Visiting the Ranch

Another highlight was visiting the ranch where Derek's mother grew up. Her father raised sheep and they lived about 50 miles outside of town. She told us that all the buildings were the same ones that they had when SHE lived there. When we saw them, everything was pretty run down and in disrepair, but it was still neat to get a picture of how she lived.

This red building was the old Pony Express Station. It is right next to the blue house that was their family's primary residence. They used the Pony Express building mostly for storage and from time to time had people living on the top floor (you can see a staircase on the left side of the house).

To the left of Grandma (with that huge bush covering the front) is the home where she lived.

While we were there looking around, it started to rain on us. Here we are trying to get a little cover from rain.

Ryan and Katie and Grandma went ahead and posed in the rain anyhow.