{"id":2187,"date":"2019-09-18T02:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2019-09-14T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T17:19:03","slug":"babysitting-burros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/18\/babysitting-burros\/","title":{"rendered":"Babysitting Burros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have been official \u201cDeputy Camp Hosts\u201d
We have been unofficially and jokingly dubbed \u201cC.I.s\u201d (confidential informants)
Now we are \u201cDonkey Babysitters!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This area along the Idaho-Oregon border is the land of the pack train. Horses, mules, and donkeys are loaded up to head into the backcountry, just like in the old westerns. While camping below the Eagle Cap Wilderness we camped next to a couple of bow hunters heading in for the month long elk season. They were using donkeys to pack their gear into camp. They headed in, but returned the following day with a lame donkey. Over the next few days, we stopped by to chat with the guys and to check on the patient. We happily offered to watch the burros so they could head to town to track down a farrier. A few days later, the abscess in the hoof was healed and the donkey train was off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gimpy, Lips, Nougie, and BB were our charges for the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poor Gimpy with a sore hoof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Noughie gets a head scratch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And he posed for a close up. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BB and Lips get in on the scratches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All names have been changed to protect the innocent\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have been official \u201cDeputy Camp Hosts\u201dWe have been unofficially and jokingly dubbed \u201cC.I.s\u201d (confidential informants)Now we are \u201cDonkey Babysitters!\u201d This area along the Idaho-Oregon border is the land of the pack train. Horses, mules, and donkeys are loaded up to head into the backcountry, just like in the old westerns. While camping below the … <\/p>\n

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