Monday, February 23, 2009

The old barn

For W.O.W. Here is the rest of the barn featured in my Sunday Silence post. In behind it is their new indoor arena- the old and the new, side by side. The tie stalls in the old barn are used for the draft teams.
This is the old homestead cabin at Anchor D (with my neice, Bridget). It's over 100 years old and is still used as a bunkhouse for the wranglers.

And this is the lovely log house they built a few years ago. If you ever want to go on a trail ride in the Canadian Rockies, they are the ones to book with. My husband and I went on their 7 day Great Divide ride for our honeymoon. It was awesome- breathtaking scenery, some challenging rides, fishing in the high mountain lakes, even boot skiing down ice flows! They have rides for every level of rider from beginner to expert. Great food, and music around the campfire to finish the days!

4 comments:

cdncowgirl said...

Okay gotta ask, what is boot skiing?

Shirley said...

Some of the mountain lakes had glacial outflows so that even in the height of summer they had snow and ice flowing down the mountain. We would bail off the top in our riding boots and slide to the bottom, trying our best to stay on our feet. There were some hilarious spills and tumbles!

The W.O.W. factor! said...

Oh! Boot Skiing! We did that too when we ran a pack outfit years ago! It was tons of fun and even the dogs had a blast!
Thank you Shirley for sharing the these photos! The structures are in awesome shape!! Absolutely love them!!!

gtyyup said...

Absolutely fantastic!!! Love old buildings...they have so much character.