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More pictures from Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Soapweed

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MountMoranandfriendsinthedistance.jpg

Mount Moran and other mountain friends in the distance
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Beautiful morning for a ride
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Coming down the trail
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Crossing the highway
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Moose Head Ranch wranglers and guests. This is the ranch that I worked on my first summer out of high school, back in 1970.
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Moose Head riders
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Playing cowboy
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Riders crossing the highway
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Forward through the forest
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Turn-off to the Moose Head Ranch
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Peach Blossom at the entrance to Moose Head Ranch
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Trying to relive my youth
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One of the guest cabins
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One of the wranglers' cabins
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Entrance to the main lodge
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View from the main lodge
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Veranda of the lodge, with guest cabins in the background
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Lounging area
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The windows even reflect a great view
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Barns and outbuildings
DaveEdmiston.jpg

The ranch manager, who has been there for thirty years
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Hanging basket of flowers
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A master gardener
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Another cabin
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More cabins
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The old original barn
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There is a reason the corner of this building looks like this. Johnny Smith was a wrangler on the ranch in 1970, when I was there. He kept his saddle in this little building. There used to be an upright post on the corner, which supported the roof and made a small porch. One day, Johnny tied a big sorrel horse named Ginger to this upright post, while he curried the animal before saddling. The horse spooked, pulled back, and tore the post out of the ground. Ginger took off running, dragging the eight foot post behind. Dudes were starting to assemble for the afternoon ride. Ginger went flying down through the pedestrians and turned the corner as if a grizzly bear was chasing him. He jumped a cattle guard, but the post hung up. When the halter rope came tight, it caused Ginger to turn a somersault. He arose again quickly and tore off running towards the Snake River. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, visibility was near zero due to all of the dust in the air. Fortunately, no one got run over or hurt. I mounted my steed and rode on down to the river to gather up what was left of Ginger. He had a pretty good sweat worked up, and was quite skittish for the rest of the day.
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View from just north of the ranch, back on the highway south of Moran Junction
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Bright green foilage, with mountains beyond. How can a view such as this be beat?
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Mighty pretty country
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View from the window of Jackson Lake Lodge
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There are probably moose in the meadow
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A picturesque lodge near Jenny Lake
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You can't point a camera wrong in this country
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Another pretty picture
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The streets of Jackson, no longer a quiet little country town
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Snow King ski slope in the distance
 

Jassy

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Wow Soapweed...those are breathtaking shots. It's been years since I've been out in that country, and it sure brought back memories and the beauty sure hasn't changed. Sure pretty to look at, but I'm not so sure I'd like to round up cattle up there in them steep Mts. lol :roll:
 

Soapweed

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Jassy said:
Wow Soapweed...those are breathtaking shots. It's been years since I've been out in that country, and it sure brought back memories and the beauty sure hasn't changed. Sure pretty to look at, but I'm not so sure I'd like to round up cattle up there in them steep Mts. lol :roll:

Even though I'm not much of a cow dog fancier, in rough brushy country like that, cow dogs would come in handy. Once while I was wrangling the horses in the early morning, I ran into a cowboy on the government pasture. Cattle from the Snake River Cattle Company pastured there, as well as our sixty head of dude horses. This cowboy was gathering cattle all by himself, except for five cow dogs and a coffee can full of rocks. He was using the "shake and bark" method, but it seemed to produce results.

Bogs were bad in that pasture. Sometimes if I was in doubt about whether a creek crossing was safe, I'd pick out an old Hereford cow. I'd drive here across the spot in question, figuring if she could make it, my horse should also be able to cross. The system worked well. :wink:
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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View from Jackson Lake Lodge.....looks like each mountain has it's own cloud.
Beautiful Shots Soapweed.

There's an antler arbor there somewhere in town at a real small corner park. I thought that was kinda neat when we were there. Looks to be about the same amount of traffic too.
 

jodywy

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got a ranch for sale in a Beautiful Valley just 69 miles from Jackson Hole at a fraction of the cost of what ranches been selling for up there. :D . I love this country just can't strand whats happening too it and I would like a little shorter winter. Some of the best summer grass in the rocky moutains. We had a good grass year with drought all around us.
 

DJL

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Hey Soapweed, how big were the guest cabins? They look pretty tiny from the front, so am wondering what they had inside, for when I decided to build one here. Did they have just a double bed and a bath, or what? Thanks in advance.
 

Soapweed

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DJL said:
Hey Soapweed, how big were the guest cabins? They look pretty tiny from the front, so am wondering what they had inside, for when I decided to build one here. Did they have just a double bed and a bath, or what? Thanks in advance.

The cabins that were in the pictures were mostly all from the early days of the Moose Head being a guest ranch. They were probably built back in the 'forties and 'fifties, but I was happy to see that the "old" part of the ranch was pretty much like it always was. There are some beautiful newer cabins, which were seen in the distance in the one picture of the main lodge. I think the newer cabins are almost like a duplex. There is a big bedroom and bathroom on each side of the cabin, and a common living room in the middle. The older cabins have a bedroom and a bathroom.
 

nr

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The sides of that old original barn have real character never attainable with modern tools. That would be an interesting one to paint.
 
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