Escaping the single
file of commuting cars speeding through southwest Nevada County, he pulls out of
line and to a stop. Throwing open the driver's side door, he hops out to open
the gate - a ritual made necessary by the livestock on the opposite side.
Back behind the wheel again, he drives on through, before braking to
tend the gate once more. Then, with a strong squeeze of the hand, a quick click
of the latch and a drop of the heavy chain, Frank Smith locks it all out.