Georgia on My Mind - CAB Cattle

Whoa! Just returned from the National Angus Conference and Tour held at Athens, GA…..home of the Bulldawgs! I’m not a Bulldawg fan, but there were a lot of them there! I was also pleasantly surprised at the cooler weather.

The forecast told me I wouldn’t possibly need anything more than long-sleeved shirts and pants to wear! I know that weather forecasters, by nature, are a bunch of liars, so I should have known better. For Pete’s sake, it was downright chilly the first evening, especially! It was 109 in Manhattan, KS on September 1 and 103 the next day. Travelling south to Georgia; I certainly don’t expect to have to pack my union suit.

Celebrities even show up on the National Angus Tour!

There were some great stops on the tour. The one I enjoyed the most was probably at Kensington Cattle Company. I have developed a great relationship with their customer service representative in Mr. James Stice. James and I have spent quite a bit of time together visiting bull customers and feedlots alike. KCC had a lot of heifers and bulls on display and their caterer served up an especially delicious evening meal with CAB brisket as the entree.

Big name folks showed up…….Randy Owen of the group Alabama was present. I didn’t want to be an overbearing fan, so I discretely took a long-distance photo of this gentleman. He’s the one wearing the denim shirt in the very middle of the photo (I guess you’ll have to take my word of it that it’s actually HIM!).

Another stop was at Mr. Truett Cathy’s, who is the founder of Chick-Fil-A……..you know the ads: “Eat More Chikin”. This was probably somewhat of an odd combination, but interesting,nonetheless.

Mr. Cathy had three sheds full of antique/classic automobiles. I am a huge fan of late 40s thorugh late 50s Buicks,so I couldn’t help myself from taking a few pix of them (don’t mind the Indians in the back seat of the ’48 Super convertible; they were harmless).

Besides celebrities and old cars, there were some pretty stout Angus cattle on display. The ones pictured here are from the stop at Kensington Cattle Company at Molena, GA. A couple bunches of fantastic females, and I’m not talking about the University of Georgia cheerleading squad. Until next time, we’ll be “on the road” and looking for more material for the “social media”! Adios!