C Lazy U Ranch and Granby
Kate and Wolfie
I've had a lovely day with Kate! We went out on a ride in the morning which lasted a couple hours. My horse knew the way and was a gentleman the entire time. With the vertigo, some of the trails were a bit scary: up, down, etc. But Wolfie - that's my horse! - wants to live too, so he doesn't do anything stupid. In return I let him graze on delicious lupins he finds along the way. I'm not a cowboy but I now have a glimmer of understanding about the bond between person and horse. In my mind I was trusting Wolfie with my life, and he came through.
C Lazy U Ranch
The C Lazy U Ranch is a dude ranch of the highest quality. The have two excellent chefs, a pool, beautifully appointed visitor lodging, sundry activities and skilled wranglers who take you out on rides around the Rockies! It's a couple thou minimum for a week's stay, but it's full service and freaking gorgeous.
Pix
I have lots more pictures to process and post - still have to do Arches and now I have a bunch from the ranch and various other points of interest, like the Continental Divide. The Colorado River starts around here, too.
Folks in Granby
Folks here opened their home to me - we had delicious steaks prepared by one of the chefs of the C Lazy U, and the home where it was served is an almost-Pony-Express stop - it was built for that, but never used as such. It was a stagecoach stop however. Granby resident Bruce Janssen has his studio there, and you should definately check out his amazing photography. He's got a lot of stuff of the C Lazy U because he works there has the head maintenance man; I'm told he is a true Renaissance man.
Folks here are less densely packed than back home, so they're a lot more relaxed. We sat around a nice fire right there in their front yard and chatted about the stuff of life. It's a way of living that just doesn't happen in Oakland.
Tomorrow
I've found a route to Devils Tower that seems Vertigo Free. This is it:
View Granby, CO to Devil's Tower in a larger map
So tonight will be my last night at the Westerner Motel in Granby, and tomorrow it's on the Moorcroft, WY!
posted by cantorman @ 5:59 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
I warned you about getting behind on the photo processing and sorting... It can be quite dangerous! Glad Colorado is treating you well. I'll actually be leaving for Boulder on Monday.
You try driving 6-8 hours a day, sightseeing, and then developing. Of course I'm getting faster at processing, and choosing the shot that can be processed later, and not taking the shot that can't. It's getting more efficient.
When you write that the people are less densely packed there, do you mean the population is less densely packed or each person is less densely packed? Physically? Mentally?
That'll teach me to write ambiguously.
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