It's not like we have TOTALLY left our boating life behind (although we likely have). We still have a few accoutrements of our former watery life, but if nothing else has convinced us, a three week stay at a dude ranch will. We arrived here at Rancho Oso through the back way, so to speak. In the weeks before our scheduled visit, a wildfire raged in the beautiful town of Santa Barbara and the mountains behind it. The Rancho Oso preserve is nestled on the other side of ridgeline from the major fire lines - helicopter drops of fire retardant were visible by campers in the park. When the danger was past, we made the trip from Ventura Beach the long way round, avoiding the fire-fighting areas that the normal approach through Santa Barbara would expose us to.
The park has 50 or 60 horses corralled, a "western" town complete with storefronts and Conestoga - no, the pictures are not of our "new" RV or tiny cabins for guests. But they do highlight the down home flavor of the park. It's remote - no Verizon phone or or aircard service (eeek!) We have to drive up to "Verizon Point" to make calls and pick up messages.
It may sound like we're complaining, but we aren't. We made new friends and visited new places. That's what it's all about. No wait - maybe we are complaining.
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