The High Cost of Calf-Busting
Two young boys in the Highlands learn the hard way that bronco-busting isn't quite as easy when the bronco is a farm calf.
Gordon Taylor, Jr. and John Keene, while looking for adventures last week, espied the calves in their respective barnyards. Both boys thought broncho busting was such sport, 'calf busting' would be too, so they attempted riding the calves—Results: Gordon has two sprained wrists and John, a badly bruised leg.
“Both boys thought broncho busting was such sport, 'calf busting' would be too.”
Every generation of kids finds their own way to court danger in the rural corners of Benton County. While the specific brand of 'adventure' has shifted from livestock to modern terrain, the impulse to test one's limits remains a hallmark of growing up in the Yakima Valley.
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