Re: June 30, 2012 - A Wild-Eyed Cowboy's Lament ...

Tom Stewart Wrote:
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> Y'all are probably right, but money does
> wonders, and at least in Texas, cattlemen
> are all about money these days. It'd be fine
> with me to pose at any of the pens, but Lobato
> or (from some angles) Chama are the only pens
> where you could compose a photo that didn't
> have a modern building in the frame.
>
> Just from curiosity, I know there are no
> fences, but aren't the pens at Lobato on
> railroad property? All the maps I've seen
> show the ROW expanding to include track-
> side facilities ... presumably that would
> include the various stock pens, also.


Correct, Tom - sort of.

During the 40th Anniversary Re-Enactment, participants were allowed off the train at Lobato, but we had to stay entirely WITHIN the stock pens - apparently stepping even five feet outside would have been trespassing.  I for one would not be real anxious to be inside the pen with a bunch of nervous cattle milling around, and it would be pretty hard to get a good shot from in there anyway.

- El Curmudgeono non Vaquero de los Locos Verdes