WHEN YA HAVE A RANCH...YA GOTTA HAVE SOME HORSES!

It was a good day at the Ranch!

Allen and I went to the Valley the other day as we were looking forward to picking up our Grandson Tom who was coming in by train to visit for a week. We planned the day around looking at Home Depot, Costco and other places for things for the new Log Home, but had to take some tires in to the Honda Dealership to be changed and balanced for customers of "Hogfather's".

We spotted these ATV's and with a good discount...ended up buying the two 'horses' for the Ranch and for our Kids and Grandkids to enjoy when they visit. As you can see, Jordan and Tom tried the ATV's out in one little area of the Ranch...cause we wanted to make sure it would be 'fun' to ride them. The verdict was a definite 'Thumbs Up" in the "Fun Department".

We wern't speeding around yet, since my 300 cc is a manual shift so I had to learn the gears, but the 400 cc Allen has is automatic (think I will steal his soon...) and really easy to ride. We're going to order helmets in some sizes we don't have yet (full face) so that when we get the ATV's on the trails located on our 43 acres, anyone riding will have good protection.

We still plan on getting a few smaller ones for the 'smaller' Grandkids...maybe 90 cc ATV's so we can take some good journies through the forests...but I can tell you this...we all had big grins on our faces just putting around the barns and out buildings.

I can't imagine what it will be like to spread out over a much larger area to explore! ...but, ya just can't have a 'ranch' without some 'horses' to get you around, can ya?