10 year old trip

Nancy told the grandkids, "When you are 10 years old, you can go on a vacation/trip with us." So, our oldest (Nicole) turned 10 in April. Since she loves horses, Nancy arranged and 5 day stay at the end of June at a Dude Ranch in southern Utah. This was mostly a girl's trip, which was fine with me. Nancy and Nicole cleaned the stalls, fed the horses, rode the horses, raced the horses in the arena, herded cattle and horses, went on remote horse rides, had an entire dinner cooked on a campfire in Dutch Ovens, sat around campfires and sang, sang in a pond, did some line-dancing to country western music and so much more. There were people from Holland, Germany and all over the US, including another Grandmother granddaughter, which Nancy and Nicole were drawn to. Nicole and Taylor became good friends and hung-out everyday. My favorite story was when Nicole taught the couples from Holland and Germany how to make S'mores...and they LOVED them. After the 5 days of Cowgirl-ing, they drove south to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon where I was waiting with our RV. We camped for 3 nights and, of course, visited the Canyon. I truly hope and know this trip with be remembered by Nicole, and us, forever fondly. The stories are still drawing laughs and smiles.