Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Montana Holiday!

 

Yes its over, and how sad is that! I loved it! It was a lifetime experience I shall never forget.  I shall not bore you all with the holiday at once, no I shall bore you all for months!!!! Lol!

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After a long three flights we had arrived! Now dont get me wrong, I have been to America before, and always enjoyed the trip. But this one was exceptional! The welcome was warm and friendly, the food was plentiful and good, the riding? Well what can I say?   Brilliant!

I have pictures like forever! Hundreds of them, trouble is, I need to sort them out! But thought I`d make a start here. I have posted on Instagram, while I was there.  Lets get the problems out of the way right now. Day before I left, the glass on my HTC1x  broke! Then during the first week, my other main camera broke too! So Sheena and I ended up using her little Lumix 10! 

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This was the view from the Ranch, right across from my Cabin.    The Beartooth Mountains,  Impressive.

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This old barn, beautiful and a living history piece.  Still used, as the tack barn.

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Inside the tack barn, and to the back, the corrals. Each  day, the horses were brought in from the pasture, ready for saddling up.

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Horses and more horses! 

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I`d better let you see my Cabin, all the usual refinements, the bed was comfy, especially after a some painkillers!

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Residents of the bunkhouse.

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More to come, a slow drip feeding!………..

18 comments:

  1. So envious. I've only been to Montana once and never on the back of a horse. Can't wait for more pix.

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    1. Hi Camryn! Good to hear from you again, yes there will be more pix!!

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  2. I live in the US. I've never been to a dude ranch. where is this. this looks fabulous. We are in St. Augustine Fl on vacation now and will ride some horses on the beach. Looking forward to that!
    I'd love to know where you went if it's open to the public. Thanks

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    1. Hi, this Ranch is called, The Lonesome Spur Ranch. If you google that, you`ll find it. It is open to the public, and is one of the few working ranches left that the public can enjoy. The Ranch is about 10 miles outside Ft Bridger, MT

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  3. Wow what a neat looking setup .....am soooooo looking forward to the drip feed of photos .Glad you had a fun time!!!!

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    1. Thanks Sally, and is it true, Hokey Pokey means Ice cream?

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  4. Oooh looks wonderful! That's something I always intended to do until my back problems vetoed the plan. Looking forward to all of the photo's so I can do it vicariously.

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  5. Very cool! I love the barn!!!! Glad you had a good time, although how could you not when riding horses on a ranch ;)

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  6. Looks brilliant! Really looking forward to more pictures and tales!

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  7. Great pictures and a great place to visit. How could it not be beautiful right beside America's greatest state - Wyoming. Looks like you had a wonderful time. Oh, by the way I live in Wyoming. We love to travel in Montana, great place.

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    1. You should have said Neil, I would have called!! Lol.! Yes it is a great place, we also ate at the Irma!!

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  8. Welcome home dude!
    I enjoyed the "Instagram" daily (almost) feed of photo memories in real time. I see that there are some You did not post there...I'll keep coming back for those through out the month!

    That was such a gorgeous place, so glad you took that spectacular trip of a lifetime!

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    1. Glad you enjoyed the pics! It really has a big sky!

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  9. Love these pictures, you lucky dog!

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