At 'the house in town' and "The Ranch"

I overheard my father in law refer to his property in Sanderson as "The Ranch" and I thought, cool.. it now has a name.. so instead of saying we went to Sanderson, to his 'property', now we can say we went out to "The Ranch" (he also has a home in town, a mobile home, with an addition built on, and a big ole barn as well) 

So our first night in Sanderson we stayed at the house in town..

Across the street is a yard with a bunch of goats. And next door to his house, there are a couple more goats, and a horse that live there.. It's really cool, you are "in town" yet, feel like you are on a farm! 

It is nice that they have this place, as well as the cabin in the desert.. here there is water, electricity, air conditioning, and CABLE !! Which for the girls and I,  is a huge treat! Big highlight of the stay at the hotel, and at the house in Sanderson was the ability to watch "The Food Network" . 

Then on Friday we went down to spend a while at the property - 

The "Cabin"

Daryl, his brother and the girls went for a little ride on the ATV's, and there was picture taking, and a little bit of exploring... 

getting the big ATV started

exploring - it's been 2 yrs since we have been here - not much has changed!

Jess and Daryl's brother

then that night we went back to the house in town for some dinner, visiting and relaxing.  

Daryl's dad - John

Meing

Daryl's brother John (also known as PeeWee) Daryl, and their Dad

Daryl and Becky were helping Grandpa by moving a board.

Saturday Daryl, the girls and I packed up and headed down for the last 2 days of our trip, to spend at 'the ranch'.  

We went four wheeling,

The girls shot some guns, (only injuring plant life and rocks!) 

Shooting the Shotgun

loading a shell...

Shooting the 357 Magnum... 

shooting the Ruger 22

I got some cactus which is now planted here at home in Fort Worth,

And we enjoyed cooking out and watching the stars...

The Sunset on Saturday night was amazing.. and I got a shot of the moon as well... 

we absolutely love our time there, wish it was a little closer so we could go much more often!