Join us this summer in Wyoming for a true Old West Cowboy Adventure!

July 27 – August 2, 2012

Take a deep breath--the air is crisp and the aroma of cowboy coffee starts your day. Then you realize your dream -- its morning in Wyoming!  

You are on the vacation of a lifetime -- it is not dream! -- You will enjoy pristine outdoor living in unspoiled solitude while magnificent mountain scenery surrounds you.

• Ride the magnificent high country of the Wyoming Rocky Mountains
• Participate in real cattle work – round-up, driving, sorting, roping
• Visit historical sites – Custer Battlefield, Fort Kearny, King Saddle Museum
  

Join us for six days in the Northeast Wyoming Big Horn Mountains near Sheridan, Wyoming.  We’ll be riding in one of the more remote regions of America, where elk bugle, deer and antelope play and an occasional moose stands belly deep in a mountain lake. You'll ride high into the majestic mountain back country and into the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. You'll meander along snow-fed streams through deep rock canyons, soft, green forests and flower-filled meadows.

Daily Itinerary:

Friday and Saturday we will be working cattle on my friend's ranch.  This will be real life, dawn till dark, in the saddle, cowboy work – gathering, roping, branding and sorting.   (An optional trail ride in the nearby, beautiful 8,000 acre Bud Love Wildlife Management Area is available for those who are not interested in participating in the ranch cattle work on either or both of the first two days.)
On these evenings we will have dinner at the ranch as the sky fills with stars and coyotes sing in the distance. After dinner, cowboy poetry and stories around the campfire provide the evening's entertainment. Click here for more information on meals included.

Sunday we will trailer our horses to a beautiful area high in the Big Horn Range of the Rocky Mountains where will ride the mountain trails all day enjoying the pristine landscape and magnificent scenery.  

Monday we will give the horses a rest day while we go sightseeing by vehicle in the area to see Custer Battlefield , Fort Phil Kearn, the Don King saddle museum along with some other interesting sites of western history and cowboy culture.

Tuesday we will get an early start trailering our horses up the mountain for an all day cattle drive, moving a large herd on top of the mountains to different summer grazing lands.  We will camp out on the mountain that night and ride back to our trucks on Wednesday. 

Cost of this adventure is $2,500 per person. This fee includes some meals, ranch host fee and fee to our licensed Wyoming outfitter who will be providing packing and guiding service for us in the National Forest lands. Click here for information on Meals and Expenses not included.

This is not a “Sunday ride in the park”. You and your horse should be conditioned and prepared to ride all day in all types of terrain. We’ll take lots of breaks to rest the horses when we’re climbing, along with a long lunch break at midday on the ride. We’ll go mostly at a walk and trot. Those who want to canter will split off from the group in good areas to canter then wait for the rest of the group to catch up.

This adventure is not a dull "Nose-to-Tail" ride. This is big, open country with plenty of room to ride, a horseman's paradise.  What a great opportunity to spend some quality bonding and training time with your horse!  You’ll be amazed at how cross-country hauling and six days riding in the mountains and working cattle from horseback will improve your horse, making him calmer, braver, smarter and more athletic. You will greatly improve your riding skills, communication and partnership with your horse. Working cattle from your horse will really help you develop light responses from your horse for stops, turns, lateral work, backing and gait transitions.

If you want to experience real life cowboy work the way it was done 120 years ago in the Rocky Mountain west and you and your horse are up for the challenge then this adventure will be a dream come true.

We look forward to riding the high country of the old west with you this summer. Join us for the adventure of a lifetime! Click here for more detailed information on lodging, meals and travel information.