I had the fortunate experience of going to Yellowstone last summer and lodged in the Paradise Valley area of Montana while there. The scenery was spectacular, elk could be seen in fields with cattle, and what I suspect to be a couger showed up near the camp area as best I could tell with my flashlight in the middle of the night.
I will never forget the rich aroma in the air. I’m not sure if it was pollen or what. It smelled like someone dumped an ocean freighter full of perfume into the atmosphere. I will never forget the experience.
My family highly recommends T Cross Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming. A small original dude ranch on the Horse Creek. Great for families, warm atmosphere, magnificent trail rides, trout fishing, pack trips, the kitchen turns out spectacular fare. For reservations call (307) 455-2206
I fondly remember a trip we took when my kids were little to a “dude” ranch in Colorado. Our 7 year old daughter had the whole outfit and wouldn’t wear anything else. Hat, boots, jeans jacket. And she got the old fat pony to cantor which they said he hadn’t done in years. Good times.
After another all expense paid vacation in an exotic SE Asian locale, we lived there as I gradually regained my sanity. Mrs C was/is a most wonderful caring nurturing woman. Thank you God for sending her to me.
Lovely place, one of those truly off-world seeming experiences, scenery, the old time local folks, and the fly fishing was extraordinary. Alas, much has changed since then.
Caddis the younger knew the raggedy *ssed place as home.
Uncle S. wanted me repeatedly until the Jimmah Regime took over. Long before then we have begun living back east. Mrs C and I haven't been back in I bet since GHW Bush was president.
The young’uns spend time there every summer.
Caddis the Elder(decrepit)
Never ceases to amaze me, the hordes of yuppies who drag themselves and their larva off to the Bahamas, or to Cancun, when there is such wonder and beauty in our own land.
The dirty little secret is that at least six tourists are eaten by bears, wolves and mountain lions every day in Montana. It’s hard to take a walk because every other step, you have to dodge a rattlesnake. There are one or two people scalped every day and the cowboys like to string-up tourists for fun. There is no running water so you’ll catch pneumonia (and who knows what else) in the outhouses. The scenery is enless sagebrush and gopher holes. Fine cuisine is when they put salt on the raw beef. For entertainment, you can watch the wheat grow. Art is seeing how big of tires you can put on your rusty pickup truck. The music consists of the whine from the bullets whistling through the air as the locals ambush another bus of tourists. Cannibals. Be sure to bring wedding dresses for your 9 year old daughters. Montana.....it’s a horrible place filled with creatures who want to eat you, and that’s the people. The critters are really nasty. I’d suggest a nice trip to Disney World.
It's terrible up there, please tell everyone. There. Fixed it. ;-)
There is a stream in Teton Valley, Idaho my dad taught me to fly fish in. There have been days in there that you just have to leave early. You get sick of catching fish after fish after fish...did I just say that out loud???
Where Jerky Comes From........
A few of the pictures at the link:
My half-brother lived in Missoula, one of my only regrets is never having gone out to visit him...........