Grateful Heart

Volume 17, Issue 17 May in Montana, to me, is an exceptional month. Rich, nutritious green has returned and with it follow the sights and sounds of wildness coming alive. When I was checking our newly branded cattle a few days ago, it occurred to me how fortunate I...

Rope Em’, Choke Em’, and Smoke Em’

Volume 17, Issue 18 It’s branding week here on the ranch. We received 188 steers last week and had some help come in to get them all tagged, branded and checked for nuts. Ty Heth came in from the Bitterroot, a long time cowboy friend of Shayne’s. Randy came over on...

The Cattle Have Arrived!

Volume 17, Issue 17 Hi everyone, Kim here! Last week was a whirlwind!  Early in the week, we still had guests from our first ten day clinic. I cannot believe how much progress they made in just ten days. What an amazing group of people!  I’m so thankful to have the...

First Guest Week of the Season

Volume 17, Issue 16 Hey everyone, Des here! We have officially kickstarted our season and are in the middle of our first 10-day ranch experience! Getting everything ship shape before we opened up was a mini-marathon for the crew. There were cabins to clean, we had to...

First 10 Day Clinic

Volume 17, Issue 15 Spring has finally come upon us as we get ready on the ranch for cleaning outside. Snow has melted, birds are singing and horse hair is everywhere. Today, we started our first ten day but while we are getting ready for that we started cleaning our...

Springtime at the Ranch

Volume 17, Issue 14 Spring arrived on March 20th, well according to the calendar anyway. I have been looking forward to this date for weeks. Naively, year after year, I imagine that the transition between winter and spring would carry with it a magical wand of warmer...