So here are a bit more details so you don't get lost as I ramble. I was invited by my friend to go with her am her parents to a kind of family reunion in Montana. We stayed with one of her dad's cousins and her family, but we spent most of our time up at the most gorgeous ranch ever.
So we had to drive for about 8 hours to get there. I am one of those people who prefers to just drive and drive and drive, without stopping. But when you are with more that 2 people, you have to stop a few times. But other than that, the trip was pretty smooth.
We got there just about time for dinner, so we dropped off our bags (and i gawked at her GORGEOUS cousin. we are talking 11 out of 10 here. he was like WOW.) and headed to the ranch. I met a bunch of her family, who were all very awesome, and we had some sort of Mexican food. I don't eat cheese, or most dairy for that matter, so the fact that EVERYTHING was smothered with it was not very good. We hung out at the ranch for a while before heading back to the house to go to bed.
The next morning I got a lovely wake up call from their golder retriever Millie. As in she jumped on the bed until I woke up. I was introduced to her other two cousins. We ended up going out to feed (well, he fed while we watched) the animals.
-as you might have guessed, I'm avoiding using names. So we have hot cousin, animal cousin, and other cousin. I know, stupid, but this is MY blog. deal.
The animals were definitely in the top 5 things I loved about the trip. If you have never petted a friendly sheep, you don't get it. But I must say is was very cool.
We headed to the ranch for breakfast and hung out until horse riding time. I rode a horse named Doc, who was forever trying to grab a bite to eat. Very annoying. The only reason I really wanted to ride him was because it had been the horse animal cousin had rode, and I must admit that I am ever so slightly in love with him. It's a long story, but in the end he is just about the perfect guy.
The rest of the trip was a lot of the same, though never boring. Most of the trip I spent trying to catch animal cousin's eye. And when I wasn't doing that, I was having the time of my life just being somewhere where I really felt like I belonged.
Even though I was a family reunion, with a family I know very little about, I felt very welcomed. It was a nice feeling, very different from the one I usually have, of trying to just keep everyone around me from exploding.
When we left yesterday, I felt homesick, but not for my home, but for the ranch and Montana in general. Is the sky so big anywhere else?
(picure is not mine, random google searched for it)
It was just an amazing trip. Now I'm off to research colleges in Montana.
I missed you all.
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