After Calgary the Cattle Call will begin....

On our way to CALGARY STAMPEDE

Hi folks....good (well kind of good) to be out of the hills. We just rapped up a great Women's Retreat and Wine tasting. Our wine guy Martin from the Tamarack in Rocky Mountain House was unable to make it so he sent 18 bottles of wine....WOW! We had to take a picture with all the great gals! It was a night to remember...hey girls, as what goes on a wine tasting stays on a wine tasting! smile. So we are now out and ready for Calgary...but we have some bad news, I (Terri) broke some ribs and now can't do our string demo BUT we are still going to do our packing demo with three horses ( Jessie, Peso and Diesal) so please come on out and see us! We have already lined up for next year to do the string demo but now this way we see where we are going and what to expect! yee haw....Calgary here we come! Will keep you folks updated so stay tuned....

Stag Party!

Wild Deuce hosted a Stag Party for a great group of guys last weekend. We had two great rides: a day ride up and over Monument (a great ride that takes us over 7500') and working and doctoring cattle the next day with Chuck and Guy.)
Johnie Gillis of JW Quarter Horses - one of the consignors at our Working Mountain Horse Competition and Sale - was also in attendance and brought some of his great horses. And even though our camp chef won't be out for another week, we managed to pull off some fantastic meals - amazing what you can do over a campfire! (The top picture is of the groom showing off his roping skills (before he was duct taped to a pole!)

Pictures of our team crossing the Clearwater!

When we went up river last week the river had come up on our trip home but nothing was stopping our fjords "Mike & Arvid". They are awesome, your going to want to come out for a wagon ride this summer!

Man, are we having fun!!!!!!!!!

Yes, we are alive and out west without cell service (yee haw), "oh my" on the last wine tasting. We have been busy busy out in the mountains, we went on a 5 day pack trip with weather that could not have been better. Our Lone Horse Camp is looking awesome, all of you booked are in for a great suprise! The cattle also came in yesterday and man is there a wack of them...smile! Cowboy Chuck was up early this morning checking on them. We had a good crew to help unload and circle them till the mothered up and enjoyed all the green grass. We also have a huge group of Wild horses out here, we slowed drived through them and the cows this morning for our town day! Forgot my camera....sorry folks as we have a ton of pics. anywho....heading back out west and Calgary is closing in along with the first pack trip a Women't retreat! And it is now FULL....can't wait! Green grass, good horses and all is well. Chat to you all soon! Brenda & Terri

Great day in the hills!

The sun was shining, there was NO SNOW...what a great day for a ride! Our friend Susan called me up to go for a ride. I was on my way to ride Belle and Snip anyway so why not? I met Susan and her family near Bragg Creek and we spent the afternoon on the trail. Her daughter Mckinley - who is a great little rider! - rode with us, while her husband Shannon and son Evan took off on their mountain bikes. Halfway through our ride we bumped into them, so we had to take a family pic. In the other pictures, Mckinley's horse shows us just how much water she can splash up with her nose, and Scott, Belle and Snip run to jump over a log. We saw lots of bikers and hikers on this trail, so that was great for the horses - as were the bridges, jumps, water crossings...

Saturday Night Wine Tasting?!?!?!?!?

Well, with Terri out of town for a few days we had to find other wine connoisseurs to help us out.

Rachel and Lil stepped (or is it bounded?) up to the plate to help out with this one! Not surprizingly, the wine they chose was:

Ménage a Trios' - a 2007 California red wine.

The name itself implies that THREE people should be involved with this one, however the girls were on their own for the night and the only willing man they could find was...well...the picture says it all! Here's their review:

"This wine is quite dry and a little fruity (teehee) and as neither Lil or I like the dry stuff, but we do like fruity fruits, we mixed it with Dole Cran-Raspberry drink and it was very good... in fact I think that I might drink the whole bottle tonight."

- Rachel and Lil