At home in Big Sky country…
One of the transporting qualities of The Ranch at Rock Creek is the vast collection of old photographs and artifacts from the frontier days. Everywhere you turn, you will find an image which provides a window into another time and place: America’s Old Wild West. If you have ever dreamed of what life on a ranch would be like – albeit with today’s modern day comforts and some rustic luxury – then head to The Ranch at Rock Creek. The warm and hospitable staff will make you feel at home, and you will be well-nourished with delicious, regional, gourmet food. Stay in one of the beautifully appointed rooms in the main lodge, or choose from a wide array of cabins and cottages, tented canvas cabins, or fully equipped log homes. At your disposal are guides as well as gear for fly-fishing, horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking, swimming, and archery. When snow blankets the area, activities shift to snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice-skating, carriage rides, sledding, and cross-country skiing. Any time of year you can head over to the Ranch’s own Silver Dollar Saloon, where you can bowl, play pool, ping pong or watch a movie in the comfy home movie theater. And when it is time to really relax you can unwind at the spa, catch-up on some reading (with an exceptionally wide array and quantity of books) or simply enjoy the beauty of nature in this pristine Montana locale.
…Out where the world is in the making,
Where fewer hearts in despair are aching,
That’s where the West begins;
Where there’s more of singing and less of sighing,
Where there’s more of giving and less of buying,
And a man makes friends without half trying —
That’s where the West begins.
Arthur Chapman © 1917-1918
http://www.theranchatrockcreek.com/
Reported: Diane Koones
There is a magic to this valley, they say, with its flowered meadows
and aspen groves cut by the Roaring Fork.
And those sublime snowcapped peaks that dominate it all.
There is a kinship here, nurtured in the mountain’s fold,
as well as a fierce commitment to protect what is so dearly loved.
Photo: Forest Woodward
Location: Aspen, CO
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