By Lindsey King December 23, 2024 7:00 AM EST T here are some life lessons that can only be learned from living on a ranch—like the fact that keeping livestock fed means there’s no difference between weekdays and weekends, or how to create a budget when there’s only one payday a year. Or, in Albert Wilde’s case, that when a sheep takes a swim in a river, she comes out twice as heavy as she is when she’s dry. “Her wool takes on water,” says the sixth generation Utah sheep rancher, “and holds it.”