Review: Fabulous description of the Rockies and a love story too!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2011
I loved this story and I can fully relate to it. I spent two summers on a Wyoming ranch when I was in high school. It was a working dude ranch. Thad was right on in character. Stern, stoic and to the point. He had a business, he was a horseman. A cowboy. Sometimes the only way to get people to react is by gruffness. He knows his job. While I was a horsewoman, others were not and many I saw related to being "Kim." She might have ridden ponies as a kid but being on a trail in the mountains is an entirely different thing. And yes, whether they know you can ride or not, they put you on the damnest slowest horse until they know you can handle one.The reviews that Thad needs to learn to talk - I disagree with. Woman love to talk, men do not. It is a way of life. Thad ran a family ranch, dealt with many personalities. Most things get done with less talk.I loved the picturesque description of the Rockies. The author was right on in putting you directly into the scene. The pack trail ride was all correct. The tents, the cook kitchen, the wranglers ...I thought I was sixty years younger back in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming.This story is well worth the read.