what they are going to pick up…..Not so, if you associate with cowboys….
We borrowed a large trailer from Hidden River Ranch to pick up the covered wagon. Saturday afternoon we have 2 stranded cowboys from eastern Washington standing in our kitchen wanting us to trailer their broken down pickup truck to eastern Washington.  They heard through the grapevine that we were heading that way. Mind you, as with any good cowboy, they never have any money, since they spent their last $400 to have their pickup towed from Stevens Pass to Monroe. Now they came over here to pick up a $300 check. See how the math works.They are now $100 in the hole, a broken down pickup truck and no way to get back to eastern Washington.
So after a lengthy discussion on how many horses they are going to ride for us in exchange for their transportation across the pass…..we struck a deal.
Next day, we loaded up the truck, 2 dogs and 2 cowboys and headed to Leavenworth. The guys were very entertaining with their stories of working with rodeo stock and branding cattle.

When we arrived in Levenworth, George was there to greet us. George runs the carriage company in Levenworth and who we bought the team and Wagon from. 

 After the customary greetings, the boys then had to decide how to get their truck off the trailer.

Now, we had to get the covered wagon on the trailer. Good “old fashion” pushing should work.

Now that it is up there, we needed to figure out how to tie it down for the return trip through the pass.

Oh, by the way….we had better measure the height…13′ …we are SAFE, most of the bridges are 14+ feet. Good call on your part George!

And just in case you all want to see what a young cowboy looks like….Here’s Kelly.