For those of you who read Writing Horseback regularly, you know that Montana has a special place in my heart. I love the warmth and can-do attitude of the people, especially the cowboys and cowgirls. Being a third-generation California girl, I have no interest in riding out a Montana winter, but I do love the …
Climbing into Montana’s Bitterroot Mountain Range on horseback, I am pushed back in time to a journey with Lewis and Clark and their interpreter and goodwill ambassador Sacagawea. However, my journey differs greatly from this band of explorers. As an active adventure baby boomer, I am not heavy with child as was 16 year old …
I recently had the pleasure of going on a horseback riding vacation at Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Montana. The photos below were taken during the Women’s Rocky Mountain Rendevous, a five day retreat for fun loving cowgirls. On this particular trip I had only ridden with one rider previously, her name was Barbara Barrett, …
Dude ranch vacations – the phrase conjures up images of cowboys on horseback, dressed from head to toe in straw hats, western styled shirts, denim jeans hidden underneath leather chaps and the required cowboy boots with spurs that jingle when they touch the ground. Many types of horse riding holidays There are many types of …
As I swing open my cabin door and walk across the green lawn to the dining room at Lone Mountain Ranch, I spy a brown and white pinto grazing contentedly in front of a neighboring cabin. I quickly access the situation, thinking the horse has escaped from his corral. I spot another horse from the …
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As the suburban rumbles along the Montana highway, we leave Missoula Airport behind us and head for the creek. Fly fishermen world-wide know this blue-ribbon stream of water as Rock Creek, home to native trout. Like a fish heading upstream to spawn, we turn the car off the pavement and crunch up the gravel road …
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First Class Luxury at Montana’s Triple Creek Ranch It’s difficult to pack winter riding clothes in carry on luggage. And while I know what to pack for a winter trip to Alaska, I challenge anyone to pack snow boots, riding boots, riding pants, chaps or chinks, as the cowboys call them, and a cowboy …
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Big Horses in Big Sky, Montana Everything about Big Sky, Montana is BIG. From the huge timbered Clubhouse that greats visitors to the Club at Spanish Peaks, to the 17 hand high bay horse that I rode during my horseback riding vacation in Big Sky. This was my first visit to Big Sky and I …
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