The Cattle Drive forum is where the drivers get together to complain, uh rather, discuss their assignments and encourage each other. Thanks to the enthusiastic initiative of Johannes de Jong, you can keep track of your progress on the drive with the Assignment Log. If you're tough enough to get through the nitpicking, you'll start collecting moose heads at the Cattle Drive Hall of Fame.

Fresh riders on the Drive...
Another hardy soul has signed up for the Drive: slide one down the bar to Diego Kappenbach. Have fun Diego, and keep them spurs in tight!

Another moose on the wall for...
Yep, that's right, you make it through, you get yerself a nice little moose to hang on the wall. Well, OK, so it's a virtual moose on a virtual wall, but you can be right proud of 'em! Thanks to the efforts of Marilyn deQueiroz, you can now proudly admire your codin' accomplishments at the Cattle Drive Hall of Fame. Check it out, pardner, it's worth a wink.

Thems mooses are multiplyin' up thar on the wall, that's fer sure. Three cattle drivin' coders bagged their first trophies: David Malott, Greg Neef and Terry Broman. Way to wrastle 'em, guys.

Sherrry Cuenco is moooin right along and has added another fine specimen to her growing collection of moose fur. Fine ropin' thar Sherry, next sarsparilla's on the house!

JavaRanch's one and only hired gun has gone an' done writ all them jdbc programs right good and nit-free! After completing the Cattle Drive we're a hopin' that John Hembree will be hangin' out at the Drive, helping out the greener jungins along the way. Nice job, John!

Saddle Sore...
On the verge of gittin' herself a moose too, we're settin' up some glasses on the bar for Amy Phillips - she's gettin' mighty close to that next moose...

Nitpicking is hard work too...
We know they're workin' reeeeeally hard, after all, we've seen what those assignments look like once the nitpickers have combed through 'em. Hats off to Marilyn deQueiroz, Pauline McNamara, and Jason Adam for their dedication and patience with the pesky vermin that always manage to make their way into those assignments.

New hands pulling the sarsparilla...
Notice the changes behind the bar? We got us some new help fer all that work wipin' the bar and shinin' up the glasses. Welcome to Carol Murphy, one of a fresh batch of bartenders on the ranch. This 'un thought she was done with the Cattle Drive, but we gone and roped her back in! Big thanks to Barry Gaunt, who got his galant spurs caught on the way out and is hanging out a bit longer to keep Carol company behind the bar. Though he'll be off to other locales at the ranch we're countin' on him comin' 'round real regular like. Meanwhile Mr. Michael Matola is out checkin' fences for a while in the far reaches, yep he's on the trail headin' through Spain and will be back sooner an you can say sangria amigo!

Joinin' the Drive
You think ya got what it takes? You ready for some work and some good learnin'? Then pull up a stool and read up on Joinin' the Drive. Good luck!

Cattle Drive update by Ol' Timer Pauline McNamara