Tye, Rita, Sonja, Shaar, Cameron, Conal, Grandpa Neil, Gramma Michal, Alee, and Kira !
| Arrived at BMR
| Gathering in front of cabins.
| Shaar & Alee cheering on the week.
| Rita & Tye checking the ranch out.
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Sonja finds the baby goats!
| Conal has a goat too.
| Now they curry the donkey.
| 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.
| Everyone attends orientation.
| 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.
| 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
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Riding back with wrangler Vic.
| Some of us relax on saloon swings.
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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. :)
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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.
| 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!
| 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.
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Picture time! :-)
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