River View Lodge Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/river-view-lodge/ style + fitness Wed, 20 May 2015 06:19:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Wide Open Spaces https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/fashion/wide-open-spaces/ https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/fashion/wide-open-spaces/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:00:28 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=4649 Everyone needs their happy place, somewhere to unwind and recharge with minimal distractions. That place to my husband and I is his family ranch in South Dakota, Casey was lucky enough to grow up on a 4th generation working cattle ranch 45 miles from the closest stoplight.  It’s rugged, beautiful and relaxing but also alive with livestock and wildlife at the same time. When he gets in the ranch truck and turns up the George Strait or climbs on his 4 wheeler and takes off across the open fields I swear he is a different person entirely. Being from a small town myself, I totally understand wanting to escape from the city every now and then. The traffic, the noise and the fast pace living can certainly get exhausting. So when our parents headed out on a joint vacation for a few weeks and the cattle needed taken care of we jumped at the chance to ranch-sit for 10 days. We may have been a little nuts to pack up our brand new electric car, our two insane mutts and drive 1600 miles across the country to get there but we are adventure seekers, so that is exactly what we […]

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