The great Llama adventure

Well we had an interesting day. Our landlady called in a panic. Her llama, Song, had escaped through a gate that was left open and was running amuk on the forest service. After a day and a half of hiking and looking they couldn't find her.
The plea was please bring out your horses and round up my llama.
Okay we are always ready for an adventure, even a llama roundup. Not that I had ever rounded up a llama before but we are game for anything:)
So we load up Icicle and Valentine, our two best riding horses, and headed up north to the Limestone area. Song was running loose in the old mining area of Custer Camp, with 1000's of acres of forest service around her.
Did I mention she was a white llama with black markings, which would blend in perfectly with the white snow and dirt showing through.
Luckily the weather has been warm and the snow is melting and also creating alot of mud which makes llama tracking much easier.
We started riding a grid back and forth through the area, one riding the road looking for tracks and the other riding just a little ways away looking for tracks.
After about 45 minutes, eureka, I found what I thought was llama tracks(though not sure as I have never tracked a llama before:)
Bingo she had wandered down this road, and not too long ago either.
Off we went, Don followed the road, and I followed the ridge line looking for our wayward llama.
After a short ride, I came up and over a ridge, and right there behind a large slash pile, was Song.
I hollered at Don, she was about 100 yards ahead of us and watching us quite intently.
Don came down the road, and around the slash pile and I followed the ridge down towards her.
And about the same time both Icicle and Valentine spotted the llama. Now remember neither of them had ever seen a llama before and at this very moment were not impressed with her at all.
Valentine was a little concerned that said llama was so close but seemed to settle down after a few moments.
Icicle was having core meltdown and was not only concerned said llama was that close, but was concerned that said llama was sharing the same hemisphere with her.
Boom, Song decided it was time to exit stage left. Off she went, and I might add llamas are quite graceful bounding through the downfall and brush in the forest, very similar to a deer.
Don headed north of her following the ridge to her left(with much protesting from Icicle who decided whatever direction the llama was going she really needed to be heading the opposite direction)
I headed off to the left to flank her and try to push her back to the road where we could box her in and herd her back to the gate, if you can actually herd a llama which I am not sure is possible.
What a merry chase it was, Valentine was hot in pursuirt, swiftly over her llama phobia. Icicle agreed to chase as long as the llama didn't come her way and kept a safe distance.

Song was pulling ahead, it was hard to keep a steady pace with all the brush on the ground, but I kept her in site. Don managed to push her towards the road, then I cut her off as she tried to turn back. We got her on the road, and Don pushed on ahead to get to the gate before she did. He really didn't need to urge Icicle on to hard and she was gleefully running AWAY from the llama. I kept her at a steady pace along the road and when we got to the corner post of her pasture she jumped the ditch and started to follow the fenceline. She knew she was getting close to home.
Don made it to the gate about the time Song did, he got the gate open but Song backtracked and jumped the ditch trying to get back across the road.
Valentine was on her though, and quickly cut her off and got her headed back in the right direction.
Once she figured out there was no escape route she reluctantly headed through the gate and home.
Landlady was so happy to have her Song home.
It was definately an adventure to remember.