No Cows Were Harmed

No cows were harmed (or even aware of what we were doing, for that matter) in the tiny little adventure below.

We'd been out checking on the girls and both of us commented on the "something" down by the creek in the south end of the pasture.  We couldn't tell from the upper pasture quite what we were seeing (might have something to do with getting older and eyesight and all that), so we thought we'd motor down to see what we could see.

The creek looked well frozen so we crossed over at the cross over, then cruised down to where we thought we saw the "something."  Um, okay, it's farther that we thought, but the ice is pretty thick.  Right?

Nope.   We dropped that front wheel right through the ice and into the creek.  No traction because there is ice most everywhere else.  The cattails disguised the mushy ice - really.

After a nice brisk walk back to the barn to get the tractor, and after multiple times of breaking the rope, my ever patient husband pulled the ATV out of the creek and we were both soon on our way home.

By the way, we never did find out what the "something" was........