Cathy McNeil and her husband, Mike McNeil, own and operate a cattle ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley that has been in Mike's family since the 1800's.

Along with ranching, the McNeil's also market grass fed beef that they raise on the ranch.

It was our first cattle drive since 2001! Prior to that our family had done it every year since 1897.

In 2002, the worst drought in recorded history in our area, we chose not to drive our cattle to the summer mountain range in the Rio Grande National Forest, as our family had every year since 1897, because the 6 mile trek across the base of Greenie Mountain (some of the most arid land in North America) would be too dusty for the calves and we were concerned about dust pneumonia.