Home On The range

October 24, 2008

Good ole days

My cousin lives on a huge cattle ranch located in eastern Wyoming.  He invites me to come visit him every year, along with some other relatives for a couple of weeks each summer.  I always enjoy this visit because it gets me away from city life and is very stress free and relaxing.  It usually takes me a long day to make the drive, but is worth every minute.  My visit this time would include horseback riding, nature walks, a little bit of stream fishing and maybe a card game in the evening over a cold beer.

This ranch of his, if you can believe it is 6 square miles of flat to gently rolling terrain mostly covered with sagebrush and willows near the creek bottoms.  The wildlife here abounds with deer, elk moose, coyote, fox, different species of songbirds and many other animals too numerous to mention.  After a long walk of taking pictures all day, I was fairly tired and finished unpacking my belongings in the room that was so gratefully provided for me.  Every thing about my cousins place had a special sentimental kind of feel, including the drawer pulls used to pull open my dresser.  Having the window to my room slightly opened, I could hear the coyotes off in the near distance serenading the ranch as I slowly fell asleep that night dreaming wonderful thoughts about the days end.  I could hardly wait for tomorrow.


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