My Big Dude on the Dude Ranch

While the dude and I partied with Uncle Kyle, Dadio was playing on a dude ranch. His company owns an unbelievably beautiful and oh so cool ranch out in Wyoming-about 5 hours from us. They were opening for the season and Tim is now in charge of managing all things financial for the ranch. SO....he got the "task" of driving out and spending 5 days with the staff, the horses and the endless amounts of mud that resulted from 3 days of consistent rain. Bummer. He did get to take a lovely horse ride, minus his lovely wife, to a meadow where breakfast was served. I still can't get a mental image of my husband on a horse in a meadow, but he swears it did indeed happen. He hiked a bit, ate quite well and slept in peace and utter silence (the part I was most jealous about). The diesel trucks on each side of our house and a three year old needing to use the facilities in the middle of the night don't provide much in the area of utter silence.

Dude and I can't wait to go hang with Dad on the ranch next year. Here are some shots of Dad's 5 days away from house and home.

Views driving to Wyoming.

The 8 mile dirt/mud road leading to the ranch. Good thing Tim was driving. I would have ended up in that there river.

Hundreds of horses call the A-(bar)A Ranch home.

There's normally an island you can hang out on where the statue is. Not so much that weekend.

Tim's hummingbird friend outside his cabin.

Proof that he was on a horse. A white one apparently.

This is the entrance to the cattle ranch, about 20 miles outside the dude ranch. He made a quick stop there too. Lots'a cattle and a boat load of hay.