Second Wind: Gordon Sylte

Gordon Sylte worked 35 years as a teacher and school counselor to subsidize his first love: ranching family ground at the foot of Rathdrum Mountain.

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Sat., June 8, 2019

“I can’t think of anything I’d rather do,” says Gordon Sylte, 78, as he drives with his dog, Gypsy Rose, near his farm in Rathdrum on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Neither age nor a pacemaker has slowed him down.

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“I like making things grow,” says Gordon Sylte as he prepares to plow a field at his cattle ranch in Rathdrum on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

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“You don’t replace equipment, you fix it,”says Gordon Sylte as he works on his disc plow at his farm in Rathdrum on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

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“I’ve always loved it,” says Gordon Sylte about cattle ranching at his farm in Rathdrum on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

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Callie cat sleeps on the seat of a tractor at Gordon Sylte’s cattle ranch in Rathdrum on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

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“It just makes me feel good,” says Gordon Sylte as he looks over his herd near his cattle farm in Rathdrum on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

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