Bob, we all got so use to reading about you every day this feels like the times you
take the last piece of candy from a box, or going after the last piece of pie only
to find out the kids got to it first. I know I'll live but it would be better with
those, dang it.


ljr

Howdy WT & all the rest,
I've been lurkin' but not tawkin'; must not have anything to say!!! hee hee Dottie there is still AA meetings to get you straight, again!!! Bob may be a horse-whisperer, but he knows how a hoof in the face feels!! Ruben won't catch him off-guard... I didn't know they made harnesses TOO BIG for Shires; what do they make for the BIG hosses?? The snow looks like it's melted down to about 2 foot deep in Omaha, Spring is acomin'!(Omaha, they oughta know what to do with them pigs!)
Hope the trip home is a safe one, Bob!!

Ditto to what all the others have said. I check in one or twice a week for updates. Sure to miss the adventures.

So good to hear from Bob!! The Shires look good and I'm sure their folks are appreciating the lessons.
Yes, Sue & Linda, I'm here too. I think we are addicted! Still check for new entries first thing every morning.
God bless
Dottie

Yeah!! The Wagonteamster is back!!

Hi Everyone, Everything is going well here in Nebraska. I plan on returning to Oregon sometime in April for fun filled summer in the Oregon Outback. The Shires are doing well and I plan on continuing their training this week. Don and Taunia bought a nice team harness, so I should be able to harness them and start ground driving them Saturday and Sunday. I'll post another blog in a few days showing how our weekend went. Bob

Sure do miss your blog, still look every day to see if you are through with the power plant and back with the lad. See you on here soon I hope.

Re: Sue Essary... I so agree with what you said. I couldn't have said it any better myself. I'm sure you and I aren't the only ones checking in to see if Bob has updated us on what he's doing. It will be a very sad day if the day ever comes when Bob ends his blog for good. (bite my tongue for even saying such a thing :))... So for now I keeping checking Bobs' blog for any news on what he's up to. Sure do miss hearing how "The Lads" are doing. Take care all...
Linda

Hey Wagonteamster, It has been awhile since I have left a note. I keep checking in but no updates. I will be glad when you are out of work and back with the boys and Jacquie, Hershey, and the minis. Maybe then you will blog a time or two. I have enjoyed seeing your work with Reuben and Royale, but sweet as they are, they are not the Amigos. I really enjoy going back through the old pictures and seeing those beautiful boys in action. I hope Doc, B.O.B. and Bill have done well over this crazy winter and just maybe, you will be making some side trips around your new home. Looking forward to them if you do. I know the rest of your fans will be too. God bless all of you.

check each day to see if you might write something. how you coming on your book, the bisquit wagon?

Enjoy following your journey via website. Sorry to hear about your fender bender in AZ. I first read about your journey in the Post Register Idaho Falls news paper. Hope this is not the end to your journey and the wagonteamster. Cheers

Troy

Hi Bob,
It was really good to sign on this afternoon and see you had posted. Before my nephew died in 2011, he lived in Blair and worked at a company that did support testing for Cargill. He loved that part of the country and would fish at Douglas State Park.
I'm glad you found your new friends and keep the teaching lessons coming. Bob, be careful and stay safe.
Bonnie

From NH, have been following your adventure ever since you left nh. Please keep updating what is new with the team & what you are currently doing with the 2 new guys. Love it!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to all! We miss you Bob, Dpc,Bill, and B.O.B..

Bob
It truly was a incredible day! I enjoyed watching and learning and being able to do it too. I also enjoyed the fact that I was able to laugh when Ruben decided to pick up the rope and offer it to you. and lets not forget Royal who truly is a lap horse through and through gotta love him. even thinking about it makes me giggle a little and puts a great big smile on my face. I sure love those boys. I will work with them until we are able to schedule another lesson. To be honest I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you again for everything. Oh by the way look for pics please.

Bob thinks like i do...ALL ANIMALS BIG AND SMALL ARE CHILDREN IN FURR COATS........

Yeah!!!! You are back. The way you train horses brings back memories of how my dad always did it. He, too, had a way with horses. Can't wait to watch the progress of these two young horses.

Howdy Mr. W.T. & H.W......

GOOD JOB!!! Hereafter you will be known as ' Wagonteamster ' and the 'HORSE WHISPERER'. Afer a couple more sessions & when spring rolls around, that pair will be ready for a wagon & then a harrow.. Good work !!
Pop

Howdy WT,
That's a mighty fine pair of colts you have there; a mite bigger than the Belgians!!! Glad you are able to have some 'horsin' ' around time!!! Now, if I could just get me a couple of 'green' colts, Oh, wait a minute, I have 3 'green' minis
and can use your techniques for training them; only you'll have to get you a wheelchair, like me!!! Oh well, I can dream can't I??? Hope you and the Shires get along well!!! I'll bet B.O.B. & Bill would be jealous, but Doc wouldn't care; just give'im some hay!!!

30 Jan 2013

Dear Bob and Jacquie,
I found your delightful blog just two days ago and have been reading it ever since. I can't tell you how sad I was to see that your trip was cut short, even though you didn't mind so much. I have wanted to make such a trip myself over the years, but have been blocked by circumstances beyond my control. I was excited to see that you are considering a school for teaching the use of draft horses. Since I live in Washington, perhaps I could attend sometime in the future, when my present circumstances change. I grew up in Michigan where my grandfather raised and trained Percherons and Belgians. I learned to ride on his gentle giants and have been a horse lover as long as I can remember. I also have a daughter named Jacquelyn (whom we call Jacquie, of course!) I hope you will continue to blog on this site. I feel as though I've found a friend I haven't met yet.

Your newest Friend,
Connie

Found your site by accident, couldn't believe you started from Missouri Valley! I'm from New Market, just to the east of Mo. valley. Your making the trip I always dreamed about. Hope you get to travel up through Chaco canyon, New Mexico. Beautiful country, been there twice before and want to go back. Lots of neat ruins but carry plenty of water. AAA says roads are awful and you have to have a four wheel,drive but found them to be pretty similar to a bad Iowa gravel road! Give yourself time to see the ruins. Better than Mesa Verde! Hope you have a good trip! Take care,
Lorraine Madsen

Bob,
I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your first team. I'm also glad to see that you have a new team and built another wagon to continue your journeys. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday at my farm. I can't wait to see what you can do with Taunia's boys. Royal and Ruben need a job for sure. I would like it if you would visit my girls,(Rayne and Isabel),too. Thank You for taking time to read this. Safe journeys to you!

WHEEEEEEEEEEE! ON A HAPPY NOTE: THE LOST IS FOUND!!! I WONDER IF HE FOUND A SHOVEL AND DUG HIS WAY OUT OF A SNOWDRIFT??? LOL! All kidding aside, it is so good to see the note from the Wagonteamster tonight. I reread his latest log and looked at the new digs for the Amigos. Saw Bill and Doc smiling back but no BOB unless that is his butt in the new shed. I really have tried but I can't really tell his from Bill's at that angle. LOL! Nice to see their new neighbors, the mini's and the llamas in that blog. Like you, I have scanned back to see where we have been and delight in all of the beautiful scenes that have been provided over the years. Looking forward to the next blog. In the meantime, steer clear of that flu bug, it is a doozy. God bless and stay safe.

I have Read your blog I just love it. I love the stories and your travels with all these wonderful people. However I enjoy reading about your horses. They are beautiful and amazing. I do look forward to meeting you Bob and have you meet my Boys Ruben and Royal my twin shires. My husband Don said he told you about my wonderful boys. And that you would like to meet them. I would love that very much. I hope to hear more about the horses and your amazing adventures with your drafts. I will keep a watch on your blog. enjoy life and stay safe. Bless you. Taunia

Hi Everyone, Everything is going well in Nebraska. I've been on the job for over a week now. Before I left Oregon, the team grew a nice coat, so they've been comfortable in the cold weather up in Oregon. I'll write a blog sometime in the next couple of weeks. Take care, Bob

Dottie..NO! Noooo!! nooooooooo~~Echo! Echooo!! echo~~!!! I do believe he fell off the face of the earth somewhere between Oregon and his job. The blizzards must have frozen his brain or I am sure he would have sent a message to his many fans. Sigh!!! Hope all of his fans have eluded the flu bug going around. Miss the blogs from the Wagonteamster, the beautiful butts, the pictures, oh heck, like the rest of you, I NEED A FIX!!! God bless and keep you safe.

HELLLOOOO!!!! Hellloooo!!!! helllooo...... echo echo echo
Is Bob out there?

Hi guys, Came to see if our leader had left us a good bye message and was so disappointed to see that he hasn't. He left 6 days ago and I thought he would at least let us know he is alive and how the three Amigos loved their new barn before he went to work. Nothing..nada..zilch..not one word. Oh well, I have patiently waited for such a long time to meet him so I guess I can wait for a note from him. I will just fish back to find some great pictures of beautiful butts to get my fix. Hope everyone is staying well and staying away from the flu. God bless you all.

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Glad to see all settled in. With Bob headed back to work he will get a reminder how most of the rest of us live. Will be interesting to see if he is still long enough to put down roots.I am thinking an old tumble weed like Bob might gather some other tumble weeds and they might do some sprouting, but I bet one day a strong enough wind will blow him om another adventure. But probably not quite as far from home. Those of us who don't live on the Amigo route are hopeing his adventures make a good book and they will be on the book tour route and will swing into our area's.We would love a chance to eyeball them face to face. Could see them doing the horse fair tour and passing around a little of the insight they have gained on the road. Maybe he could get Jacqui and Hershey to take up the mouth harp and it could be a real dog and pony show. Seems to me it must be time to start a new chapter on his blog, as it seems he has started a new chapter in his life. (I'm just saying.)

About Bob's barn. They will not be tied up in there,no, it is for them to have a dry food source
and to get into out of the weather as they need and want to for themselves. If my memory serves me,
which is getting more doubtful every day, the old Mid-West saying goes something like this.
"In A Storm, Cattle Come To The Barn and Horses Leave the Barn."
Bob, I hope that ole Goat you drive gets you to your PART TIME JOB okay.

Stay Warm and keep your tailgate up. Larry R

Hey Bob, HNY! As a four year follower I've been thinking about asking this for a couple of days, how are the horses going to accept spending their days in this shed, especially after having the wind blowing through their mane for the last 10 months as they were galloping down the road. Hopefully you have made arrangements for these guys to be "turned out" a couple of times a day, because I hate the thought of them staring at a blank wall all day long. It's kinda like working in a cubicle, which I never could do ! Just sayin...

Happy New Year Bob, Jacquie, Don and Barb and the 3 Amigos, Hershey, Llama's and Mini's. May the coming year bring you health, wealth, and joy! To all the folks here that are as addicted as I am to your wonderful blog, I wish each of you the same. Isnt it wonderful to get to share such awesome adventures? God Bless and Keep You all!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Bob, Jacquie, Amigos and Sidekicks! Wishing everyone, peace, happiness, health and success in the coming year. Barn looks great Bob, Boys look very happy, safe travels to you and good luck. Keep the Spirit.

Now we know why blogs have been few and far between. Nice job, Wagonteamster. Listen to your Dad, though. Those winds can peel off a roof like opening a sardine can. I love the pictures tonight and we finally get a glimpse of Hershey. After all the virtual hot dogs he lapped up, he doesn't look the worse for wear. Nice to know that Butterbean is none the worse for wear either. He is a great traveling companion. Alice has been bobsledding to pass the time. She looks great. Dottie and Katz have notes on here as do several other of your passengers in that shotgun seat. We all miss you and yours, but are happy that you are settling in to a "normal" life. I wish you, Jacquie, the three Amigos, Hershey, Mom, Pop, and all of my fellow Wagonteamster Companions a very blessed, healthy and Happy New Year. Via con Dios, my friends.

WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE, PROPEROUS, AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR................





BARB

I hope the coming year is a good one for you, the amigos and the newest members of your life. I have a similar run in barn for my horse. My family cut a window for me a couple of years ago to avoid getting trampled or stepped on during feeding time. My is from the inside of the barn. So once I in the barn, I'm high and dry until the feeding is over.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HOWDY FOLKS,
BOB, THE BARN LOOKS GREAT, NOW, WE'D LIKE ONE LIKE IT AS OURS AIN'T NEAR THAT PURTY!!! YOU HAVE MINIS TOO, ALSO!!!WOW!!!
DON'T THEY GET WOOLY IN THE WINTER?? BILL & DOC ARE SURE LOOKING GREAT, BUT WHERE IS 'HOLLYWOOD' BOB???
TELL EVERYBODY 'H!' AND GIVE THE ANIMALS A PAT FOR US!!!

THANX, AGAIN FOR THE WONDERFUL TRIP, EVEN THO I DID FALL OUT OF THE WAGON GOING UP SOME OF THOSE STEEP MOUNTAIN GRADES, ALL IN ALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME!!!!!!!

Joyce & butterbean

Hi Bob, the three Amigos & all the Wagonteamster Guestbook friends,
The new barn is really put together great and will serve the purpose with very little problems if any. Great job! Oh, I really miss seeing you and the horses in those great pictures, but I know you are
happy and safe and that means a lot to me being a friend. Just stay safe while traveling I-80. My nephew lived in Blair, NE and I traveled I-80(from Ohio)when I would visit him and it can get scary fast due to bad weather. Wishing you and yours a wonderful and safe Happy New Year. Give all the horses my love and remember to lean into Doc and whisper that Bonnie still loves him the most.

Howdy Mr. carpenter.......

Good looking barn !! Are those llamas or Alpacas ?? In addition to the section of 'roof cap', you will need to cover that soffit on the south side, to prevent those strong S. winds from getting a lift on the roof. Have a Happy New Year & a safe trip across blustery I-80. I would allow 4 + days this time of year....lots of horizontal snow !!!

Stay Safe, Pop

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bob, Girlfriend and Amigos!! Wishing all the best in the coming new year. Keep the spirit!

Bob==So happy that you're safe at this journey's end. The horses, too. Thank you for posting your stories and, I only just looked at the last page or so...Life had/has a way of happening, and I wish you and yours (new gf, I see) YaY for you two! Wishing you my best! Maria Elena Bailey, Indiana

Bob==So happy that you're safe at this journey's end. The horses, too. Thank you for posting your stories and, I only just looked at the last page or so...Life had/has a way of happening, and I wish you and yours (new gf, I see) YaY for you two! Wishing you my best! Maria Elena Bailey, Indiana

To: W.T & AMIGOS & EVERYONE ELSE......

A Very MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Pop said that.

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Happy Holidays Bob. Don't build that shed too nice or you'll move into it! Swing by next time your in Biscuit Wagon Country. Cheers. Bernie

That people and horse art of driving stuff sounds really good.

So glad you are all OK Bob. Dang. Merry Christmas and all the best to you people and critters. Peace