Tye, Rita, Sonja, Shaar, Cameron, Conal, Grandpa Neil, Gramma Michal, Alee, and Kira !
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Arrived at BMR
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Gathering in front of cabins.
|  Shaar & Alee cheering on the week.
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Rita & Tye checking the ranch out.
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Sonja finds the baby goats!
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Conal has a goat too.
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Now they curry the donkey.
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And Alee gets fitted for chinks.
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Now we all have chinks!
Neil's longer ones called chaps.
|  Conal has his chinks too.
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Everyone attends orientation.
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We all are paying attention.
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List of guests & their horses.
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Sonja feeds oats to horses.
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Cameron & Alee get their horses.
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Kira ready to ride.
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 Advice re sitting the saddle.
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Practicing is learning.
|  Sonja gets in her lesson. |  Everyone gets to know their horse.
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 Our family rides out.
|  Shaar nears the top on the ride.
|  Cameron, Rita, Neil too
|  Michal, Tye, Jane, & Cameron too |
 Riding back with wrangler Vic.
|  Some of us relax on saloon swings. |
 Hey! Let's practice some shooting!
|  Cameron's good with the 22.
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 Shaar learns to skeet shoot.
|  Taking aim with the big shotgun.
|  Tye sights in for the skeet 'kill'.
|  Michal's turn!
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 Visiting with friends while waiting for dinner.
|  Nightly the horses are run out to pasture.
|  Mounted up for riding to a cookout.
|  Neil knows how to push horse from tree.
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 Cookout is in full swing.
|  Conal likes fishing in large pond.
|  Sonja gets help from Avery. Avery May - BMR owners daughter.
|  Kira watches it all. :) |
 Conal & Zak May enjoy paddle boat.
|  Alee caught in air! |  Shaar & Rita do a floating dock thing.
|  Kira & Tye enjoy taking it all in.
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 Grandpa cowboy naps.
|  'Yep, it's nice." say Tye & Rita.
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Mounting up to return.
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Back thru uphill gate at BMR corral.
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We all continue to ENJOY!
|  Tye & Shaar breakfast before rafting. |  Off we go river rafting! |  And away we go...
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 On front Alee hangs on tight!
|  OH! She gets whacked back!
|  Yes, it was fun!
|  Back at BMR awaiting dinner.
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 Now for the competing games.
|  Hearing rules of games.
|  Cameron scores in squirt gun race! |  Conal races to target!
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 Michal joins in too. |  Sonja rides the barrel race route!
|  Kira concentrates on barrels.
|  Alee rounds one of the barrels!
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Cameron races his horse to a barrel!
|  Neil helps wranglers keep score.
|  Shaar is ready for the EGG race!
|  And Alee has her egg too.
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 Rita racing with her egg!
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And - the 'Under age 12" winners!
|  Ready to mount up. Going to the overnight campout!
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Brother and Sister are ready.
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 Shaar wants to shovel some horse poo first. ooooo
|  Fun rest stop on way up to camp.
|  Back on the trail.
|  At camp - choose a tent and cot.
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 Ah, Neil plays the guitar for us.
|  Tye enjoys it for sure.
|  The cell still shows a program.
Good time for just chattin'.
|  Breakfast cooking before sunup.
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 Back at BMR & ready for more!
|  So Kira relaxes some for a bit.
|  Her siblings get her in the jacuzzi.
|  The swimming pool entices playtime.
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 At night we go to the rodeo!
|  We do enjoy the rodeo.
|  This day has lessons with a lariat!
|  And Sonja learns about roping!
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 And we learn how to push cattle.
These are Longhorn. :-)
|  Rita keeps her cattle together.
|  Cameron and friend pushing
some of the herd.
|  Sonja helps hold cattle.
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 Longhorns with calves are corraled.
Now we rope & catch for branding!
|  Cameron loops him a calf! |  Holding that strong calf! The wrangler rushes to help.
|  Wrangler flips that calf. |
 Picture time! :-)
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