R & R

After 6 weeks working at the ranch it was time to take a full weekend off and go back into the ‘real world’ for a visit.   I met up with my boyfriend in a nearby town and we drove together to the buzzing metropolis of Kamloops, BC!  And, let me tell you, when your world for the last month and a half has been 200acres, 15 people and a bunch of animals, Kamloops definitely feels like a proper, big city. 

I suppose I expected (and my boyfriend, Ryan, certainly expected) that I would want to do girly, clean(!!!), less manure related, city things like hanging out at posh cafes drinking specialty coffees, catching a movie, getting my hair or nails or something done, but I found myself dragging Ryan from western wear store to tack shop and then right out of the city to go camping.  I guess my time here in the middle of nowhere has completed my transformation from city girl to outdoor, mud-up-to-my-knees-and-I-don’t-even-care, cowboy hat and blingy belt loving, western ranch girl. 

Camping anyone?

Ryan, the bushman that he is, isn’t complaining about my newfound animosity towards cities and I’ve realized what most people realize when they come to places like this ranch—the wilderness is where humans are at their best.  We thrive in the nature and when we figure that out there’s no going back. 

Pretty hard to leave a face like this!