THE RANCH

Side note: This has been a draft on the blog for several months .. probably waiting for more pictures to be added. I'm going to post it now and add more pictures later.

I took copious notes on our vacation so that I would be able to write down everything we did while we were away. However, I'm not sure where that went so I'm going from memory. Also, lots of pictures are on my phone and Dave's.

We drove from Reno up to Vale. It was about 7 hours of NOTHING!!!  There was one tiny town and we got the kids lunchables for a snack in the grocery store.

When we arrived in Vale, Rishelle told us they were at her sisters house so we met them there. It was a nice house up on a hill surrounded by farm country. (everything was surrounded by farm country!) All the family was gathering to sing happy birthday to grandma. We joined in. It was fun seeing all the family hang out together! Great people.  It was such a pretty view outside. 

We had tacos for dinner and then Dave and I went out on the 4 wheelers and drove around the property. Everything is beautiful, in a desert-y, open space kind of way.  We then went down to the arena where Rishelles cousins were riding horses. The kids took turn riding as well, rishelle's cousins were sweet to take the little ones for rides. I was surprised that Jo wanted to ride. She was not scared. She now wants to be a "horse person" when she grows up.  The sun started to set and there was a gorgeous pink and orange sky. It's hard to describe how pretty and peaceful it is.  We looked at our clocks and it was 10pm!! The sun sets late that far north!  We went home to Rishelle's parents and got all the kids to bed.

Now that the beard is gone I kind of like seeing pictures of Dave with the beard. He looks more like he belongs in this country town than a clean shaven city slicker.
 Dave and Jo are at the Johnson feed lot.  It was hot and stinky!

When nature calls ....

The next morning we ate breakfast and then packed up and went to the ranch. It was a 2.5 hour drive from Rishelle's house along a bumpy dirt road to get there. It was quite a drive.

The kids' favorite part of the ranch was riding the ATV's.  We took a very long trip out to see a big canyon and to go arrowhead hunting and several little trips around the ranch to entertain the kids and let them take turns driving.

This is the view of the ranch as you enter the valley. Absolutely amazing.  So picturesque.

This is our entire squad. The Scott family, our family and one other family that the Scott's knew from Bosie. A great group.