"Ranch Journal"

Well, Spring my be here according to the calendar, but someone forgot to tell Mother Nature.  While the days are longer and we are getting more bright, sunny days, we continue to have lots of cold (today it was 5 degrees when we got up!!) and the snow is melting …

Blowing, drifting, falling snow greeted us this morning as we rose to face a new day.  The dark patches on Lincoln, just recently revealed by milder weather, are already disappearing back under their white mantles.  And so proceeds March in Montana. “Springtime in the Rockies” is a period of schizophrenic …

Following is the afternoon portion of “Day 2” in our “Day in the Life…” Series.  As we learned in the a.m. portion of the day, it takes much time and effort to prepare a horse to be guest-worthy!  In the first weeks of being brought to the ranch from winter …

What’s it like on a Montana Dude Ranch in the winter?  Today, we’ll continue with our “Day in the Life…” series.  Day 2 will be broken into a.m and p.m. since we’re going to follow Jeff as he works with the young six-month old foals on their lessons – and …

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF PLOWING SNOW One of the most common questions we receive here at the Nine Quarter Circle, is “What do you do in the winter?”.  So, today we’ll be starting a series called “A Day in the Life…”  to help all our friends see what a …