America has always been fascinated with Cowboys and the ranching lifestyle and Pisgah View Ranch is a fantastic getaway to cure that hankerin’. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Candler, North Carolina, this dude ranch will allow you to escape the everyday stresses of life and take you back in time. The spirit of ...
When you think of someone cracking a long, tapered bull whip, you think of the old west cowboys herding cattle across the barren desert. But it’s not the cowboy or the old west that tends to stick with most people; it’s the sharp, loud crack of that whip. So, what exactly is that crack and ...
Let’s be honest, traditional weddings unless they are your own, or those of a very close relative are pretty much a snooze and a repeat of the last. Aside from the service which officially ties husband to wife, wedding receptions hold little variation. The newly married couple will be announced along with their wedding party, ...
If you really want a taste of the old west and you are going to be in Michigan anytime in the near future, you’ll want to visit Stagecoach Stop USA at Irish Hills. The old west really comes to life, with shows, including a shootout in the street, a train ride that includes a robbery, ...
Travel from state to state and you’ll notice that the locals have slang for certain things and places. Travel way back to the Old West and you’ll see that things were stated very differently then, than they are in today’s times. In fact, some of the sayings we use today were created in the Old ...
Life in the old west was hard. Real hard. For everyone, not just the women. It was so hard, that we have myths about it. So difficult to survive, that it became the stuff of legends. Now, I have nothing against legends, but sometimes, sometimes some reality checks are in order. Reality check 1 – ...
