Our second full day was going to start with a snowmobile trainee class and then a two and a half hour trek through the woods. After my hubs talk with another couple that did this and they were very sore from all the riding, we decided to back out and do the wilderness trek instead.
Montana in the winter is absolutely beautiful. Snow is everywhere which looked like white frosting on the ground. The wilderness trek consisted of a tour around the ranch in a van and then a half mile hike near the river. We saw all the ranch's black Angus, long horns and horses. In the summer, the cattle is moved from one place to another by guests like in the movie "City Slickers". The place is huge (I forget exactly how many acres), and it consists of private living areas, barns for all the animals, the western village, housing for employees, lots of forest areas, and many other breathtaking views.
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| Look, a deer! |
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| Ok, this is a real deer, Bambi. |
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| I would hate to see the beaver that did this! |
After lunch we had ice fishing scheduled. This was something else we never did before and wanted to try. The lake was very close to the town and took us just a couple of minutes to get there. On the frozen lake was three fishing huts which had four holes drilled into the ice, a bucket for each to sit on, a fishing pole, heater and an employee there to help you along. After an hour of seeing the fish breeze by and nudge our bait, we had no luck at all. The fish must have been full from all the food they ate in the morning and were not interested in our bait.
