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Which state has the most beautiful ranches/farms?

There are some beautiful places all over this amazing earth. While I may never visit many in person, I am truly grateful for my computer friends who share their own little pieces of heaven with me. :D A man who died many years ago once wrote some words that have held a spot close to my heart. He loved this desert as I do, but i am sure his words might strike a chord with those of you who, like me, can't believe how fortunate we are to live where we do. Colin Bennion said this about our valley........"The native son, no matter how long away-- finds that his heart leaps as he crosses the north rim of the valley at Stockton, Utah and glimpses the sharp pointed 'Dutch Peak' and then sees the whole range of the Sheeprock Mountains, stretched like a sword, the hilt northwest and the blade to the southeast. He wonders whether all the advantages and standards he has achieved are worth separation from that valley." Dutch Peak is named for my ancestors who immigrated from Holland to this desert where the roots the planted run deep. Thanks to all of you who share your ranches, your families, your traditions and your hearts with me here on ranchers. What a priviledge it is to be stewards of land and cattle and live how we do! :D
 
Jody, I bet I'm the only one here who knows exactly where your friends place is. I don't know them, but I've been right by there a few times. That is sure some pretty country over around Devils Tower.
 
BAR BAR 2 said:
Jody, I bet I'm the only one here who knows exactly where your friends place is. I don't know them, but I've been right by there a few times. That is sure some pretty country over around Devils Tower.
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he a ways away, my place in next to the idaho line.
 
BC may not be a state but there is a little bit of every landscape somewhere within it's perimeter. Mountains, rain forest, bunchgrass sidehills, semi-desert, prairie, forests, swamps, alpine tundra, farmland, orchards, you name it, most of it's here.

So you see, I don't have to travel far to see what most others would travel farther for. :wink:

The local climate does keep this immediate area at a low population rate.
There are two types of human that live here, those self employed, and those passing through. :D
 
One of my relatives got married in rifle colorado and it sure is a pretty place but im a flat lander. I would go nuts if lived very long in the hills. Took a trip back into Idaho for a weeding and seen some great country on the way with all the hay fields in the Eastren edge of Idaho. Now dont ask me where at because I couldn't tell you. Now for me I love the flat lands and some of those rolling hills. My place here is like that with the sandy hills and sprinkled around the land scap it some hay fields and corn fields and in the early morining its just awsome.

Now I will change my mind when its july and 105 and we have not had any rain for a month.
 
tenbach79 said:
One of my relatives got married in rifle colorado and it sure is a pretty place but im a flat lander. I would go nuts if lived very long in the hills. Took a trip back into Idaho for a weeding and seen some great country on the way with all the hay fields in the Eastren edge of Idaho. Now dont ask me where at because I couldn't tell you. Now for me I love the flat lands and some of those rolling hills. My place here is like that with the sandy hills and sprinkled around the land scap it some hay fields and corn fields and in the early morining its just awsome.

Now I will change my mind when its july and 105 and we have not had any rain for a month.
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But you can fall of the end of the world in that flat land, had a friend he was stationed in the Army in Georgia , his wife got claustrophobia when she went out side there in the brush and trees, they sent her back home to Acme Wyo.
 
I remember all the big pronghorn bucks between Craig and Rifle. We stopped along the Colorado River between Rifle and Grand Junction and took the horse for a swim. Then later got the crap scared out of me going over the Red Mountain Pass!
 
I know what your saying Jody, I went to a wedding once in Michigan and even though I love trees I was never so happy to get out of there so I could be in the open again where I could see.
 
We made it to cheyenne for the rodeo years ago. Those plains east of town made me sure miss the mountains. Isn't it kinda funny how we all have our own comfort zones? :D
 
Big Swede said:
I know what your saying Jody, I went to a wedding once in Michigan and even though I love trees I was never so happy to get out of there so I could be in the open again where I could see.
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Funny how that works. I've never been far east, but one time I was down a bit east of Olds, Alberta. There were no trees but what were planted, and it was as flat as could be. My heart started racing, I had little panic attacks. Reminded me of the feeling I got when I was a kid and we built tunnels in the snow piles and I couldn't quite fit through what we'd built... claustrophobic I guess. Anyway, the same sort of feeling. Felt like I could fall off the edge of the world, it really bothered me.
There are many forms of beauty on this earth, and I envy those that can enjoy all of them. Sadly, I need to see the mountains, trees, and valleys to feel comfortable enough to appreciate what is around me.
 
Home home on the range where a few oil wells and corn fields go.
It sure helps. How bout a few North Dakota oil and corn fields.
 
Silver said:
Big Swede said:
I know what your saying Jody, I went to a wedding once in Michigan and even though I love trees I was never so happy to get out of there so I could be in the open again where I could see.
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Funny how that works. I've never been far east, but one time I was down a bit east of Olds, Alberta. There were no trees but what were planted, and it was as flat as could be. My heart started racing, I had little panic attacks. Reminded me of the feeling I got when I was a kid and we built tunnels in the snow piles and I couldn't quite fit through what we'd built... claustrophobic I guess. Anyway, the same sort of feeling. Felt like I could fall off the edge of the world, it really bothered me.
There are many forms of beauty on this earth, and I envy those that can enjoy all of them. Sadly, I need to see the mountains, trees, and valleys to feel comfortable enough to appreciate what is around me.
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I grew up in S. Louisiana where it's flat as a board. As I used to say, in order to see any distance at all I'd have to find an interstate overpass. :D

I've had dozens of people ask me why I didn't buy a ranch on flat land (ie easy to plow/plant etc) versus the mountains and hills where I finally settled. For me, the views of my place give back to me every single day...they're constantly changing with the seasons. I love looking a couple of kilometers out and seeing my cattle grazing on a hillside or walking single file as they make their way back to the corrals in the evenings. Couldn't do that in flat country.
 
Well I've had the good fortune to drive across this country a couple or three times and have seen quite a variety of beauty from Ontario out to B.C., across the border down Hwy. 101 to Redding, hang a left across Nevada, then Utah and on east back to Ontario. Or, the first time I traveled out, through the U.S. for a piece after attending a friend's wedding in Iowa.

The first trip across, I stopped at a ranch or two in north-western Nebraska and Wyoming and enjoyed a hospitable visit on a ranch. And the country was amazing. All the way.

Didn't like Montana so much after a cop relieved me of some cash because he thought I was driving too fast. :?

I found Saskatchewan possessed a particular beauty but don't think I could adjust to its relatively treeless state, in the part that I traveled anyway.

Alberta, too, holds many spectacular areas, especially as one gets swallowed up by the mountains. Definitely a great area for cattle.

Then B.C. Wow, I'll never forget coming around a few Rocky Mountain curves and there's the Fraser River pounding its way through the rocky gorges. Simply breath-taking! But I didn't get into much ranching country in B.C. but from Gcreek's and silver's pictures, could definitely be at home there - lots of trees!!

Then there's our acquaintances that live in Oregon's lush, green Williamette Valley that looked like it could feed about 4 or 5 pairs per acre!

Then on the way home, the beauty of Nevada seemed to be in a league of its own. An hour-long visit with a rancher there gave a glimpse into the incredible life of raising cattle in the dry country. Sooo different from home! That was where I learned of the necessity of a roundup!

But a sunrise crossing into the red rocks of Utah was so stunning that one couldn't imagine a more beautiful scene on earth!

I think I hit a corner of Colorado, but don't remember it much, before traversing Nebraska and into the more familiar, home-like type of visage presented by Iowa and Indiana scenery that had much more in common with the farmland of my Ontario stomping grounds.

But after crossing the border at Port Huron/Sarnia, the landscape spread itself out in a magnificent "welcome home"!

And in spite of all the splendid views that a cross-country trip provided, our farm looked pretty beautiful again!

So, I don't know how one would ever determine what area is the most beautiful, because the place where you grow up is likely gonna rate pretty high on the list, and everyone grew up someplace!
 

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