Remembering the West In Dude Ranches
It seems as though people are always running after something in particular. People always want the newest and fastest things in the world, and they won‘t be satisfied until they have it all. It is no one person’s fault that we are so materialistic these days, but of course the growing media never helps. We know we can change tomorrow by tinkering today, and so we are always fascinated by the new because we test our minds in a new way. Today, the ideal vacation for the modern citizen to brag about involves a streamline jet to a five star hotel in Tokyo to check out the latest in technology at a world-premier convention. The new and shiny is just the big obsession of today. It seems that people have forgotten the origin of excitement in American culture. When cowboys rode across the west and wrangling wild stallions was the lay of the land. It doesn’t seem like people are interested in this sort of fun anymore, and places like dude ranches that keep that fun alive are becoming less talked about.
The strangest thing about the slowly dying interest in these ranches are the reasons. People simply don’t have time to take a weekend away from town and spend it on a ranch with eggs and bacon in the morning and stars and campfires at night. And yet it seems like people are more convinced they can’t spare any time away from the office, and if they can, they would rather be spending it on a beach or in a hotel, not on Dude ranches.
And yet undefined have so many activities and land to roam, it’s hard to think a beach is more appealing to the wide open spaces. There is always more to do on a ranch than on a beach, where you can only tan or sip pina coladas, as opposed to wrangling a bull or learning to ride horseback. And physically, a ranch is much more beneficial to your health. Physical activity, whether taking walks down dirt paths or horseback riding, makes the body feel more fit and healthy. Also, an expensive trip to a beach, hotels and restaurants included, could rack up to be much more expensive than a weekend at a ranch, where the meals and beds and activities are all at the same place. Anyone looking for a path less walked and a little intuition will find themselves at the ranch.
And yet some people still turn up their noses at the idea. The race will always be run by someone, if not several people, so why not let someone do the running for a while?
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