"and here is the snack table, help yourself . . . "

Jamie told me to drive down a dirt road for 12 miles. I just kept thinking that it was going to be a really long walk (or run) to find a person if we got another flat tire. And then it appeared. The magical ranch that I now consider our vacation spot for our vacation. 

Aaron met us at the ranch and showed us around the place. Because we are members, he pretty much treated us as royalty. The first thing he showed us was this table that was filled with chips, chocolate and fruit. He called it the snack table and said we could help ourselves. He had me at "snack table". This place is amazing. That word doesn't do it justice. beau-amazi-magic-specat-ulous. That will be my new word for it. After dinner we went on a hike with Cornelia and two other volunteers. We saw lakes, rivers, streams, canoes, hammocks, a tree house, rope bridge and wild horses. Just the normal things that you see on a walk! I made Jamie do the hike again with me so I could take more pictures. 

That's when I discovered my new calling in life. I am going to be a semi-professional wildflower photographer. (I don't want to go pro in case there are the flower Olympics.) I have no idea the names of these flowers, but I figure someone else can title them. Don't worry, I will keep the teaching gig. This will just be my summer profession. I figure the US postal service could use the pics for their special "wildflowers of Montana" series. (these will be unveiled in a later post)