New Donkeys for the Herd!

The Two Mile High Club, which is Cripple Creek's version of a Chamber of Commerce, of sorts, owns and handles a group of local dignitaries rumoured to be descendants of the donkeys of the mining days of yore. Every once in awhile the club thinks that there needs to be new blood brought in to the dignitary circle, and sometimes the little girls are sent out for breeding, sometimes outside donkeys are brought in. Such is the case of Tarzan and Hershey. These boys were pulled off a meat wagon headed for a Mexican Meat Packing Plant when they were 6 months old. Since then, they have traveled from rescue operation to rescue operation around Colorado until now, at 3 years old, they have possibly found a permanent home in the dignified position as Local Dignatarie of Cripple Creek, with the Honored Title of Revered Asses of Cripple Creek.

So, I got to roll out to the booming town of Sanford, just outside of La Jara, Colorado, 'way down in the beautiful and vast San Luis Valley, where Tarzan and Hershey caught a ride from their most recent digs at Cortez, near the 4 Corners area of the State. I took my kids, and we found the boys relaxing in a small pen, gathered them up and loaded them in my rig and rolled home.
Saw a hugh herd of Antelope in the South Park Basin

Heres Tarzan, Left, and Hershey, right. First meeting!

Heading for the trailer to a new home!

Lining them out to load......

Taking that first good look at the new transport.....we gave them a minute to check things out and figure out it was ok, and they hopped right in!

Here is their new home for the time being. This is the Donkey Barn in Cripple Creek.

Good close up of Hershey.

Tarzan takes a load off.

Ahhhh doesn't that look wonderful?

Stay tuned for updates to this blog. I will eventually get photos of each of the current herd with a brief bio too. There are 9 other members, and each have a distinct personality.

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