Gearld Fry, founder of the North American Devon Association, is reported to have successfully undergone six-hour surgery for a triple bypass  yesterday and is resting comfortably.  We wish him a speedy recovery.  Gearld is not the kind of person to take it easy so the recovery will undoubtedly be just that…speedy. Gearld was hunting elk in Colorado when he felt chest pains.  Doctors couldn’t believe he walked out of the mountains without suffering a heart attack.  They first though a stint would solve the problem but then discovered a 90% blockage.

….and Wales looked just as it’s supposed to.  We spent five leisurely days sight-seeing, eating and mostly de-compressing after a hectic year.  The quality of the food was a particular surprise and each evening we debated salmon vs. lamb and wished we could have both. As for cattle, we were introduced to the Welsh black and Wooz liked them enough to buy a painting. But as much as we enjoyed Wales, we were anxious to move on to Devon.  And cresting the hill and seeing Exmoor laid out before us, felt like coming home.  For the next week we stayed with good friends….and looked at beautiful animals.  In coming days we’ll share each…

Well-known cattle expert Gearld Fry was scheduled to undergo heart surgery Friday morning, October 19th after experiencing heart pains on a hunting trip.  Fry, who has been the guiding force in the North American Devon Association, will have a triple by-pass operation. The new president of NADA, Greg Hickl, has emailed the following: Gearld was elk hunting in Colorado with a relative and starting feeling severe pain in his chest while trekking the mountain. He said it would go away if he rested awhile, but it continued as he exerted himself. He knew something was wrong with his heart, and they decided to come home early. The doctor told him…