Trip to Montana

When we got back from Harvest in Saskatchewan it was just before Labour Day weekend and so we made the trip down to Sheridan, Montana to visit Jenny, Steve, Sam, Ellie and the rest of the Wood family. It's about a 700km drive which is so amazing and breathtaking!! It gets me so excited for driving through America in 2013!

Are we there yet??

When we arrived at the Wood's we were welcomed with open arms and I instantly felt at home in their gorgeous family house. The next day Steve treated James to a tour round the farm while Jenny, Sam and I tried to recover after a 24 hour tummy bug...great timing I know! Labour Day lunch Jenny's sons Bill and Jamie came round with their wives, Missy and Lacey and Bill and Missy's 3 gorgeous kids. It was such a great afternoon with amazing food and good catch ups. 

The next day we were all recovered from our tummy bugs so Sam (Jenny and Steve's son) took us touring around the farm on their awesome farm ranger. They have about 6 pet sheep which follow Sam around, pretty cool for me to see sheep so quiet, I'm used to them all fleeing as soon as I say boo! We popped into Bill and Missy's place along the way and saw some fainting goats (unfortunately no fainting to be spoken of on this day) then we continued up the hill to where the Wood's were harvesting Barley only to run into a rattle snake!!! Because of the risk to the harvesting team (who fortunately had labour day off) we had to dispose of the snake which Sam managed with the four wheeler and a plastic shovel. James, their pet Jack Russel and I waited safely in one of the harvesting trucks while Sam took care of the snake!

Sam looking after his pets

So much cuteness right there!

The fainting goats (watch a video of them on youtube if you haven't seen them!)

My hairy man x

Missy standing by Bill's chicken coop in progress!

Out on the farm

Spot the deer

James and Sam appreciating the breathtaking view

Another breathtaking view

Barley Harvester

The RattleSnake ssssssss.......

Said snake now no longer sssssss..........

After another delicious home cooked meal and relaxing sleep Steve took James and I out for a horse ride to appreciate the farm in a completely different way. He gave me one of the older quieter horses (thanks Steve) because James' horse was playing up quite a bit and me being quite inexperienced wouldn't have had a clue about what to do!! 

Unfortunately the trip was over well before I was ready to head back to work but we are super excited about visting again on our road trip around America in 2013!!

Farewell Montana

Farewell America!