We do limit the ride to 250. We want to keep it intimate. And the Bar M Ranch can't handle any more than that! The Bar M is really special. They have a hotsprings fed swimming pool. And the hot tub is a big, ole galvanized washtub. The setting for it seems like something out of the movies. The actual building was a stage stop in the 1800's. It has a huge fireplace in the living room. Ooh, and can those women out there cook! There was a tame deer--Billie--who would come inside. Had to keep shooing her out--she wanted to go through the food line! I guess Billie is still there. The wheat fields are beautiful and green that time of year; the canola fields are a carpet of canary yellow. You can even see some of the wild mustang horses out on the hillsides. And all this is just the Bar M part!

The first part of the ride is totally different. It goes along the Umatilla River with high rim rock above your heads--and passes by a small ranch with emus. The baby ones should be hatched out by then. k

Then you hit the little town of Echo. There are some wonderful old homes there. The population of Echo might be 200 people. There is one house that has some very unusual yard decorations. I just cannot give that away--it's a surprise!

All the roads have very little traffic. And the rollers aren't too bad--you just get to practise your granny!

I guess I've sorta gotten carried away! Sorry!