Swimming and James Ranch

There's something so cool about swimming at the base of a mountain. I mean it is just surreal!  And the other plus of basically having the whole mountain resort to ourselves was just unheard of.  What dreams are made of!

After swimming, we got dressed and headed to Jame Ranch right down the street from Purgatory.  It is the coolest place!  Jill showed us this cool Burger and Band night that they do each Thursday and we thought we were in danger of having to miss it due to the fire, but they opened up!  Your ticket in was $20 and it included the band and your burger of choice.  I got the veggie burger which was a squash steak with the cheese they make at the ranch.  All of the food comes from the ranch even down to the meat, bread, cheese, and veggies.  What a cool place.

The kids will say that their favorite was the ice cream made from their milk and cream.  The mint chocolate chip (yuck-my least favorite) was BOMB!  It was made with fresh mint and SO FRESH.  I can't say enough about this place!

Trying to get a Christmas card pic!

Trying so hard

Why?

Really!  I just want 1 pic

Maybe?

This place was a dream. At one point we all walked around on the soft grass barefooted

We brought blankets and just had picnics on the ground. Dream.

This girl is always feeling the music!  

Our wilderness kids loved the goats: Cookie and Cream! And the tiny 17 year old daschund

Henry was LOVING these goats.  The owner even asked him if he wanted to feed them their milk. 

Of course he wanted to, but it took 40 minutes to heat up the milk and he waited so patiently!

That ice cream!

Henry got Strawberry Rhubarb and Bennett got Mint

Feeding these goats was the highlight for the kids

This was a treat to see on their Instagram!  This is their daughter, Sasha!  She told me that she was training to be a babysitter!  She was the sweetest!